According to the president, there are currently about 300,000 localities scattered in small communities and to provide them with telecommunications services, it also plans to use satellites to connect to these areas due to the complexity of reaching these sites.
In towns where there is no infrastructure, such as Jol Hic’Batil in Chiapas; Chilon, Chiapas; Zimatlan de Alvarez, Oaxaca; and in Comalcalco, Tabasco; they must start from scratch.
The ENDUTIH 2021 highlights that in Mexico only 81.6% of the population is an Internet user. Of this percentage, 56.5% is in urban areas and 56.5% in rural areas. Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz are the entities with the least access to the internet at home.
The state OMV begins to provide services
After the company was created three years ago, in August this year CFE Telecom finally launched its offer of mobile telephony and internet services in the country with 4.5G technology. It will operate as a Virtual Mobile Operator (MVNO) on the infrastructure of Altán Redes, a company rescued by the federal government last June.
Currently the company ensures that it can provide service in several regions of the country, including Mexico City and the State of Mexico, which are prohibited because its concession title only allows it to bring connectivity to rural areas where operators do not yet arrive. private companies such as Telcel, AT&T and Movistar.
However, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) assured, via transparency, that CFE Telecomunicaciones is solely responsible for not transgressing the conditions of its concession title.