The Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones) (CoFeTel) was the regulator of
telecommunications in Mexico, and was part of the
Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT). Formed in 1996 and replaced in 2013, Cofetel was roughly equivalent to the
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains j ...
in the
United States
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, and
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and mail, postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-rang ...
in the
United Kingdom
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. Among its duties were licensing of
broadcasting
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stations and regulation of
telephone companies.
As of September 2013 COFETEL has been replaced by the IFT, the
Federal Telecommunications Institute
The Federal Telecommunications Institute (Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL, Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Snaul jtsob a’telelil Sk’asesojibal k’o ...
.
References
External links
Official websiteFederal Commission of Telecommunications English website
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Executive branch of the government of Mexico
Telecommunications in Mexico
Telecommunications law