On November 21, 2023, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL)  published the official letter 429/2023/ORCN/ SOR-ANATEL. The letter formalizes ANATEL's requirement that all test reports, whether done in Brazil or abroad, must follow and meet the requirements of Act 4083, including traceability information.

Under Act No. 7280, ANATEL accepts reports from foreign laboratories for certain products, such as non-RF network switches, optical line terminals (OLTs), digital multiplexers, coaxial cables, certain types of fiber optic cables, satellite transceivers, etc., for business/industrial use. Section 6.3.1.5 of Act 4083 stipulates that before starting testing, the manufacturer or applicant must formally communicate the following information to the Designated Certification Body (OCD):

• the manufacturing unit that produced the sample, and
• the traceability of the sample submitted for testing.

According to the requirements of the letter, from now on foreign laboratories must be approved by the OCD before they can begin testing.

Click on this link to view the original official letter.

On March 7, 2023, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) published Bill No. 2436 on its website. The purpose of the Act is to establish a mandatory set of enforceable minimum cybersecurity requirements (password strength, data sharing, vulnerability updates, etc.) to assess the compliance of the following user-end devices for general public use that connect users to Internet services. Typical equipment includes modems, routers, and wireless access points.

The new regulations will come into force on March 10, 2024. Click on this link to view the original document.

The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) issued Ato 13011/2023 on September 1, 2023, again postponing the execution of Ato 5159/2022. According to Act 13423/2022, the mandatory date for Ato 5159 is 21 October 2023, while according to the newly published Ato 13011/2023, power adapters used by mobile phones can still be tested and evaluated with Ato 3481/2019 until 18 April 2024. ATO 13011/2023 has come into effect on September 4, 2023.

Click this link to view the original article of Ato 13011/2023.