TELECOMUNICACIONES INDIGENAS COMUNITARIAS WINS SPECTRUM THAT WILL BE THE PILLAR OF ITS 4G NETWORK

Social works in the South Pacific Zone have begun to take on a certain importance within the pandemic, because according to Nicolás Lucas for El Economista, the Asociación Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias A.C. At the beginning of the pandemic, requested a concession for social use to exploit spectrum in the 10 GHz band, which will work to speed up its current voice traffic and then the megabytes generated by its users in rural communities.

This operator has coverage in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guerrero (that is, the entire South Pacific Zone) as well as in Veracruz.

Telecomunicaciones Indigenas Comunitarias currently operates a 2G network, but its plans are to evolve that network to a 4G infrastructure to provide high-speed Internet to indigenous communities, thus becoming a sort of fifth operator in Mexico with investment in its own 4G network together with Telcel, Movistar, AT&T and Altán Redes, although their coverage is limited only to very particular rural towns in the South-Southeast of Mexico.

This process will benefit the indigenous communities of the South Pacific Zone, giving its users greater opportunities to integrate more quickly into the globalized world, which can also be an opportunity to publicize their artisan products and help them to have a voice that can be better heard at both the State and Federal level about the conditions in which they live.

The important thing is that Telecomunicaciones Indigenas Comunitarias sees its now 10 GHz band for social use as the pillar to transport the Internet traffic that will be generated by its 4G network, which is expected to start full operation in the following months, starting in San Pedro el Alto, Oaxaca.

The mechanism used by the regulator for this delivery to a small operator with social coverage objectives, such as Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias, will also be known. It is still unknown if there was a tax exemption on this installment.

This of course this is expected to improve the quality of life of the people who reside in these areas and that can be a pillar to offer better education conditions, which can attract in the long term a greater investment to the area, better living conditions and economic prosperity.

POST BY SERGIO ENRIQUE LEON DE LA CRUZ

https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Telecomunicaciones-Indigenas-Comunitarias-gana-espectro-que-sera-pilar-de-su-red-4G-20201130-0047.html