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In Mexico the first indigenous mobile phone network is under attack

Mexico's only indigenous service provider that provides telephone and internet access to rural communities is at risk of closure due to an ongoing battle with the government. Español

By Jacobo Nájera and Giovanna Salazar
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Indigenous Community Telecommunications, the first and only indigenous service provider that facilitates affordable mobile phone and internet services to rural areas of Mexico, might be forced to stop operating.

In July 2016, Mexico's Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) granted the first license to operate a telecommunications network for indigenous community use to the non-profit organization Indigenous Community Telecommunications.

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