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Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias (TIC A.C.) – Indigenous Community Mobile Networks, Oaxaca

Mexico · Oaxaca de Juárez · See the Mexico profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 1% 100/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

TIC A.C. operates the world's largest community-owned mobile network, covering 63 indigenous localities across five Mexican states; its 2016 Social Indigenous IFT concession was a global first, and the cooperative serves 3,500+ daily users at ~USD 5,000 per community.

63
Indigenous localities covered
3,500+
Daily users served
~5,000 USD
Operating cost per community
Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias (TIC A.C.) – Indigenous Community Mobile Networks, Oaxaca

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias A.C. (TIC A.C.) / Rhizomatica
Period
2012–present
Keywords
community networks, indigenous rights, rural connectivity, telecommunications, cooperative

Context

A community-owned mobile-network cooperative providing telephony to indigenous localities in southern Mexico under a first-of-its-kind Social Indigenous concession granted by regulator IFT in 2016.

Results

Operates the world's largest community-owned mobile network across 63 indigenous localities in five Mexican states, serving 3,500+ daily users at an operating cost of roughly USD 5,000 per community.

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