MEXICO

摘要

The Mexican government has announced that it has begun the bidding process for the leasing of capacity on the fiber network of state-owned power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE).rnUnder plans announced in May 2009, the state will auction off access to two unused portions of CFE's fiber-optic network covering approximately 20,000km for a 20-year period; the fiber strands will be divided into three geographic regions: Mexico's Pacific coast, the center of the country, and along the Gulf Coast. Mexico's communications and transport minister, Juan Molinar, in announcing the start of the auction process, also revealed that the combined minimum bid for the lines is MXN858.6 million (US$66.4 million). The winning bidders will be announced on June 9 2010, and it is expected that commercial operations of the fiber infrastructure will begin with 18 months of the end of the auction.