Mexico Introduces New Telecom Law: IFT Replaced by ATDT and CRT
On July 16, 2025, Mexico enacted a new Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law, effective as of July 17, 2025. The reform dissolves the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) and introduces a new two-tier regulatory framework:
ATDT (Agencia de Transformación Digital y Telecomunicaciones) – responsible for policy-making, digital inclusion, and infrastructure planning.
CRT (Comisión Reguladora de Telecomunicaciones) – operating under ATDT, it becomes the technical regulatory body overseeing spectrum management, licensing, type approvals, concessions, interconnection rules, and enforcement.
Changes and Procedures
The IFT will continue operating on a transitional basis until the CRT Plenary is fully established, at which point the IFT will cease to exist.
Ongoing applications will not be canceled but transferred to the CRT.
Existing certificates will remain valid until their expiration.
The IFT Seal labeling requirement, originally scheduled for July 01, 2025, has been postponed to July 01, 2027. Future marking rules will be defined by the CRT.
Additional Developments
Competition and antitrust oversight will be transferred to a newly created National Antimonopoly Commission (CNA).