Colombia. The Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) established by July 15, 2015 the entry into force of the Technical Regulation for Internal Telecommunications Networks (RITEL), which establishes the technical measures that will allow users to freely choose their telecommunications service operator (internet, digital TV and telephony), and not be limited to having only services from a single provider.
The adoption of this new date, given through Resolution CRC 4741 of 2015, was due to the incorporation of new modifications to the regulation, related to adjustments in the technical specifications of the wiring and civil works of the internal networks of the properties subject to the horizontal property regime.
In this way, additional time will be provided for operators, builders and other agents involved to make the adaptations required for an adequate implementation of this standard.
It should be remembered that the RITEL applies to new buildings that are subject to the horizontal property regime and that apply for construction licenses as new construction from the entry into force of the same.
Likewise, it should be borne in mind that for properties already built the application of the regulation is voluntary and it will be the community of owners who will decide its implementation.
Within the RITEL it is contemplated that the main obligations associated with it will fall on the builders of the buildings, who will have the responsibility of designing, supplying, building, installing and enabling the internal telecommunications network of the property, having both the wiring and the spaces and pipelines necessary to deploy said network, which corresponds to a property of the co-ownership and will not belong to any particular operator.
