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Editorial QUITO

Guillermo León, Minister of Telecommunications, attended today at the Committee on Collective Rights of the Assembly to participate in the event. badysis of the reforms of the Law on Communication.

] In this context, he asks to review the current model of the distribution of radio and television frequencies (30% for the public media, 30% for the private media and 34% for the media Community.)

"It makes no sense from a technical point of view" and "hinders the process".

Upon his departure, León badured La Hora that the contest for the award of more than 1400 frequencies left by the previous Government has already been canceled as ordered by the controller.

He badured that all recommendations made by the control body would be respected because of irregularities detected.

For his part, Carrillo, executive director of Arcotel, avoided commenting on it. He said he took office 11 months ago and has "nothing to do" with the charges.

For his part, the minister felt that it was not necessary to hold a frequency competition throughout the country. . According to him, in remote areas such as Napo, it would be sufficient to register the applicants and check if they meet the requirements. (DRV)