Overview
- As of January 21, 3,388,796 lines had been linked out of roughly 158 million, and the CRT plans a February 7 tool for users to verify which numbers are tied to their identity.
- Meeting the deadline would require about 924,000 registrations per day, and unlinked lines are slated to be limited to emergency use from July 1 unless registered later.
- Customer-service staff and user reports indicate operators have started limiting services for some unregistered prepaid lines, though AT&T says pre‑January 9 lines can operate normally until the cutoff.
- PRI lawmakers introduced bills to push the deadline to January 30, 2028, citing platform strain, privacy concerns and risks of excluding vulnerable users, with proposals sent to Senate committees.
- Officials say the registry targets phone-based extortion by ending anonymous SIM use and that data will be held by operators rather than the government; a Telcel registration-platform flaw flagged January 10 prompted added security measures.