Public Consultation on IFT-12 Tender
A public consultation began on Monday, January 9th and will last until February 3rd regarding the draft bases of the IFT-12 Tender. The Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) plans to make more bands available with frequencies suitable for the use of 5G services, expanding the opportunities for its use in Mexico. To start, the IFT plans to put together an auction of 330 MHz and additional low and mid-band spectrum.
The consultation will contain specific questions covering the bidding for the available bands, new configuration proposals, and discussion of the size of the blocks that will be offered; spectrum accumulation limitations; allocation options regarding the mechanism to be used; certain participation incentives; the dates considered best to start the bidding; as well as the promotion plan that will be implemented to encourage participation.
Other surpluses of the spectrum may become available for auction, as the purpose of this Tender is to assign the largest amount of spectrum possible, especially to new players in the mobile market, as they hope to see the largest number of inhabitants covered by these services.