Mexico. The rules that will allow the successful conclusion of the transition to digital television in Mexico will be subject to a public consultation process to receive the comments of interested parties and, if necessary, include them in the plan.
This was announced by Cofetel, who clarified that the Official Mexican Standard 192, which will be published in the official newspaper of the entity, includes the prohibition of the sale of televisions that do not have digital technology, a measure that many have requested and even criticized because analog televisions are still sold in Mexico that will later harm consumers.
The regulator explained that the project that will be put to public consideration was prepared in a joint work between Cofetel and the Ministry of Economy and reviewed by the Federal Commission for Regulatory Improvement, Cofemer, an entity that accredited the regulatory quality agreement in force in Mexico.
In addition, the Official Mexican Standard 192 was approved by the National Advisory Committee for Standardization of User Security, Commercial Information and Trade Practices, and by the National Advisory Committee for Telecommunications Standardization.
This news comes days after deputies of the Mexican congress asked Cofetel to publish the schedule of activities that will be carried out in the coming years in order to meet the goal of the analog blackout in this country, which is set for 2015.
