5G auction rules - and Huawei equipment -get go-ahead in Brazil

摘要

Brazilian regulator Anatel has approved a set of rules that will pave the way towards the country's highly anticipated 5G spectrum auction. While the details of the rules have not been fully revealed, according to Reuters the terms stipulate that operators must not rely on DSS (dynamic spectrum sharing, allowing 4G and 5G networks to operate on the same frequency band) and must instead deploy Standalone (SA) 5G networks by 2022. The Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications approved Brazil's 5G auction process in February 2020, with airwaves in the 700MHz, 2.3GHz and 3.5GHz bands set for sale alongside 26GHz mmWave spectrum. The date of the auction has slipped back as a result of the ongoing pandemic but the sale is currently slated to take place by the end of June 2021.