BRAZIL: Act no. 1630 – Update for SAR testing procedure
On March 11th, 2021, ANATEL issued the Ato no. 1630, that established all testing procedure for the measuring od Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for the purpose of evaluating the technical conformity of products with ANATEL. The highlight is that now is fully adopted the standard IEEE 62209-1528 (2020), subject to additional and specific conditions specific […]
BRAZIL: Technical Requirements for Testing and Approval of 5G NR Band n78
On March 10 th, 2021, ANATEL published Act no. 1477 that establishes the Technical Requirements for the use of spectrum by devices that operates in the frequency ranges from 3.300 MHz to 3.700 MHz. It’s worth remarking that de Act is clear regarding technical features as operating power, undesirable emissions for base station, nodal or […]
BRAZIL: Approved the Technical Requirements for Wi-Fi 6e
ANATEL published the Technical Requirements for Wi-Fi 6e through the Ato no. 1306 for equipment that operates in the frequency range 5.925 -7.125 MHz. For indoor use, the agency did not establish limits for the channel bandwidth and regarding the low power equipment will be allowed access point/subordinate the access point, indoor access point client […]
BRAZIL: New Regulation for 3.5GHz and 26GHz Frequency Ranges
On March 3rd, ANATEL published Resolution no. 742/2021 that allocates in the frequency range of 3.5 GHz for mobile phones, fixed broadband, and private limited services. By means the Resolution no. 743/2021 made an adaptation of the General Plan for Personal Mobile Service Authorization (PGA-SMP in Portugues) to Law 13.879/2019, now the use of the […]
BRAZIL: Technical Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Restricted Radiation Radiocommunication Equipment
On February 26th, 2021 ANATEL published the Ato no. 1306 regarding the technical requirements for the conformity assessment. This publication affects Annex I of the Ato no. 14.448 from December 4th, 2017. The main changes are aimed at the frequency ranges in the band of 5.150- 5.350 MHz, 5.470-5.725 MHz, and 5.925-7.125 MHz meeting conditions, […]
BRAZIL: Top Published ANATEL Regulations to Monitor Today
It’s been almost a year since ANATEL Resolution 715 entered into force, switching from an all-in-one regulatory framework to a series of publications that define the specifications, guidelines, detailed procedures, and concepts for everything related to the radio and telecom product certifications in Brazil. ANATEL is surely achieving its goal with this new structure: a […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Act 077 of 2021 – Cybersecurity
On January 05th of 2021, ANATEL has 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 […]
BRAZIL: Operational Procedure Comes Into Force January 31st for Conformity Assessment of Telecom Products
Starting on January 31 st, 2021, will be the entry in force of the following Operational Procedure for Conformity Assessment of Telecommunications Products by Certification: Ato 4083/2020 – Evaluation of the factory management system for all products: the ISO certificate will be required for all products and all factories, regardless of the product classification and […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Extends Once Again The Temporary Exception for All Renewals Expiring in 2020
On December 21st, 2020, ANATEL issued an official document announcing another extension to the exception for renewals due to COVID-19. This regulation was last published on September 25th. The following was said: For all renewals (with no changes in the equipment) in which the technical certificate will expire from March 06, 2020, until June 30, […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publish Public Consultation No. 81 Regarding Operational Procedure for the Import of Telecom Products
ANATEL published Public Consultation no. 81 for approval of the Operational Procedure for the Import of Telecom Products. The remarks of the document are the following: Commercialization purposes – The import of approved products for commercialization products can be only performed by the Applicant of the Approval or its legal representative – The ANATEL identification […]