BRAZIL: ANATEL Approves New Regulation for Radio Frequency Devices
On Thursday, June 22, 2017 the board of directors of ANATEL approved a new regulation on Radiocommunication Devices. These changes were discussed back in 2015 through a public consultation that received more than 500 comments. As of today, ANATEL has not made available the answers on the public consultation. With the approved regulation, ANATEL meets […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Expects Delays Due to Operational Difficulties with System Migration
As of February 2, 2017, ANATEL expects delays for uploads and submissions due to operational difficulties with the transition of their old system, SGCH, to their new ANATEL platform, MOSAICO. They anticipated the new system to be live by February 2, 2017, however, due to difficulties, the estimated expected date will now be February 8, […]
Brazil: ANATEL Releases Regulatory Agenda for 2017-2018
The Board of Directors of Anatel approved last Tuesday a Regulatory Agenda for 2017-2018. The agenda contains a total of 56 planned items impacting many processes for ANATEL. It is planned to discuss new regulations in all sectores related to Telecommunications in Brazil, among which reassessment and repeal of standards. One of the actions that […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL opens Public Consultation to Modify Technical Requirements for Cell Phone Chargers
IMPACT FOR WIRELESS: Yes IMPACT FOR ITE: No On November 16, 2016, ANATEL published on the Official Gazette the Public Consultation No. 32/2016 with a proposal to modify the Technical Requirements for homologation of Cell Phone Chargers. There are 9 items for which interested companies or individuals can send their contributions, those key elements are related to the scope, general […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Looking to Update Certificates for Lead-Acid Battery Maintenance Tables
On September 21, 2016, ANATEL published public consultation # 23 proposing an update for the homologation certificates of the stationary lead-acid batteries maintenance tables. These batteries are used in telecommunications service systems. The public consultation contains the list of the specific batteries and the new maintenance tables proposed by ANATEL. If the proposal is approved, […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consultation # 20
On August 10, 2016, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) published on its website public consultation # 20. The objective is to increase efficiency for the actualization of the technical references and test procedures used in conformity assessment for digital transceivers in point to point applications for fixed services. The consultation proposes to revoke ANATEL […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Published the Resolution # 669
On July 12TH 2016, the Brazilian Telecommunications National Agency (ANATEL) published on the Union Official Diary the resolution # 669 of July 11th 2016. The principal objective of this new regulation is to modify the regulation and usage conditions of the 15GHz band, approved by the resolution # 129 of May 26th 1999.
BRAZIL: ANATEL Postpones Tests for IPv6
On July 28th, 2016, the Brazilian Telecommunications National Agency (ANATEL) published its list of technical requirements for telecommunications products and its delayed force date for mandatory tests. ETSI and RFC’s IPv6 protocol has new requirements established by the RFC 2460 and the ETSI TS 102 514 normative documents, which will be required before January 1st […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Released the Public Consultation # 18
On July 21, 2016, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) published on its website the public consultation # 18 “Review of the regulation about canalization and conditions of use of the 148 MHz – 174MHz radio frequencies band”. The regulation establishes the canalization and the conditions for the 148 MHz – 174MHz band use. This […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Published the Public Consultation # 15
The Brazilian National Agency of Telecommunications (ANATEL) released on June 15th the public consultation #15 asking all the interested parties for comments about the proposal to alter the technical requirements lists of some telecommunications products in the categories I, II, and III. The proposed changes includes technical requirements for the certification of RF primary radar […]