The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT) asserted that the cost of radio spectrum in Mexico is 7% below the international average.
The new regulator in the sector reported in a statement that it updated the cost calculation with data updated to 2025, and from the sources used by the then Federal Telecommunications Institute in 2023.
He even stated that by 2026 the cost of the radio spectrum will decrease even more thanks to the Federal Rights Law, which provides for the issuance of guidelines for the application of discounts in the payment of rights for the use of the radio spectrum.
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He added that he will submit to public consultation the provisions that will enable this legal mechanism, so that operators pay less, and they are expected to be published this year in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
Just on Monday, the consulting firm The Competitive Intelligence Unit published an analysis in which it maintains that Mexico maintains one of the most expensive spectrum regimes in the world, which limits the deployment, coverage and quality of services.
He pointed out that according to international comparative analysis, Mexico registers one of the highest annual costs in the world, with rates that represent more than double the total cost of the radio spectrum, while in the Latin American average this ratio is barely 20%, according to the organization of mobile operators and related companies GSMA.
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