By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In a unanimous vote on Monday, April 25, Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) determined that a new law proposed by Congress that would require the owners of all cell phones to be listed in a national registry was unconstitutional. After reviewing the law, which was intended to prevent extortion scams using cell phones, the SCJN
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Telcel, Mexico’s largest wireless telecommunication service, became the first company in the country to launch the new, super-fast fifth generation (5G) network on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A subsidiary of América Móvil, the massive telecommunications corporation owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, Telcel will now offer 5G to all its fixed plan clients who have contracts valued at
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By KELIN DILLON Beginning on Saturday, April 17, any consumers in Mexico wishing to purchase a new SIM card for their phones will be required to present biometric data that is set to be kept on file as part of the country’s new National Register of Mobile Users. Mexico is now the 18th country in the world to implement this
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