BRAZIL: ANATEL Approved Allocation of 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz Frequency Bands
On May 15th, 2019 the Brazilian Board of National Telecommunication Agency (ANATEL) approved the allocation and regulation of the use conditions of the 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz radio frequency bands. The two tracks, which will be embedded by the Agency, are key to the implementation of the fifth-generation technology (5G). According to Anatel’s president, […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consultations No. 14, 15, 17
The Board of Directors of the National Telecommunication Agency (ANATEL) wants to gather comments and suggestions from the general public, where it’s proposed some regulation reviews, as follows: 1). Public Consultation Nº 14 – About the L Band: 1427-1518 MHz: It is in accordance with Case No. 53500.044911/2018-10 and has a maximum period of 60 […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consultation, Impacting Transceivers for Radio Base Stations
On April 17th, 2019, ANATEL of Brazil published Public Consultation No. 11 proposing to update the technical requirements and test procedures applicable to the conformity assessment of the Base Station Transceiver product to include criteria for certification of AAS (Active Antenna System) technology. Comments will be accepted until April 26th, 2019.
BRAZIL: ANATEL Act No. 1379 – Technical Requirements of Restricted Radio-communication Equipment
On March 1st, 2019, ANATEL published its Act No. 1379. This is an update to the Technical Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Restricted Radiocommunication Equipment. There were some changes on items 6.2.5, 13.1 and 13.1.1 of Annex I to Act No. 14.448 of December 4/2017. The changes were regarding specific conditions of use of the Periodic […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Updates List of Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Products – Category II
Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, ANATEL issued an update for the List of Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Products – Category II, the requirements for conformity assessment of the product “Transceiver for Base Radio Station”, pursuant to Annex I to this Act. This is applicable to the LTE technology under technical specification ETSI TS 136 141 […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Act 630 Provides Technical Requirements to Assess Conformity of the Product “Terminal Access Station – ETA”
Entirety reports on February 13, 2019, ANATEL issued the amendment of Annex I of Act No. 209 of January 14, 2019, replacing Table 1, which provides technical requirements for assessing the conformity of the product “Terminal Access Terminal – ETA”. The amendment has the minimum features for the process of assessment showing the Normative Document, […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consult, Impacting RFID Products
Entirety reports on January 23, 2019, ANATEL of Brazil published Public Consult No. 1 proposing to update the Technical Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Restricted Radiocommunication Equipment regarding specific conditions of use for Periodic Operational Devices with periodic transmission characteristics and limit electric field strength of Radio Frequency Identification Systems (RFID) in the 13 MHz band. […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Releases Guidelines for Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Values
Entirety reports on January 15, 2019, ANATEL Resolution Nº 700/2018, Article 11, and the Legal Letter Nº 659/2018, starting January 30th, the maximum SAR value measured (W/kg) during the local testing and declared in the test report, must be placed in one of the following places: 1. Product Packaging 2. User manual accompanying the product […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Proposes Public Consultation for Terminals and Base Station Radios Using NB-IoT Technology
Entirety reports on December 12, 2018, ANATEL’s proposed public consultation from December 4th regarding the new technical requirements of conformity for terminals and base station radios using NB-IoT Technology. The interested parties have a dead line of December 23rd to send their comments. Anatel will gather and will analyze all the suggestions in order to publish […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Updates Regulation on EMC Testing Procedures for Restricted Radiation Transceivers
On August 27th, 2018 the National Telecommunication Agency (ANATEL) of Brazil updated its regulation on EMC testing procedures for Restricted Radiation Transceivers that are in force from November 7, 2018. HIGHLIGHTS For certificate renewals/maintenance process there is no need to add or comply with this tests if and only if the initial certification was SUBMITTED previous […]