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Cell Phone Registration Deadline is Extended
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March 25, 2010
Mexico City – The deadline for millions of cell phone users to register their personal data with carriers has been extended.
Dep. José Adán Ignacio Rubí, president of the communications committee in the Chamber of Deputies, said Wednesday that lawmakers are extending the April 10 deadline by six months to allow more than 43 million people to send their data to be added to the National Mobile Phone User Registry (Renaut).
The extension comes after federal Communications and Transportation Secretary (SCT) Juan Molinar Horcasitas’ appearance before Congress on Wednesday, 17 days before the original deadline.
“Today we will sign an agreement in response to many people’s worry over the national registry,” said Rubí, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Without the extension, tens of millions of cell phone users were at risk of losing their service, he said.
The Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL) reported on Monday that a total of 709,726 cell phones were registered. This brings the total to 43.2 million registered users up to that date. The Renaut was created to avoid the use of cell phones as tools to aid in crimes such as extortion and kidnappings.
The Federal Telecommunications Law was changed on Feb. 9, 2009, adding a section stipulating that all prepaid mobile users be logged into the Renaut. In it, operators must also store all information on calls, texts, and voice messages associated with each consumer for one year. The information in the database, however, will only be made available with a court order in legal proceedings.
Callers can register via a free text message, directly through their mobile operator, or through Renaut’s website, which requires that the user enter his or her name, address and Individual Population Registration Code (CURP), similar to the U.S.’ social security number.
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