The Federal Telecommunications Institute (
Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL) is an independent government agency of
Mexico
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charged with the regulation of telecommunications and broadcasting services. It was formed on September 10, 2013, as part of larger reforms to Mexican telecom regulations, and replaced the
Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel).
The current President of the IFT is Gabriel Oswaldo Contreras Saldívar.
History
On August 8, 1996, President
Ernesto Zedillo
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was 61st president of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from t ...
created Cofetel, which originally was based in the tower of the
Secretariat of Communications and Transportation.
In 2013, President
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ...
created the IFT to replace Cofetel as part of the telecommunications reform package of the
Pacto por México. The IFT is an autonomous federal agency that is responsible for the regulation of the use of spectrum, telecommunications and broadcasting networks and offerings, and access to infrastructure. IFT also regulates the awarding of concessions and permits for broadcast stations and promotes and protects competition in telecommunications.
Through an agreement with
PROFECO
The Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor, or Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer (PROFECO, for short), is an organization of the Mexican government led by on the Attorney General. Mexico became the second Latin American nation to pas ...
, the IFT also handles user comments and complaints for communications services.
Organization
The IFT is headed by a board of seven commissioners, including a Chair. They are each nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
The sitting commissioners are:
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Gabriel Oswaldo Contreras Saldívar (Chairman)
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Mario Germán Fromow Rangel
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Adolfo Cuevas Teja
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Arturo Robles Rovalo
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Javier Juárez Mojica
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Sóstenes Díaz González
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Ramiro Camacho Castillo
References
External links
*{{official website, http://ift.org.mx
2013 establishments in Mexico
Executive branch of the government of Mexico
Telecommunications in Mexico
Telecommunications law