Brazilian regulator ANATEL has issued a consultation on its proposal to assign the 3400 - 3600 MHz band in 10 MHz blocks for TDD mobile broadband services, including 5G. Read more...

Brazil's spectrum regulator ANATEL is holding a consultation on the direction that the regulator should take with regards to assigning spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands. In this regard ANATEL is looking for feedback on the following points: The possible system and services that could benefit from… Read more...

Brazil's spectrum regulator ANATEL is holding a consultation on proposed regulations for the use of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band. These  aim to enable the use of 2.3 GHz spectrum for private mobile services, TV re-transmitters and fixed services.  This would likely involve a rearrangement of the band. ANTEL had… Read more...

Brazil's regulator ANTEl is holding a public consultation on changes to the current pricing model for satellite operators. In particular ANTEL is looking to change the capacity benchmark used in this model as the regulator deems this to be inappropriate in the case of new high capacity satellites, such as those… Read more...

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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...