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The National Telecommunications Agency ( pt, Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações) or Anatel is a special agency in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
created by the general telecommunications act (Law 9472, 16/07/1997) in 1997 and governed by Decree 2338 of 07/10/1997. The agency is administratively and financially independent, and not hierarchically subordinate to any government agency. Its decisions can only be appealed in court. From the Ministry of Communications, Anatel has inherited the powers of granting, regulating and supervising telecommunications in Brazil as well as much technical expertise and other material assets.


See also

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Federal institutions of Brazil This is a list of the federal institutions of Brazil: Legislative branch *National Congress, ''Congresso Nacional'' :*Chamber of Deputies, ''Câmara dos Deputados'' :*Senate of Brazil, ''Senado Federal'' * Court of Audit of the Union, ''Tribu ...
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List of regulatory organizations of Brazil This is a list of organs of the federal government of Brazil that intend to regulate markets: * Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency *Administrative Council for Economic Defense * National Health Surveillance Agency *Brazilian Agency of Teleco ...
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Telecommunications in Brazil Brazil has both modern technologies in the center-south portion, counting with LTE, 3G HSPA, DSL ISDB based Digital TV. Other areas of the country, particularly the North and Northeast regions, lack even basic analog PSTN telephone lines. This ...
* ANACOM


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How to Obtain an Anatel Product Homologation
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