Public Consultation Procedure on ICT Services Infrastructure Deployment

The Public Innovation Secretariat issued Resolution No. 76/2020 (the “Resolution”) which was published on October 16, 2020 in the Official Gazette, opening the “Consultation Documents” procedure provided in Section 44 of Annex I “General Rules for Public Hearings and Consultation Documents for Communications,” with respect to the “Rules for Information and Communications Technologies Services Infrastructure in Real Estate - Edition No. 5” (the “ICT Services Infrastructure Rules”).

Under the Resolution, interested parties may access the ICT Services Infrastructure Rules through the Remote Procedures platform (“TAD”) at www.argentina.gob.ar/jefatura/innovacion-publica/ssetic or through the official website of the Argentine Communications Agency (“ENACOM” after its acronym in Spanish) at www.enacom.gob.ar.

In addition, the relevant opinions, comments and proposals must be submitted by the interested parties through the TAD, or in physical format at the Reception and Archive Desk of the Secretariat of Public Innovation, located at 511 Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña Street, 1st floor, in the City of Buenos Aires, or at any of ENACOM’s Delegations throughout the country, within thirty (30) business days as of October 17, 2020.

The ICT Services Infrastructure Rules consist of VII chapters (General; Infrastructure; Piping; Multipair Wiring; Optical Wiring; Structured Wiring; and Summary of Significant Figures) through which the objectives and scope of the Rules related to the internal deployment of common infrastructures of ICT Services in buildings, country clubs and housing complexes are established for the purpose of enabling the provision of services by the ICT Services providers and operators.