In contrast to the US most (82%) of Mexican mobile subscriptions are prepaid. In 2018 it covered around 1/3 of the population and 92% is planned for 2023. It's based on 700 MHz and sold on a wholesale base only. Since 2016 another 4G/LTE network is deployed known as ' Red Compartida'. 4G/LTE coverage is available to about 3/4 of the population on all three networks. According to an OpenSignal report coverage and speeds are lower than in the US, but better than further south in Central America.

In 2016/7 both Movistar and AT&T signed roaming agreements with Telcel to alleviate their lower coverage. It has a huge market share of more than 2/3 of the nation's subscribers.ĢG and 3G are on 8 MHz on all operators except AT&T that doesn't have 2G and Movistar is shutting down 2G, while 4G/LTE has started with Telcel and AT&T mainly on 1700 MHz (AWS Band 4), Movistar on 1900 MHz (Band 2) AT&T has 3G and 4G only, both on 1700 MHz. His mobile provider is not called Claro like anywhere else, but Telcel in Mexico.

The telco tycoon has made his fortune here controlling the landline market with Telmex and the mobile market with América Móvil. MVNOs still only play a minor role in Mexico so far with only 1.2% of the market share in 2017 but are growing rapidly. MVNOs are starting up of which Virgin Mobile, Cierto, weex, Aló, Flash Mobile, Oui Movil, Maz Tiempo and QUBocel are shown in detail. * Red Compartida (National Wholesale Network)

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