BRAZIL: ANATEL Working With Marketplaces to Ban Unapproved Equipment From The Market
ANATEL is informing they are working with the online marketplaces to fight against the illegal activities preventing the sale of unapproved or irregular telecom products. This action seeks to protect the spectrum and the telecommunication services. The Authority wants to avoid low-quality products in the market which could also be harmful to health and safety. […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Seize 9,800 Irregular Devices in One of The Biggest Marketplace Distribution Centers
The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) carried out, together with the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil (RFB), an inspection in the storage and distribution centers of the Mercado Livre online sales platform. Over the past week, Anatel inspectors sealed 9,800 irregular telecommunications products, at an estimated value of R$ 1.2 million. This was Anatel’s first on-site […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Publication Consultation Regarding Change in Test Requirements for Cell Phone Chargers in Vehicular Environment
The technical area of Anatel’s Certification and Numbering Management (ORCN) has checked the possibility of changing the requirements and test procedures aimed at the certification of cell phone chargers used in a vehicle environment was identified. The updated proposal makes references to international technical standards specific to the automotive environment and takes into account that […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Act 5701 Officially Published Marking Updating Rules for Products Entering Brazil Customs
On June 2021, ANATEL had published a Public Consult number 25, to postpone the Act 4088 to be in force after 730 days from its initial publication and to add one item to the exception of marking products prior to entering Brazil, for the devices that are also regulated by the National Health Surveillance Agency […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Official Letter 112/2021/ORCN/SOR-ANATEL Regarding SAR Tests Below 300MHz
Anatel has published the Official Letter 112/2021/ORCN/SOR-ANATEL regarding SAR tests below 300MHz. Anatel published, on March 12, 2021, Act nº 1630 regarding the update of the Test Procedures for Assessment of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of Telecommunications Products. The testing procedures for SAR assessment previously in force, approved by Act No. 955, of February […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Removes 1.5 million Pirated Telecom Devices From Circulation
The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) Action Plan to Combat Piracy (PACP) removed more than 1.5 million irregular telecommunications equipment from the market in the first half of 2021. The numbers are available on the new PACP Dashboard, which publishes the results of actions against piracy on Anatel’s internet portal. In this area, the results of […]
BRAZIL: Act No. 4521 Regarding The Operational Procedure for Importing Telecommunications Products is in Force.
Anatel has launched Act No. 4521 regarding the operational procedure for importing telecommunications products which determine that Approval is a prerequisite for the use and marketing, in Brazil, of telecommunications products, with the need for approval prior to importation for those listed in the Reference List of Telecommunications Products, subject to the following hypotheses: a) […]
BRAZIL: On June 5th of 2021 Act 77 of ANATEL Will Come Into Effect Changing The Minimum Cybersecurity Requirements
On January 5th of 2021, ANATEL issued Act 077 which is now relating some concerns of Cybersecurity that will require conformity also throughout the ANATEL Certification process in Brazil. This will be applicable for all the products listed in the Telecommunications Products Reference List published by the Agency (Act 7280 from November 2020) and for […]
BRAZIL: Public Consultation No.27 for Testing Procedures’; Update for Devices Operating in the Band 5.925-7.125 MHz, and Others
ANATEL has launched Public Consult is number 27. This proposal for a public consultation deals with the update of the Testing Procedures for Assessing the Conformity of Restricted Radiation Radiocommunication Equipment, approved by Act No. 6.506, of August 27, 2018 (Reference 2.5). The proposed changes are intended to include the testing procedures for the products […]
BRAZIL: Public Consultation No.21 for Testing Standards Updates
ANATEL has launched the Public Consult number 21: the objective of this publication is to update Annex I of Act No. 14.448, of December 4, 2017, to include the technical requirements for assessing the technical compliance of Restricted Radiation Radiocommunication Equipment applied to the following specific conditions of use: -Access point transceiver, inside land transport […]