Digital Divide Country Profile · North America

Mexico

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Mexico in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure, Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure, 4G/LTE, Fiber/Fiber Optic. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure3
Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure2
Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure2
edge / community access infrastructure1
Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding1

Specific technologies

4G/LTE2
Fiber/Fiber Optic2
Wi-Fi2
Cloud-computing and digital-skills learning tools1
High-speed internet and backhaul connectivity1

Intervention classification

Neither explicitly identified7
Infrastructure and Specific Technology6
Infrastructure only4
Community cloud and technology education hub1
School-connectivity financing and deployment pilot1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

7 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 4 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

21 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

Community cloud and technology education hub

AWS Querétaro Technology Education Hub

Hub launched May 2026 · Querétaro

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Status / periodHub launched May 2026LocationQuerétaroPopulationStudents, educators, and community members seeking accessible cloud and digital skillsOrganizationsAmazon Web Services; Querétaro partners

creating a local entry point for practical cloud and technology education

Activities and approach: Technology training, cloud-skills education, community programming, and learning-resource access

Cloud-computing and digital-skills learning tools

EducationCollege / universityWorkforce

Broadband and telecommunications deployment

CFE Internet para Todos Free Internet Program for Social-Welfare Beneficiaries

Documented at source date · Mexico

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Status / periodDocumented at source dateLocationMexicoPopulationLow-income households and digitally excluded residents

Expands or enables connectivity for low-income households and digitally excluded residents, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Universal broadband service

CFE TEIT broadband/internet public-service mandate

Operational · Nationwide targeted areas

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Status / periodOperationalLocationNationwide targeted areasPopulationPeople lacking affordable broadbandOrganizationsCFE TEIT

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Non-profit broadband and internet provision

Affordable mobile connectivity

CFE TEIT non-profit mobile telephony service

Operational · Nationwide covered areas

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Status / periodOperationalLocationNationwide covered areasPopulationPeople underserved by commercial telecomOrganizationsCFE TEIT

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Low-cost/non-profit mobile telephony and data

Public Wi-Fi / Community Network InfrastructureWi-Fi

Digital infrastructure support

CFE TEIT technology systems and telecom support capacity

Operational / expanding · Nationwide

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Status / periodOperational / expandingLocationNationwidePopulationPublic programs and connected institutionsOrganizationsCFE TEIT

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Telecom systems development; network support and technical services

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure

National social broadband programme

CFE Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos

2019–ongoing · Nationwide, prioritizing underserved communities

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Status / period2019–ongoingLocationNationwide, prioritizing underserved communitiesPopulationCommunities without adequate commercial broadbandOrganizationsCFE Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos

State-owned nonprofit telecommunications programme created to guarantee access to broadband and Internet where coverage is absent or inadequate.

Activities and approach: 4G; fiber; satellite; public Internet access

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureMobile / Wireless InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic4G/LTE

Program governance and delivery

Conectividad para el Bienestar – CFE TEIT implementation agreements

Implementation / updated 2025-2026 · Nationwide

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Status / periodImplementation / updated 2025-2026LocationNationwidePopulationProgram beneficiariesOrganizationsPROMTEL; CFE TEIT

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Inter-agency implementation agreements and amendments

Rural and vulnerable connectivity

Conectividad para el Bienestar – high/very-high social-lag localities

Operational / 2024-2026 · High and very-high marginalization localities

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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationHigh and very-high marginalization localitiesPopulationVulnerable rural and peri-urban residentsOrganizationsPROMTEL; CFE TEIT

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Affordable telecom coverage and service access

Targeted mobile inclusion

Conectividad para el Bienestar – SIM access for residents aged 14+ in ZAPs

Operational / 2024-2026 · Priority Attention Zones

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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationPriority Attention ZonesPopulationPeople aged 14+ in high-marginalization areasOrganizationsPROMTEL; CFE TEIT

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: SIM distribution; mobile data/telephony access

Affordable mobile connectivity

Conectividad para el Bienestar – SIM distribution to federal social-program beneficiaries

Operational / 2024-2026 · Nationwide

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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationNationwidePopulationBeneficiaries of federal social programsOrganizationsPROMTEL; CFE TEIT; Government of Mexico

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: SIM cards; subsidized/accessible mobile connectivity

Targeted digital inclusion

Connectivity-for-welfare priority-group digital inclusion framework

Operational / 2026 · Nationwide priority populations

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Status / periodOperational / 2026LocationNationwide priority populationsPopulationVulnerable groups and people in high marginalizationOrganizationsPROMTEL; Government of Mexico

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Targeting rules linking connectivity access to welfare policy

Upper-secondary school connectivity

Free internet for all telebachilleratos nationwide

Agreement September 2025 / implementation · 32 states

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Status / periodAgreement September 2025 / implementationLocation32 statesPopulationTelebachillerato students and teachersOrganizationsSEP; SENER; CFE; Digital Transformation Agency

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Free internet access at telebachilleratos

Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure

EducationK–12

School connectivity

Free internet for all telesecundarias nationwide

Agreement September 2025 / implementation · 32 states

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Status / periodAgreement September 2025 / implementationLocation32 statesPopulationTelesecundaria students and teachersOrganizationsSEP; SENER; CFE; Digital Transformation Agency

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Free internet access in telesecundarias

Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure

EducationK–12

Rural/education broadband

Free Internet for Telesecundarias and Telebachilleratos

2025–ongoing · Telesecundarias and Telebachilleratos nationwide

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Status / period2025–ongoingLocationTelesecundarias and Telebachilleratos nationwidePopulationStudents in rural and underserved secondary educationOrganizationsSEP; Secretaría de Energía; CFE

Extends free Internet to rural-oriented secondary and upper-secondary schools, reducing educational connectivity gaps.

