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Barreto Ferreira e Brancher
ANATEL PUBLIC BIDDING
USE OF RADIOFREQUENCIES IN THE 1,800
MHz, 1,900 MHz, and 2,500 MHz BANDS
The
National Telecommunications Agency, Anatel, published in the Federal Executive
Official Gazette of November 09, 2015, an Invitation to Bid for Authorizations
to Use Radiofrequencies in the 1,800 MHz, 1,900 MHz, and 2,500 MHz Bands, with
the possibility of grant of the Personal Mobile Service – SMP, of the
Multimedia Communication Service – SCM, and/or of the Private Limited Service –
SLP.
Such
Bidding aims at meeting Administrative Ruling 275/2013 of the Ministry of
Communications, which lays down policies for offering radiofrequency bands to
provide access to broad band internet by small-sized providers of
telecommunications services and by new competitors. Accordingly, so as to
motivate such providers to participate, there will be a possibility to acquire
lots at local level in the 1,800 MHz, 1,900 MHz, and 2,500 MHz bands, and the
majority of the almost nine thousand municipal lots have average prices lower
than R$ 10 thousand, payment terms being special with possibilities of up to
ten installments at low rates, in addition to a grace period of 36 months.
The lots are described in Annex II-A
of the Invitation to Bid and divided as follows:
·
Type
A (lots A-1 to D-61) – authorization for use of Radiofrequencies on a primary
block character in the Sub-band of 1,800 MHz Radiofrequencies, ruled in the
Annex to Resolution No. 454/2006, in the Provider Areas set out in ANNEX I to
the Call for Bidding;
·
Type
B (lots E-2 to E-81) – authorization for use of Radiofrequencies on a primary
character in the Sub-band of 2,500 MHz Radiofrequencies, FDD, ruled in the
Annex to Resolution No. 544/2010, in the Provider Areas set out in ANNEX I to
the Call for Bidding;
·
Type
C (lots referring to items F, G, H, and I) – authorization for use of
Radiofrequencies on a primary character in the Sub-bands of 1,900 MHz and 2,500
MHz Radiofrequencies, both of them TDD, ruled in the Annexes to Resolutions
Nos. 454/2006 and 544/2010, respectively, in the Provider Areas set out in
ANNEX I to the Call for Bidding.
Participation in this public bidding
will be permitted to companies organized under the Brazilian law having their
head office and management in Brazil, where the majority of voting shares are
owned by natural persons residing in Brazil or by companies incorporated under
Brazilian law, with head office and management in Brazil, as provided under
Art. 1 of Decree No. 2,617/1998, and which have among their objects the
operation of telecommunications service, individually or jointly, or by those
which, even the foreign ones, failing to meet these requirements, will
undertake by declaration to adapt themselves or incorporate a company with the
adequate characteristics in compliance with the requirements set out in the
Invitation to Bid, prior to the execution of the Authorization instrument.
The Authorization will be granted
for the period of fifteen (15) years extendable solely once for valuable
consideration for an equal period of time.
The Documents of Identification and
Good Fiscal Standing , the Price Biddings, and the Qualification Documentation
will be submitted on December 10, 2015 at ten o’clock (10:00 am) in the
Auditorium of Espaço Cultural Renato Guerreiro - Anatel, situated at Bloco C,
Quadra 06, Setor de Autarquias Sul, in Brasília, DF.
Further information on the Anatel’s
Invitation to Bid for Use of Radiofrequencies in the 1,800 MHz, 1,900 MHz, and
2,500 MHz Bands may be requested to the professionals of the Regulatory Law
Group of BKBG, by e-mailing to regulatorio@bkbg.com.br
or telephoning to +55 11 3897-0300.
The information contained in this BKBG Release
is merely informative and should not be considered a legal opinion.
