Driven by the government for security reasons, it was contested since its enactment as law, last April, by industry and analysts. The Justice accepted protective injunctions against its application and studies the requests to declare it unconstitutional.

On April 13, the Senate of Mexico approved a reform to the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law, which created the Padrón Nacional de Usuarios de Telefonía Móvil (Panaut) (National Register of Mobile Telephone Users). This vote was preceded by a strong debate between those who promoted the Panaut - the representatives of the government party, Morena, both in the Executive Power and in Congress - and their detractors: the political opposition, the telecommunications industry, analysts and academics linked to this sector, and even the body that regulates it, the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) (Telecom Regulator).

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