The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), one of the autonomous bodies about to disappear after a reform approved last year, spent more than 1,130 million pesos in software, programs, licenses, technical support and platforms to protect itself from cyber attacks and problems computing, according to documentation in the possession of Forbes Mexico.
The resources were obtained from the Infrastructure and Equipment Fund, a trust created in December 2014 and whose available balance as of September 30 was 1,500.7 million pesos, according to information published on October 15 in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
The trust, in which the IFT participates as trustor, until that date had resources committed to 19 projects authorized to be disbursed in the period 2024-2027, according to the information that the regulator is obliged to publish by law.
At the end of November, the president of the Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies, Moreno member Ricardo Monreal Ávila, declared that the resources of that trust would have to be reallocated for public works.
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“In the case of these entities that I tell you, Judiciary, Court, Electoral Tribunal, INE and some others, we are going to review, because it is a difficult moment for the Republic, and we must prioritize roads, water, education, health, universities . All that. We have to reassign it and make a great effort so that we all adjust, all of us without exception,” he commented.
As of September 30, the fund had an equity balance of 2,858.5 million pesos, according to the Official Gazette of the Federation.
Between January and September, eight contracts were signed and another three were signed for 71 million pesos for the witness service for the transmission of radio and television signals and television ratings.
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Companies owned by Monterrey businesswoman Blanca Treviño obtained a couple of contracts.
The IFT awarded a contract to BFS Engineering Applied, a company related to Treviño for up to 299 million 319 thousand pesos for the renewal of the software factory services.
BFS Ingeniería Aplicada and Softek Servicios y Tecnología received another contract for 229 million 657 thousand 794 pesos for managed hybrid cloud services and operational support.
Experts in Computing and Communications, a company founded and chaired by Héctor Serrano Plascencia, obtained a couple of contracts.
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Serrano Plascencia’s company, together with Sictel Soluciones TI and Solem Soluciones Llave en Mano, won a contract for 226 million 40 thousand pesos for the renewal of personal computing equipment, printing and service desk services.
Computer and Communications Experts and Sictel Soluciones TI also obtained a contract for 146 million 904 thousand pesos.
Planmedia Mex together with Axsis Technology and the Computer Solutions Center obtained a contract for 152 million 920 thousand pesos for the contracting of a software factory, consisting of project services and fixed resource allocation.
The Oracle company from Mexico won a contract of 39 million 184 thousand 649 pesos for the renewal of technical support, license updates and migration for the OWCC platform.
Another contract was for Innovati Consulting Group, a company owned by Xóchitl Vera Ortiz, for 29 million 603 thousand pesos for the renewal of software factory services.
