New obligations in case of MVNOs ceasing operations
On February 11, 2025, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (“IFT”) approved modifications to the Guidelines for the Commercialization of Mobile Services by Mobile Virtual Network Operators (the “Modifications”). These Modifications aim to ensure service continuity for users if an MVNO ceases operations, particularly after the dynamic changes in the Mexican MVNO market and the exit of […]
Modifications to the 2025 Annual Program for the Use and Exploitation of Frequency Bands
On February 6th of 2025, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (“IFT”) published an agreement modifying the 2025 Annual Program for the Use and Exploitation of Frequency Bands. These modifications aim to regulate the allocation and auctioning of radio spectrum frequencies for commercial, public, and social use. The changes were based on requests from the Economic […]
Guidelines for the Integration and Operation of Llave MX
On February 6, 2025, the “Guidelines for the Integration and Operation of Llave MX” (the “Guidelines”) were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. These Guidelines were issued by the newly created Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (the “Agency”) and came into effect on February 7, 2025. The purpose of the Guidelines is to […]
Amendment to the “General Rules that establish the terms and requirements for the granting of authorizations in telecommunications matters as set forth in the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law”.
On November 4, 2024, the Agreement through which the Plenary of the Federal Telecommunications Institute amends the “General Rules that establish the terms and requirements for the granting of authorizations in telecommunications matters as set forth in the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law” (the “Rules”) was published in the Mexican Federal Official Gazette. Following the […]
Agreement by which the Plenary of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications establishes the Minimum Technical Conditions for the Interconnection and determines the rates for interconnection services for 2025
On October 22, 2024, an agreement was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation by which the Plenary of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (the “IFT”) i) established the Minimum Technical Conditions for interconnection between concessionaires that operate public telecommunications networks; and ii) determined the rates for interconnection services resulting from the methodology for […]
Transparency & Simplification: New Rules Starting January 2025
On October 9, 2024, the “Guidelines for Integrating the Statistical Database of the Federal Telecommunications Institute” (the “Guidelines”) were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. Following the Public Consultation of the Draft Guidelines published in December 2023, and their final approval by the Institute’s Board on September 30, 2024, the Guidelines will come […]
Implementation of the New National Civil and Family Procedures Code and extinction of 35 civil and family courts in Mexico City
On June 13, 2024, the Judiciary of Mexico City published in the Judicial Gazette General Agreements 43-17/2024, 44-17/20214 and 45-17/2024 in which it was determined to approve: (i) the guidelines for the process of extinction of Civil and Family courts of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, (ii) the extinction of 24 Civil […]
Bid Project No. IFT-12.
On May 6, 2024, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (hereinafter, the “IFT”), published the Public Consultation of the draft terms and conditions of the Public Bidding to grant concessions for the use, development and commercial exploitation of various segments of the radioelectric spectrum available for the provision of Wireless Access services (Bid No. IFT-12), the purpose […]
Acedo Santamarina strengthens, as of today, its Probono and Family Litigation practices
We are very pleased to inform you that Acedo Santamarina strengthens, as of today, its Probono and Family Litigation practices, with the incorporation of Guadalupe Díaz S.G., as coordinator of these practice areas. She was the founder and led the Bufete Jurídico Gratuito Social, A.C. for nearly 20 years. This association is part of the probono work […]
Injunction against social network blocking
In recent years, the authorities have been forced to adapt technological advances as tools for the proper exercise of their administration, providing, among other things, access to information for citizens. One of these tools has been precisely the social networks, particularly the Twitter platform or now called “X” because of the facility it represents, the […]