Overview
- The CRT began suspending unlinked prepaid lines after an initial cut for numbers ending in 0 on August 15 and reactivated about 3.6 million suspended lines after users completed registration.
- Roughly 75.8 million mobile lines have been linked so far, about 52.7% of an estimated 144 million lines, leaving about 68.1 million still unregistered.
- Users whose numbers end in 1 must register by 31 August or face a gradual suspension window operators may apply within 72 hours after the deadline.
- Registration is free, handled by operators or the RegistratuLínea portal, requires an official ID plus CURP (or RFC for companies) and a live‑selfie that authorities say is not retained, and service is fully restored once linkage is completed.
- The CRT warns of scammers posing as regulators to demand codes or payments, and officials expect the phased program and a planned depuration of roughly 25 million inactive SIMs to change how people access prepaid mobile service and how operators manage fraud detection.