Colombia's CRC reviews 53 telecom reporting formats and tests automation

Colombia's CRC reviews 53 telecom reporting formats and tests automation

13 November 2026: Colombia's communications regulator, the CRC, has published a diagnosis of the periodic reports that telecom operators must file under Resolution CRC 5050 of 2016, and a pilot showing that automating the delivery and validation of that data is technically feasible. Comments on the project are open until 4 December 2026, and a regulatory proposal is planned for the first quarter of 2027.

Not yet independently verified. We read the CRC announcement and its two sibling notices but did not open the diagnosis document, the pilot report or the operator survey. Which obligations are finally changed or dropped is not stated, and the CRC calls its findings preliminary. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.

The CRC's own framing is a question: is every piece of data it demands still needed, and is it being collected efficiently? Its executive director, Felipe Augusto Diaz Suaza, put it this way: "Cada dato que solicitamos debe tener una finalidad clara." The project is called the comprehensive review and simplification of the information reporting regime, and this is its second phase.

Where the 53 formats overlap

The diagnosis counts 53 obligations in the reporting title of Resolution 5050, plus 25 other periodic obligations scattered through the same resolution. A first pass raised flags on 38 of the 53 formats and none on the other 15. Of the 38, 17 show possible overlaps of information, 10 a possible need for modification, 4 data-quality problems that suggest stronger validation, and 6 limited use outside the CRC. One further format, P.1.3, is marked with deletion as an option to assess. In total the CRC found 21 possible overlaps: 12 with other CRC duties, 6 with formats of the ICT ministry MinTIC and 3 among formats of the title itself.

A complementary inventory holds 149 more obligations. The CRC concentrates on the 25 that are periodic and treats the 124 occasional or on-demand ones as context. Eight of the 25 were issued in 2026 and stay out of this project, eight raised no alert, and nine were flagged, six of them for possible overlaps. The CRC says these findings do not predict decisions to change or delete anything.

Most data requests are about data already sent

Between January 2024 and September 2026, 61 of the CRC's 79 particular information requests, or 77.2%, concerned checking the quality and consistency of data operators had already reported in the periodic formats. The regulator describes preparing a report as hours or days of work.

A pilot with six operators

From March to July 2026 the CRC ran a pilot of alternative reporting mechanisms with Claro, Tigo, Movistar, WOM, ETB and Internexa. It tested automated delivery and validation of information. The CRC says the exercise confirmed technical viability and showed ways to speed up report generation and catch errors at the moment of submission, using platforms the operators already had; participants reported no significant investment in physical infrastructure. Results varied by operator.

The CRC links the work to earlier steps. A comprehensive review in 2021 cut administrative costs and particular requests, and in 2025 it folded the reporting duties of fixed internet providers with fewer than 30,000 residential accesses into a single format. The scope now also covers the information needs of satellite services and non-terrestrial networks.

Three deadlines in the same fortnight

For this project, comments on the diagnosis, objectives and method go to revision.reportes@crcom.gov.co until 4 December 2026. Operators have until 23 November to answer the consultation on each reporting obligation, proposing which to modify, simplify or drop. The CRC plans to publish its proposal for comment in the first quarter of 2027 and adopt a decision in the second.

Two other CRC consultations close earlier. The comment period on the problem document for modernising the mobile service quality regime was extended to 20 November 2026. Comments on the draft Regulatory Agenda 2027-2028, which lists 40 initiatives (18 regulatory projects, 8 exploratory studies and 14 continuing activities), close on 17 November.

Sources

• CRC: Para que se pide cada dato? La CRC revisa las obligaciones de reporte de informacion periodicas (Spanish), 13 November 2026
• CRC: Ampliado el plazo para enviar comentarios, proyecto Modernizacion del Regimen de Calidad de los Servicios Moviles (Spanish), 13 November 2026
• CRC: La CRC profundiza su apuesta por la calidad, la competencia y una regulacion sin cargas innecesarias (Spanish), 30 October 2026