Telecommunications & Information Technology
The Brazilian Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) opened, on
August 2, 2019, the Public Consultation No. 39 to hear public
opinion on a new regulation for Internet of Things (IoT) and
machine to machine (M2M) technologies in Brazil.
This consultation aims to simplify the regulatory framework in
order to expand IoT applications, and to determine which
technologies can be framed as Value Added Services (VAS) and which
ones are properly telecommunication services.
The new regulation also intends to discuss the business models
that will require a telecommunication license, as well as which
would be the most appropriate telecommunications service for IoT
– Multimedia Communication Service (SCM), Private Limited
Service (SLP), Personal Mobile Service (SMP) for terrestrial
applications, or Global Mobile Satellite Service (SMGS) for mobile
satellite applications – or even if it would be necessary to
create a new
