en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Board of Directors of Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) approved this Friday (12th) a proposal for a public consultation on the regulatory agenda for the 2027-2028 biennium, which includes new timelines for issues such as utility poles, spectrum, pay TV, and user obligations.
Among the 32 initiatives proposed are discussions on the future of fixed telephony (STFC) considering the end of concessions, involving debates on the necessity of maintaining the Telecommunications Services Index (IST); new rules for telecommunications satisfaction surveys; and debates on new regulations for the installment payment of non-tax credits, based on Resolution No. 637/2014, aimed at reassessing and simplifying aspects related to the submission of installment payment requests and Anatel's analysis. The rapporteur for the proposal is alternate councilor Nilo Pasquali. The text will be open for public input for 45 days following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Union.
The agency has "rescheduled" some important initiatives from the current regulatory agenda (2025-2026), including new regulations for utility poles, a reassessment of pay TV industry regulations, discussions on user obligations (involving the relationship between telecom companies and big tech firms), and the Spectrum Usage Regulation (RUE). The final approval deadline for utility poles has been postponed to the first half of 2027, coinciding with the timeline for the RUE; the regulatory review of pay TV has a final deadline in the second half of 2027, as do the user obligation regulations.
Nine other projects from the current regulatory agenda have been moved to the next biennium for "precautionary" reasons but are still expected to be completed this year according to their original timelines. These projects include new highway roaming rules, telecom artificial intelligence regulations, changes to Anatel's R-Ciber, and revisions to the internal regulations of the Advisory Board.
The ruling approved by the Board also requires Anatel's technical departments to assess the need for new penalty methods to reflect the approval of Law No. 15.181/2025. This law increases penalties for the theft of telecommunications and energy cables and equipment. Nilo Pasquali explained that the initiative aims to establish conditions for mitigating or exempting penalties for operators when dealing with violations resulting from criminal incidents.
New initiatives in Anatel's regulatory agenda also include: the domestication and integration of international organization norms and resolutions; reassessing and updating the regulatory framework applicable to the Fixed Switched Telephone Service (STFC) and related economic regulatory instruments, considering the end of concessions, and including debates on the future of STFC and the necessity of maintaining the Telecommunications Services Index (IST); reassessing regulations on user satisfaction and perceived quality surveys for telecommunications services; updating the responsibilities and allocations of the PDFF 2027-2028; reassessing regulations on the installment payment of non-tax credits managed by Anatel (Resolution No. 637/2014), primarily aimed at reassessing and simplifying aspects related to the submission of installment payment requests and Anatel's analysis; and repealing normative acts (Regulatory Guillotine 2027-2028).
According to the rescheduled initiatives, the final approval of user obligation regulations is set for the second half of 2027; the final approval of regulations reassessing the sharing of utility poles between electricity distributors and telecommunications service providers is set for the first half of 2027; an assessment of the need to adjust current authorization and service provision rules based on the "Action Plan to Combat Unfair Competition and Regulate Fixed Broadband Service Provision" is planned for public consultation in the first half of 2027, with final approval in the first half of 2028; the final approval of the revision of the "Spectrum Usage Regulation – RUE" is set for the first half of 2027; the final approval of the revision of the "Regulation for Restricted Radiation Radio Communication Equipment" approved by Resolution No. 680 of June 27, 2017, is set for the second half of 2027; and the final approval of the reassessment of regulatory obligations for Conditional Access Services (SeAC) is set for the second half of 2027.
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