Brazilian telecom agency ANATEL issued Act 10002 and Act 10003 from November 16th, 2021, which brings updates regarding the 4G and 5G tests for Station Access Terminal (ETA) and Mobile Phone from the previous Act 3151 and Act 3152 from June 12th, 2020, respectively. Both acts now bring the FR2 Bands (mmWave, above 24Ghz) for NR (New Radio) Standalone and Non-Standalone Inter-Band and bring for NB-IOT CAT the NB2 (3GPP Release 14).
Another change is for Mobile Phone that has hardware capable to receive FM signals (radio broadcast service) must have this ability accomplished by declaration on conformity evaluation process as a condition to obtain the homologation.
Type Approval impacted? Yes. Bands FR2 included for NR (New Radio) Standalone and Non-Standalone Inter-Band. At first sight only the auctioned bands. Included NB2 for LTE NB-IoT. Also, Act 10003 requires that the Mobile Phone that have the hardware to receive FM signals must have this ability attested by a declaration shown during the conformity evaluation process.
Spectrum Impacted: Yes, the new frequency plan
Imports Impacted: No
Standards Impacted: ANATEL’s Act 3151 from June 12 th, 2020, and Act 3152 from June 12 th, 2020 had been updated with the changes mentioned on Act 10002 from November 16 the 2021and Act 10003 from November 16 th 2021 respectively.
ETSI TS 136 521-1 V14.4.0 (2017-11) changed to ETSI TS 136 521-1 V16.8.1 (2021-06)
3GPP TS 38.521-1 V16.2.0 (2019-12) changed to ETSI TS 138 521-1 V16.6.0 (2021-02)
3GPP TS 38.521-3 V16.2.0 (2019-12) changed to ETSI TS 138 521-2 V16.6.0 (2021-02)
ETSI TS 136 521-1 V14.4.0 (2017-11) changed to ETSI TS 136 521-1 V16.8.1 (2021-06)
3GPP TS 38.521-1 V16.3.0 (2020-03) changed to ETSI TS 138 521-1 V16.6.0 (2021-02)
3GPP TS 38.521-3 V16.3.0 (2020-03) changed to ETSI TS 138 521-3 V16.6.0 (2021-01)
Product Impact: None