The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) installed 68 telecom towers with 4G equipment in 2022, benefiting 62,500 inhabitants.
In addition, the CFE is currently building 2,800 telecom towers, which are expected to be operational by 2024.
The Mexican government states that it aims to provide Mexican citizens with access to better and cheaper telecommunications services and to increase competition and investment in these industries.
To do this, in part, CFE has a non-profit subsidiary, CFE Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos, which was created on August 2, 2019.
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Its objective is to provide telecommunications services to guarantee the right of access to information and communication technologies, including broadband and internet, throughout Mexico
Through a public-private partnership that began in March 2018, the government also began work on Red Compartida, a project to increase telecommunications coverage in Mexico through 4.5G or higher wireless networks.
As of June 2022, the project offered broadband services to 70.9% of the population, or 79.7 million people, including those in the Magical Towns.
The project’s goal is to reach 92.2% of the population by January 2024.
In accordance with these objectives, the government allows up to 100% foreign direct investment in the telecommunications and satellite communications sector (including cable television).
The government also allows up to 49% foreign direct investment in broadcasting, subject to any reciprocity agreement between Mexico and the home country of the investor or operator.
On the other hand, on September 6, 2021, the National Digital Strategy 2021-2024, a new program to facilitate the improvement of communications, was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
The program has two main policies: the Digital Policy in the Federal Public Administration, aimed at using information and communication technologies to improve and make government services available to citizens, and the Digital Social Policy, aimed at increasing internet coverage in the most rural and poorest areas of Mexico to combat marginalization and improve communications, facilitating the integration of these areas into the national economy.
