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On March 31, phase 1 of Mexico’s new wholesale mobile network, Red Compartida, was launched. Covering 95% of Mexico’s vast territory, it is expected to bring cheap, reliable data to millions - along with all the digital products and services this will facilitate - by the mid 2020s.
Yet, despite the government’s rhetoric, this intervention is lacking in the social and educational investment needed to match radical technological change.