Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, the CRT, set June 30, 2026 as the deadline for registering every mobile phone line. On April 1, with 17.33 percent of the lines registered, Ricardo Castañeda of the CRT said: “no podemos ampliar el plazo, es un plazo legal establecido en ley” (we cannot extend the deadline, it is a legal deadline established in law).
On June 25, Expansión reported that 63 million lines, 39.1 percent, had been registered, and that the CRT had set a new calendar. Depending on the last digit of the number, the new deadlines ran from August 15 to December 31, 2026. (Video in Spanish.)