Mass media in Mexico

Telecommunications
Telmex Retail Store in Puerto Vallarta
Telephone land lines	19.8 million (2011)
Mobile lines	94.5 million (2011)
Telephone country code	+ 52
Internet Users	31 million (2009)
Internet country code	.mx

Mass media in Mexico are regulated by the Secretariat of Communication and Transportation (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes or SCT), a federal executive cabinet ministry and by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones or IFT).

Mexico's communication services market is among the largest in Latin America,^[1] liberalized in the 1990s, with the landmark privatization of Teléfonos de México (Telmex), a previously state-owned monopoly. Since then, new operators have entered the market, but Telmex remains the dominant player.