Brazil's ANATEL is conducting a public consultation on a proposed reassessment of the country's current spectrum management model. The consultation is divided into three parts with Part I focussing on the following specific spectrum management issues which are up for review: Spectrum Planning Coordination/Notification; Spectrum Use Pricing; Secondary Market; Spectrum Caps;… Read more...

PolicyTracker expects Brazil's Anatel to open a public consultation on the amount of spectrum which each operator can hold.  Local media reports seen by PolicyTracker indicate that the public consultation has been approved by Anatel's board of directors and that the consultation will be open for 45 days once published. PolicyTracker understands… Read more...

Brazil's National Telecommunication Agency (ANTEl)has informed PolicyTracker that the regulator plans to hold a public consultation using frequencies in the S Band for IMT by the Global Mobile Satellite System. To this end ANTEL is planning to review regulations covering frequencies between 1980-2025 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz bands. ANTEL intends to… Read more...

Brazilian spectrum regulator Anatel has opened a consultation to allow for new coverage obligations to be inserted into licence renewals. The consultation concerns the Regulation of Public Price Charges for the Right of Radio Frequency Use (PPDUR) law. Under current the law, coverage obligations apply to the first 15 years… Read more...

The Brazilian spectrum regulator Anatel has announced plans to review 3.5 GHz with a view to using it for 5G services. It said it plans to issue a regulatory impact analysis report in the first half of 2018 but has not announced any further details. According to its agenda for… Read more...

Brazil want to use the APT bandplan for 700 MHz and has now put this out to industry consultation. The document below is only available in Portugese. Read more...

The Brazilian regulator has launched a consultation on a proposed framework for its 700 MHz band auction. Anatel is proposing six blocks of 2 x 10 MHz. Three of these will cover the whole of Brazil, while a fourth covers the whole country except for the cities of Londrina and… Read more...

Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel is consulting on plans to sell licences for wireless broadband services in the 3.5 GHz band using WiMAX technology. Under the plan, companies that already have licences to operate in the 3.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz bands will be allowed to compete in the auction even… Read more...

The Brazilian regulator has launched a consultation on a proposed framework for its 700 MHz band auction. Anatel is proposing six blocks of 2 x 10 MHz. Three of these will cover the whole of Brazil, while a fourth covers the whole country except for the cities of Londrina and… Read more...

The Brazilian regulator is inviting comment on its proposals for bandplan, lot and auction design and licensing conditions for its proposed April auction of 450 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum. At 450 MHz there is a total of 2 x 7 MHz available, while in the 2.6 GHz band there… Read more...