First test results for new Mexican broadband network due January

Mexico expects to receive first reports in Jan. 2015 from field tests that will lay the groundwork for a new national mobile broadband network, the Communications and Transport Ministry said.

Mexico is looking for a group of private companies to help it launch a national mobile broadband network on a 700 megahertz (MHz) wireless spectrum to help spur competition in a sector long dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim. The network is expected to require investment of about $10 billion over 10 years. The government will receive reports in January from tests carried out in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Acapulco, the ministry said in a statement. The tests aim to collect real-time information about a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network on the 700 MHz frequency band.

[Dec 23]