Brazil: ANATEL Letter No. 100 – Cybersecurity for Enterprise devices
Anatel’s ORCN has clarified that the cybersecurity requirements outlined in Act No. 2436/2023 do not apply to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) intended solely for corporate use. These requirements, specified for CPE serving the general public, are not relevant to corporate equipment, which is typically installed and managed by specialized technical teams within secure corporate networks. […]
Brazil: Public Consultation No 13 – Amends the Regulation on Conformity Assessment and Approval of Telecommunications Products
On Feb 29th, ANATEL released the Public Consultation No. 13 with the intent to address four relevant themes for the Conformity analysis Theme 01 – Infractions and Sanctions in the Conformity Assessment and Homologation Process – assesses the need to adapt the standard in force due to the Agency’s actions in combating piracy and irregular […]
Brazil: Public Consultation to update the National Frequency Plan for Brazil
ANATEL has published on Feb 26th, the public consultation for the update of the attributions and destinations of Frequencies Brazil, the approved version of the document will serve as a guide for the next years regulations regarding the use of the Electromagnetic Spectrum in national territory. Some relevant changes are described below and include some […]
Brazil: ANATEL Publishes the Certification Act No 915 revoking the 24dbm limit on 2G in the 1900MHz band
On February 1st, 2024 ANATEL published Act No 915 altering the 24dBm power limit imposed by the previous certification act (Act No 16539 – Nov 27th, 2023) on devices operating in the 1900 MHz band. This previous publication made it impossible to certificate 2G devices operating on the 1900 Band due to the 33dBm power […]
Brazil: Proposed Revisions to Telecommunications Product Approval Regulations
On February 15, 2024, the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) announced a proposal for public consultation regarding revisions to the Regulation on Conformity Assessment and Product Approval for Telecommunications. This document outlines significant changes to the current framework governing the approval and sale of telecommunications equipment in Brazil. Key Proposed Revisions: Enhanced Sanctions: The proposal seeks […]
Brazil: Office letter 463/2023 – Updates regarding Act 17089 – Safety requirements
ANATEL issued 2 office letters, 463/2023 and 466/2023 regarding additional information and instructions regarding Act 17087 from Dec 19th, 2022 that defined new requirements for safety evaluation for telecommunication devices. Act 17087 had updated references and similar testing to the previous Act 950, but with an additional item of “marking and instructions” that will evaluate […]
Brazil: Office Letter 464/2023 – Act 7971 – IPv6 requirements updates
ANATEL released the office letter 464/2023 to clarify and update the requirements for IPv6 presented in Act 7971 from June 22nd, 2023. The agency clarified that Act 7971 will come into force on January 8th, 2024, 185 days after its publication, and shall suppress the previous IPv6 requirements listed in the technical requirements for telecom […]
Brazil – ANATEL act nº 16539 – Technical and operational requirements for the use of radio frequency bands associated with services of collective interest
The new act came into force by its publication on November 27th, 2023. The act revoked the previous acts: IAct No. 4.456, of June 11, 2018, which approves the power limits of the 39.50 – 40.00 GHz sub-band, for use by Multimedia Communication Service stations; IAct No. 2,934, of June 1, 2020, which approves the […]
Brazil – Public consultation No. 44 – Technical and operational requirements for the use of frequency bands associated with the private limited service, provided by terrestrial systems
The objective of this Public Consultation is to approve the Technical and Operational Requirements for the use of radio frequency bands intended for the private limited service, provided by terrestrial systems, and assigned to the fixed service or the mobile service. And to revoke: I – Act No. 6.053, of October 14, 2020, which approves […]
Brazil – Public consultation No. 39 – Technical and operational requirements for the use of radio frequency bands associated with services of collective interest
The objective of this Public Consultation is to approve the Technical and Operational Requirements for the use of frequency bands associated with services of collective interest provided by terrestrial systems, as set out in the Annex to this Act. And to revoke: I – Act No. 4.456, of June 11, 2018, which approves the power […]