Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Prepaid Mobile Devices Comparator (Comparador de Equipos Terminales Móviles Prepago).


Description

The Prepaid Mobile Devices Comparator is an online tool that aims to provide the user with current, accurate, timely and comparable information on the devices offered by the different concessionaires in the prepaid mode, allowing the user to compare devices by: price, operating system, internal memory, screen size and camera.

It also alows to identify the specifications of each device, linking the device of the user's choice with the prepaid plans offer.

The tool is constantly updated and is the only one of its kind created by a government institution in Mexico.

Project website

http://comparador.ift.org.mx/equiposterminales/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • Mexico

Status

Ongoing

Start date

February 2018

End date

Not set


Replicability

This project can be replicated if you have the necessary resources to develop the tool online and with the information of prepaid mobile devices that the concessionaires offer in the market.


Sustainability

This project was developed with internal resources and man hours for both the collection of information and the design of the tool.


WSIS values promotion

The Prepaid Mobile Devices Comparator is an online tool that aims: a) Provide users with current information about the devices offered by the different concessionaires in prepaid mode, allowing them to identify the device that best suit their needs and preferences, b) Provide users with information about the prepaid plans offered by the concessionaires, c) Reduce the asymmetries of information also avoiding the need to browse through the different electronic pages of the concessionaires or visit the different attention centers, d) Provide users with simple and comparable information in order to have more elements for better decisions making when acquiring a device. Users have access to the information to choose the product or services that best suits their needs.


Entity name

Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT)

Entity country—type

Mexico Government

Entity website

http://www.ift.org.mx/