BRAZIL: ANATEL Publish Public Consultation Nº 82/2020 for WIFI 6E

On December 10th, The Telecom Regulator ANATEL released a Public consultation impacting Act 14448 (Technical Requirements For Assessing Conformity Assessment of Restricted Radiation Equipment). It’s pretended to include the test requirements and limits for the range 5925-7125 MHz. This is important for the manufacturers since they would be allowed to have approved devices with the […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Issues Ato No. 7280 Updating List of Reference for Telecom Products

On Dec 3rd 2020, ANATEL updated the list of products for telecommunications. One of the major updates is that products certified with Type Test with periodic evaluation now will have a period of validity of 2 or 3 years (please see the attached document in the Annex for more details). If the product was certified […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consultation No. 69 to Update SAR Technical Standard Act No. 955

On October 06th, 2020, ANATEL opened a public consultation for the update of Annex I to Act No. 955, of February 8, 2018, which provides for the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Testing Procedures for Telecommunications Products. The review is important due to the development of new transmission technologies for portable products and their impacts on […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Extends Once Again The Temporary Exception for All Renewals Expiring in 2020

On September 25th, 2020, ANATEL has issued an official document announcing another extension to the exception for renewals due to COVID-19. This regulation was last published on June 22nd and can be found here. The following was said: For all renewals (with no changes in the equipment) in which the technical certificate will expire from March 06, 2020, […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Issues Guidelines to Certification Bodies for the Technical Assessment on 5G

On September 21st, 2020, ANATEL issues additional notations to the Ato no. 3151 (Technical Requirements for the Technical Assessment of conformity for Terminal Access Stations) and Ato no. 3152 (Technical Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Celular Mobile Devices). The technical requirements were published based in the standard 3GPP TS 38.521-3 which does not include the […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Issues Act 4776 Regarding Updates on Act 14.448 for 5 GHz, Vehicle Radar, and More

ANATEL issued on September 1st, 2020, the Act 4776, and they bring the Technical Standard Update for the following technologies/types: -ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD VARIATION SENSOR, especially for the band of 76-81 GHz -BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM FOR LOCAL NETWORKS, for the band of 5.150-5.350 MHz and 5.470-5.725 MHz -VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (or SCV) for 5.850-5.925 MHz -WIRELESS MULTIGIGABIT […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consultation No. 54 Updating Restricted Radiation Equipment of Act 14.448

On June 2020, ANATEL opened a public consultation for an update of technical requirements about technical conformity of the following restricted radiation equipment, based in the Annex of Act 14.448 of December 04th, 2017: -Sensor-Emitter of Level Detection of Electromagnetic field Variation, applicable on radar systems at the band of 76-81 GHz; -Wireless Broadband Access […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publishes Public Consultation No. 50 Addressing Technical Requirement for Frequency Band 3.300 – 3.700 MHz

In June 2020, ANATEL opened a public consultation for an update of technical requirements about a frequency band of 3.300 – 3.700 MHz , used for Personal Mobile Services. The date for final comments is August 28th, 2020. You can contribute by accessing the ANATEL website.
BRAZIL: ANATEL Publish Act 4083 and 4084 Regarding Certificate of Conformity (CoC) and Homologation (CoH)

ANATEL issued on 31 st July 2020, the Acts 4083 and 4084 of 2020, and they bring the Operational Procedure for the Documents of Conformity Evaluation Process. Act 4083 addresses the Certificate of Conformity (CoC), and Act 4084 covers Homologation (CoH). Regarding Act 4083, it has been determined through the item 6.3.1.5 that, when requested […]
BRAZIL: Act 4088 of 2020 Addresses ANATEL Label Marking

ANATEL issued on 31 st July 2020, the Act 4088 of 2020, and it states about the ANATEL label marking, with important remarks and the addition of QR code possibility. First, an important change is that item 5.2.1 determines that the ANATEL label must be affixed prior to the enter the product in Brazil when […]