Overview
- The CRT issued May resolutions that let carriers treat previously collected postpaid or pre‑contract customer identification as sufficient to link mobile lines to a user’s CURP, allowing operators to register many numbers without a fresh in‑person step.
- CRT data show about 58.4 million lines are linked so far, roughly 40% of the regulator’s 144.5 million target, leaving tens of millions unregistered as the June 30 cutoff approaches.
- The regulator has said it will not extend the deadline and warned that unregistered lines will be suspended starting July 1, after which suspended users can recover service by completing the linkage within a limited grace period.
- Journalistic investigations and security experts have documented cases of unauthorized registrations and weak online ID checks, with Pamela Cerdeira’s report showing a CURP used to register a black‑market SIM and experts urging in‑person verification to reduce fraud.
- Banks and digital services warn that suspended numbers will break SMS and phone‑based verification, which could block transfers, password recovery and access to apps, while operators say the registry rollout carries high operational and security costs.