Mexico. As part of the elements that the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, IFT, included in the National Radio Spectrum Plan and in its Work Program to guarantee the optimal use of the 2.5 GHz band under principles of universal, non-discriminatory, shared and continuous access, it was established that the IFT Plenary will issue the Agreement by which the segmentation of the 2.5 GHz band (2,500 – 2,690 MHz) is adopted, as part of the actions aimed at its tender in 2016.
Given this, the IFT held a public consultation from April seven to May 5, 2015, on the Proposal for the adoption of the segmentation scheme of this band, which was identified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as conducive to International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT). In this exercise, the bulk of the participants showed a clear preference for the C1 segmentation scheme.
In this sense, taking into account the recommendations of the ITU and the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission, CITEL, as well as the comments obtained in the aforementioned public consultation, in an ordinary session held on the third of July, the IFT Plenary agreed to adopt the C1 Segmentation scheme for frequency band 2500 – 2690 MHz.
This scheme has a configuration of contiguous spectrum blocks large enough that allows the deployment of broadband technologies that use the duplexing methods FDD (duplexing by division in frequency) or TDD [AMG1] (duplexing by division and time).
Among the advantages of this segmentation of the 2.5 GHz band is that, because it is the most widely adopted internationally, economies of scale are achieved that translate into cost reduction for manufacturers and, therefore, it is possible to offer products and services at lower prices [AMG2] for end users.
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