Mexico extends cell phone registration deadline as millions remain unregistered

Mexico has extended the deadline for prepaid cell phone users to link their numbers to personal identities, with staggered cutoff dates from August 15 to December 31. The original June 30 deadline was pushed back due to low registration rates, as less than half of Mexico’s 140 million phone lines are registered. The policy aims to reduce crimes like extortion by associating numbers with identities.