en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Mexican Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Telecomunicaciones, CRT) has initiated a public consultation process on the draft tender for the 2.3 GHz band, which will be exclusively dedicated to industrial use, and has set November 19, 2026, as the date for bidders to submit their offers.
The CRT plans to grant 10-year commercial concessions for the use, exploitation, and development of this band to deploy technological infrastructure, driving competitiveness and digital transformation in the productive sector. All radio resources offered are located in the 2.3 GHz band, specifically covering the 2,300 to 2,400 MHz range. The public consultation period runs from June 18 to July 15. This marks the CRT's first spectrum tender.
According to the draft designed by the General Directorate of Spectrum Tenders, the offer submission process consists of two stages. The first stage is the allocation stage, divided into two sub-stages, followed by the specific frequency assignment stage. In the first stage, 240 blocks of 10 MHz each, covering 60 industrial areas nationwide, will be auctioned through a clock-round incremental bidding mechanism. The second stage is initiated only if there is remaining spectrum, involving the allocation of blocks within specific polygonal areas smaller than 200 square kilometers, which may be proposed by bidders or pre-defined in the Economic Development and Welfare Poles (Polos de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar), using a sealed-bid method.
The CRT stated that to safeguard free competition, any participant assessed as an economic interest group must not hold more than 20% of the national spectrum share in similar bands, and no more than 40% within the same industrial area or polygon.
The commission set the following timeline: Receipt of declarations of interest, assignment of unique numbers, and acceptance of questions on the draft tender from August 3 to 7, 2026; submission of applications for competitive economic opinions to the National Antimonopoly Commission (Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio, CNA) from August 10 to 14; polygon definition proposals from August 13 to 19, with the final list of authorized geographic areas published on September 14. Documents proving legal, administrative, technical, and economic capacity must be submitted from September 15 to 21.
The final stage of the bidding process officially begins no later than November 6, 2026, which is the deadline for the commission's plenary session to issue the agreement granting participation certificates. Approved bidders will attend on-site document verification and submit written performance bonds from November 16 to 18. On November 19, 2026, the offer submission procedure (Procedimiento de Presentación de Ofertas, PPO) will be formally launched via an electronic platform, with the final award resolution expected within 20 business days after the final results are announced.
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