Guidelines For Granting Concessions Of Telecommunications And Broadcasting

On July 24, 2015, the Guidelines for Granting Concessions of Telecommunications and Broadcasting were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation ("DOF" for its acronym in Spanish). The Guidelines became effective the day after their publication in DOF, this is, July 25, 2015.

The Guidelines establish, in a clear and precise manner, the terms and requirements to be met by those persons interested in obtaining from the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, "IFT", for its acronym in Spanish) a concession of the ones established in the Federal Law on Telecommunications and Broadcasting (the "LFTR" for its acronym in Spanish).

As may be recalled, the LFTR regulates the following types of Concessions: