Amid continuing debates about how to improve the country's telecoms infrastructure, Brazil is gradually developing a plan for switching the 700 MHz band to mobile use. Read more...

Brazilian regulator Anatel has ruled that MMDS operators who previously held the whole of the 2500-2690 MHz band should receive compensation of 314 million reals ($151 million). Read more...

A public hearing held by the regulator Anatel late last month suggested Brazil was moving towards adoption of the 700 MHz APT band plan. Read more...

Critics believe that giving spectrum to national operators falls short of spectrum nationalisation, but giving spectrum to incumbents is becoming a popular way of manipulating the market. Read more...

A recent consultation and public hearing held by Brazilian regulator Anatel suggest the country could be moving closer to the deregulated introduction of femtocells. Read more...

Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) has reduced the level of import tax applied to equipment used for 4G mobile services. Read more...

The approval of a new antenna law by an influential Senate committee should help to boost the speed of LTE rollout in Brazil. Read more...

Brazil has made significant changes to its analogue switch-off (ASO) timetable and may auction its digital dividend frequencies as early as the second half of 2013. Read more...

The Brazilian government thinks harmonising the environmental rules for installing mobile base stations will bring great benefits in the run up to 2014 but it’s proving politically difficult. Read more...

Brazil’s main mobile operators have paid a total of BRL 2.72 billion ($1.3 billion) for spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band but snubbed the spectrum on offer in the 450 MHz band. Read more...