On October 7, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum submitted to the Senate of the Republic the list of candidates who will form the Plenary of the new Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (in Spanish, “CRT”) and the National Antitrust Commission (in Spanish, “CNA”), respectively. This represents a decisive step in the restructuring of Mexico’s regulatory framework and marks the imminent disappearance of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (in Spanish, “IFT”) and the Federal Economic Competition Commission (in Spanish, “COFECE”) as autonomous constitutional bodies -authorities currently responsible for the regulation and oversight of the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, and of economic competition, respectively.
The list of appointments submitted by the President stems from the decrees published on July 16, 2025, in the Official Gazette of the Federation, through which the new Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law was enacted -repealing the former Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law- and various provisions of the Federal Economic Competition Law were amended.
Both the CRT, an administrative body under the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (in Spanish, “ATDT”) responsible for technical regulation, operational supervision, and the imposition of sanctions in telecommunications and broadcasting matters, and the CNA, a decentralized public entity attached to the Ministry of Economy, will be composed of five Commissioners, including their respective Chairperson. These Commissioners will be appointed on a staggered basis by the President of the Republic and ratified by a simple majority of the Senate.
The Senate will have 30 calendar days to ratify the proposed appointments, counted from the date of submission. Subsequently, the President will have 10 additional days to appoint, from among the ratified candidates, the Chairperson of both the CRT and the CNA. Each will serve a three-year term, renewable only once.
The proposed members of the CRT include professionals with extensive experience in telecommunications, public policy, and public administration, several of whom have previously served in the ATDT and are aligned with the current federal administration.
The proposed candidates for the CRT are listed below:
| Comisión Reguladora de Telecomunicaciones | ||
| Candidato (a) | Periodo | Trayectoria Destacada |
| Ledénika Mackensie Méndez González | 3 years (until 2028) | Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from UNAM and Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the IPN. Former Deputy Director of Network Operations at the ATDT and Executive Director of Digital Inclusion at the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. |
| María de las Mercedes Olivares Tresgallo | 4 years (until 2029) | Graduate of UVM. Member of the University System of Radio, Television, and Film at the UAQ. |
| Adán Salazar Garibay | 5 years (until 2030) | Communications and Electronics Engineer with a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Brings essential technical expertise for spectrum regulation. Served as Director of Call Center Operations at the ATDT. |
| Tania Villa Trápala | 6 years (until 2031) | Telematics Engineer from ITAM, with a Master’s Degree from the Royal Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. Former General Director of Spectrum Planning at the IFT, currently General Director of Telecommunications Policy at the ATDT, and Chair of Study Group 12 of the International Telecommunication Union. |
| Norma Solano Rodríguez | 7 years (until 2032) | Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Law from UNAM, and Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration. Currently National Coordinator for Digital Transformation at the ATDT. |
On the other hand, the CNA will be composed of a balanced team focused on economists and lawyers. The proposed candidates for the CNA Plenary are:
| Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio | ||
| Candidato | Periodo | Trayectoria Destacada |
| Andrea Marván Saltiel | 3 years (until 2028) | Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Ibero and Master’s Degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Currently serves as Chair of the COFECE. |
| Ana María Reséndiz Mora | 4 years (until 2029) | Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from UNAM and Master’s Degree in Economics from ColMex. Currently serves as Commissioner at the COFECE. |
| Oscar Alejandro Gómez Romero | 5 years (until 2030) | Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from UNAM and Master’s Degree in Economics from ColMex. Currently Executive Coordinator at the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement. |
| Ricardo Salgado Perrilliat | 6 years (until 2031) | Bachelor’s Degree in Law from La Salle, with specializations in Public and Corporate Law. Former General Coordinator for Regulatory Improvement at the IFT. |
| Haydeé Soledad Aragón Martínez | 7 years (until 2032) | Ph.D. in Social Science with a specialization in Sociology from ColMex. |
The institutional transition has proven complex, considering that submission of the proposed candidates for the CRT and CNA Plenaries has been postponed at least twice since September 1, the date originally scheduled for delivery to the Senate.
These appointments arrive at a pivotal moment for Mexico’s regulatory system, confirming the imminent disappearance of the IFT and COFECE as autonomous constitutional bodies. It remains to be seen whether the new authorities will preserve independent decision-making and ensure technically sound and economically efficient regulation that fosters Mexico’s competitive and innovative development.
At Acedo Santamarina, S.C., we remain at your disposal to advise on the scope and implications of these institutional changes in telecommunications, broadcasting, and competition matters.
