Mexico. The Federal Institute of Telecommunications, IFT, determined the interconnection rates that will be in force from January 1 to December 31, 2019 in case of disagreements between concessionaires, as well as those that are applicable to the Preponderant Economic Agent, which will be in force during the same period and the minimum technical conditions for the exchange of traffic between concessionaires that operate public telecommunications networks.
To determine the rates and minimum technical conditions, the Plenary determined to submit to Public Consultation the "Preliminary draft of minimum technical conditions for the interconnection between concessionaires that operate public telecommunications networks and the rates resulting from the cost methodologies that will be in force from January 1 to December 31, 2019", which was held between August 24 and September 20.
For the provision of interconnection services, concessionaires operating public telecommunications networks must be subject to the minimum technical conditions that are published, which aim to promote the efficient exchange of traffic under equitable conditions.
Likewise, the interconnection rates that are published today in the Official Gazette of the Federation are the result of the Cost Methodology, published by the IFT in December 2014, whose guidelines adhere to the best international practices and give certainty to market participants.
In this sense, the interconnection tariffs applicable to the period from January 1 to December 31, 2019 will be:
- For services of termination of the Local Service in mobile users under the modality "The caller pays" will be $ 0.112623 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
- For short message termination services (SMS) in mobile users will be $ 0.015379 pesos M.N. per message.
- For termination services of the Local Service in fixed users will be $ 0.003360 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
- For services of termination of short messages (SMS) in fixed users will be $ 0.012370 pesos M.N. per message.
For the Preponderant Economic Agent, the rates applicable from January 1 to December 31, 2019 will be the following:
- For termination services of the Local Service in mobile users under the modality "The caller pays" will be $ 0.028313 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
- For services of termination of short messages (SMS) in mobile users will be $ 0.009241 pesos M.N. per message
- For transit services in mobile network will be $ 0.001551 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
- For termination services of the Local Service in fixed users will be $ 0.003151 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
- For origination services of the Local Service in fixed users will be $ 0.003535 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
- For transit services in fixed network will be $ 0.004465 pesos M.N. per minute of interconnection.
