US EditionTelcel Announces Additional Security Measures After Reporting User Data
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Ignacio Gómez Villaseñor, a journalist specialized in technology, denounced the vulnerability of the data of Telcel customers after the beginning of the registration in the National Mobile Phone User Register, ordered by the Government of Mexico to combat extortion. “A single day later...and there is already a mega data exhibition...we were forced to give our data to fight crime but within 24 hours they just gave organized crime the perfect tool…
Your line in sight: what you should know about the compulsory registration of mobile phones in Mexico In 2026, the mandatory registration of mobile phones began in Mexico, a measure that seeks that each telephone line is linked to a natural or moral person through the CURP and an official identification. This procedure is indispensable to avoid the suspension of the service and is part of the national telephone registry promoted by the telecommu…
Telcel ruled out that there is a leak of personal data related to the process of mandatory registration of mobile lines that came into force on January 9th at the...
On January 9, 2026, it began the compulsory registration of telephone lines, provided for in the amendment to the Law on Telecommunications and Broadcasting approved in June 2025. This law orders mobile telephone operators (such as Telcel, AT&T, among others) to link the telephone line of users with their Single Population Registration Key (CURP). If not by June 28, 2026, the company will disable the service.
Mandatory cellular registration in Mexico 2026. Courtesy: Bigstock Starting in January 2026, the mandatory registration of cellular lines in Mexico came into force for all mobile phone users, regardless of the company or type of plan. This official measure seeks that each phone number is linked to a fully identified person, with the aim of strengthening security and reducing the misuse of mobile lines. The provision applies both to new lines and…
The mandatory registration of mobile lines started last Friday with threat: who by June 30 does not associate his cell number with a verified identity will be left without service as of July 1. It is a political decision of the government: to convert the cell phone — the apparatus with which it is paid, worked, studied and lived — into a mechanism of formal control. The official promise is: “with identity, lowers extortion.” The problem is obvio…
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