Overview

• The Law on Telecommunications and Radiodiffusion became effective on July 17, 2025, triggering a transitional period in which both the 2013 and new legal regimes operate until the CRT is constituted
• The Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones will continue its duties temporarily, but its dissolution hinges on the Senate confirmation of five CRT commissioners and faces funding only through mid-July payroll
• The reform abolishes the IFT and establishes the Comisión Reguladora de Telecomunicaciones, Agencia de Transformación Digital y Telecomunicaciones and Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio with autonomous regulatory powers
• Telecom and broadcasting are now classified as public services of general interest, with a state mandate to prohibit discrimination, guarantee competition and expand broadband access
• Authorities have announced plans for a 5G spectrum auction this year, subsidized spectrum for social coverage and new commercial rights for indigenous, afromexican and community broadcasters alongside potential state operations by Altán Redes and the CFE