Introduction
How is the communication system in Mexico? Here, Broadcast media include telecom reform in 2013 enabled the creation of new broadcast television channels after decades of a quasi-monopoly; Mexico has 885 TV stations and 1,841 radio stations and most are privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available; in 2016, Mexico became the first country in Latin America to complete the transition from analog to digital transmissions, allowing for better image and audio quality and a wider selection of programming from networks (2022). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Mexico
| Internet country code | .mx |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 21,936,131 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 17 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 98.8 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 76% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | With a large population and relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, (86 lines for mobile broadband for every 100 habitants in June 2021) Mexico’s telecom sector has potential for growth; adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers (24.6 million fixed line subscribers and 125 million mobile line subscribers in June 2021); relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, potential for growth and international investment; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable; 5G development slow in part due to high costs (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity 19 lines per every 100; mobile-cellular teledensity is 98 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the ARCOS-1 and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the U.S.; Pan-American Crossing (PAC) submarine cable system provides access to Panama, California, U.S., and Costa Rica; Lazaro Cardenas-Manzanillo Santiago submarines cable system (LCMSSCS) provides access to Michoacan, Guerrero, and Colima, Mexico; AMX-1 submarine cable system with access to Colombia, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Gulf of California Cable submarine cable systems that connects La Paz, Baja California Sur and Topolobambo, Sinaloa; and Aurora submarine cable system provides access to Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, and the U.S. satellite earth stations - 124 (36 Intelsat, 1 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 9 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections (2022) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 27.185 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 21 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 127.872 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 100 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Mexico
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