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Amendments to the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law

On January 12, 2021, the Reform Decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”), which adds a section IV to subsection A) and section IV of item B) of Article 298 of the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law (the “Reform Decree”).

Proposed disappearance of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications

At the morning conference on January 7, 2021, the President of the Mexican Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated his intention to present a reform initiative to eliminate several autonomous agencies, including the Federal Telecommunications Institute (“IFT”) and the National Institute of Access to Public Information, in order to reduce public spending.

Possible reforms related to streaming services

Last September 12, 2019, Senator Ricardo Monreal Ávila, member of the MORENA parliamentary group, presented in the Senate an initiative to reform the Value Added Tax Law and the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law.