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...

Brazil’s auction of spectrum left over from previous tenders in the 800 and 1800 MHz bands raised 237.8 million reals (BRL) – €97.8 million. Read more...

Brazil’s auction of spectrum left over from previous tenders in the 800 and 1800 MHz bands raised 237.8 million reals (BRL) – €97.8 million. Read more...

Satellite TV operator Sky Brasil has been given permission by Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel to launch a wireless broadband service using the 2.6 GHz spectrum band. Read more...

The arrival of a new entrant in Brazil’s 3G market plus increased spectrum holdings for incumbents are likely to see an acceleration in rollout around the country and better service quality. However, regulator Anatel's belief that prices will fall may be over-optimistic. Read more...

Sinditelebrasil, a trade body set up recently by Brazil’s private telecoms operators, is taking regulator Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel) to court in a bid to change the rules of next month’s auction of the one remaining national 3G licence. Read more...

An announcement by Mexican President Felipe Calderón that the 700 MHz band could be licensed in 2012, bringing the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting forward six years from 2021 to 2015, is set to stimulate new debate on the digital dividend in Latin America. Read more...

Brazil is to hold a “super auction” of spectrum consisting of 165 licences in five different bands, including provision for two new national licences and the possibility of a new market entrant. The auction will start on December 15. Read more...