The candidate for Un Mexico Al Frente (political party that brings together the PAN, PRD and Movimiento Naranja), Ricardo Anaya, presented on Friday the ten actions that will take place, if he reaches the presidency, to have a Connected Mexico. Among them it is to design and execute the Mexico Digital Public Policy Agenda, focused on promoting universal digital inclusion, combating poverty and equalizing opportunities among Mexicans; connect broadband to 85% of citizens; eliminate the Impuesto Especial sobre Producción y Servicios (IEPS) (Special Tax on Production and Services) to telecommunications; execute the Program for the Promotion of Startups and Digital Entrepreneurship; and consolidate the second generation of reforms to incorporate the recent recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Broadband Commission of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Anaya detailed the points during the event México Digital Ya, which involved different industry reference to analyze the future of telecommunications and the Mexican digital economy. Among them was Pablo Bello, Executive Director of Asiet, who highlighted the role of ICT in the generation of wealth and economic growth: "Digitalization has to do with the capability to be more productive; if this is not done, economic growth of the next 15 years will be 40% lower than that of the previous 15 years". That is why he considered that the administration of the next years has the duty to close the digital divide and have a world-class infrastructure. "The next six years are fundamental, we have to be able to build an ambitious agenda that allows us to take the next plunge", he concluded.

For his part, Gabriel Szekely, General Director of Anatel, said that the regulation model should be updated by looking at the digital world, with spectrum and infrastructure facilities. He added that mobile theft has to be taken care of - he mentioned that in 2017 there were six times more robberies than in 2012 - and the blocking of the signal in the prisons. In turn, Mario de la Cruz, president of the Cámara Nacional de la Industria Electrónica, de Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologías de la Información (Canieti) (National Chamber of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology), insisted on the need to create an ICT Secretariat.