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Brazil - Act No. 14430/2024 on updating certification requirements of Access Terminal Station and Mobile Cellular Phone
Brazil ANATEL (National Communications Agency) recently published Act No. 14430/2024.
The changes stipulated in Act No. 14430/2024 establish that, as of April 6, 2025, only cell phones and access terminal stations that have at least 4G technology or higher may be certified. The new requirements allow the certification of equipment with 2G and 3G technology, as long as they also have 4G technology or higher.
The main objective of the new requirements is to ensure that the equipment approved by the Agency is compatible with the most modern networks (4G and 5G), preventing them from ceasing to work when providers effectively deactivate 2G and 3G networks, avoiding losses to users of telecommunications services and products.
This proposal does not affect equipment already certified and used in Brazil, but aims to ensure that new equipment entering the Brazilian market has the capacity to also operate in 4G or higher technology.