Activities and approach: Free broadband; school connectivity

Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure

EducationK–12

Adult education broadband access

INEA Community Learning Spaces Broadband Programme

2022–implementation · 800 INEA community learning spaces nationwide

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Status / period2022–implementationLocation800 INEA community learning spaces nationwidePopulationAdult learners and underserved communitiesOrganizationsSEP; INEA; CFE TEIT

Provides broadband in community learning spaces serving roughly 800,000 people, combining education and public access.

Activities and approach: Broadband to community plazas; CFE TEIT connectivity

Education

Wholesale/mobile broadband expansion

Internet para Todos – Red Compartida Social Coverage Expansion

2019–2024/ongoing legacy · Underserved and rural coverage areas

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Status / period2019–2024/ongoing legacyLocationUnderserved and rural coverage areasPopulationPopulation outside major operators' commercial footprintsOrganizationsCoordinación de Estrategia Digital Nacional; Altán Redes; CFE TEIT

Uses the Red Compartida as one of the national deployment pillars to extend mobile broadband coverage and enable service provision in underserved locations.

Activities and approach: 4G LTE wholesale network; shared infrastructure

Mobile / Wireless InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureInfrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding4G/LTE

Rural broadband through local providers

Internet para Todos – Rural PyME Connectivity Deployment

2019–2024/ongoing legacy · Rural/local markets

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Status / period2019–2024/ongoing legacyLocationRural/local marketsPopulationCommunities not efficiently reached by nationwide operatorsOrganizationsGovernment of Mexico; Secretaría de Economía; PROMTEL; local ISPs

Supports local cable companies and small providers to invest in infrastructure and serve rural communities.

Activities and approach: Local fiber/wireless networks; financing/advisory support

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic

Satellite and rural broadband expansion partnership

PROMTEL–Viasat Mexico Connectivity Expansion Partnership

Active cooperation agreement through 2030 · Rural and remote communities across Mexico

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Status / periodActive cooperation agreement through 2030LocationRural and remote communities across MexicoPopulationResidents and small/regional telecommunications providers in underserved areasOrganizationsPROMTEL; ViasatFundingAgreement value not publicly stated

expanding service options where terrestrial networks are difficult or uneconomic to deploy and strengthening provider capacity

Activities and approach: Satellite connectivity support; technical assistance; training; infrastructure cooperation; support for regional providers

Satellite / Non-Terrestrial NetworkRural Broadband InfrastructureSatellite broadband

Workforce

School-connectivity financing and deployment pilot

Prysmian–Giga Mexico 75-School Connectivity Credits Pilot

One-year pilot announced June 18, 2026 · Underserved schools and communities in Mexico

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Status / periodOne-year pilot announced June 18, 2026LocationUnderserved schools and communities in MexicoPopulationStudents, educators, and communities served by 75 offline or underserved schoolsOrganizationsPrysmian; Giga; UNICEF; International Telecommunication Union; local internet providers; Government of MexicoFunding75 schools over one year

rewarding local internet providers for connecting schools while giving providers backhaul capacity that can support sustainable network growth

Activities and approach: Connectivity Credits; high-speed school connections; ISP incentives; backhaul-capacity support

School broadband connectivity and ISP backhaul capacityHigh-speed internet and backhaul connectivity

EducationK–12Workforce

Rural broadband / edge connectivity

Veea–StarGroup Rural Mexico Satellite-Edge Connectivity Rollout

Partnership / rollout announced 2025 · Underserved rural communities across Mexico

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Status / periodPartnership / rollout announced 2025LocationUnderserved rural communities across MexicoPopulationResidents, businesses and community institutions in low-connectivity areasOrganizationsVeea; StarGroupFundingNot stated in source

Combines satellite backhaul and local edge/Wi-Fi infrastructure to deliver affordable community broadband.

Activities and approach: Satellite backhaul; VeeaHub edge nodes; local Wi-Fi/access services; cybersecure network management

Satellite backhauledge / community access infrastructureVeeaHubVeeaWare

Solar-powered community digital-access hub

Zapopan Solar Community Hub

Hub launched May 2026 · Zapopan, Jalisco

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Status / periodHub launched May 2026LocationZapopan, JaliscoPopulationResidents who lack dependable devices, connectivity, power, or digital-skills supportOrganizationsComputer Aid and local Zapopan partners

providing a local, resilient place for connectivity and digital learning

Activities and approach: Solar-powered computer access, connectivity, community training, and hub services

Solar-powered community technology hubSolar-powered computers and internet access

EducationWorkforce

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Mexico. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mexico/
International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Mexico. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=MX
World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Mexico. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=MX

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