Articles
22Jul 2022
According to the National Telecommunications Agency (“ANATEL”), the largest number of unwanted advertising calls made in the world occurs in Brazil. This fact was also revealed by Truecaller, a Swedish company that provides a caller ID and spam blocking application with...
11Jul 2022
On December 28, 2021, the American Treasury Department released final regulations (TD 9959, Final Regulations) regarding foreign tax credit (FTC) to be offset in the USA. In a nutshell, the legislation under which the tax was paid abroad must be reasonably similar to US...
15Jun 2022
In Brazil, Law No. 13,116/2015 (Antenna Law) stipulates the general rules relating to the process of licensing, installation, and sharing of telecommunications infrastructure, being the main legal provision dealing with the licensing of telecommunications antennas in the...
20May 2022
In line with the world trend, Brazil has seen a growing demand for fast and reliable Internet connections. The relevance of telecommunications services, it is worth mentioning, became even more evident from the beginning of the Covid-19...
04May 2022
The Azevedo Sette’ TMT team, led by the senior partner Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, the Privacy and Data Protection coordinator, Lorena Pretti Serraglio, and the associates Camilla Lopes Chicaroni, Isabella da Penha Lopes Santana, Laís Litran Motta, and Carolina Simioni...
20Apr 2022
By Daniele Cavalcante, Lorena Pretti Serraglio, and Camilla Chicaroni | In the last article of the series, we went through the path of publication of the General Data Protection Act (Law No. 13,709/2018 – “LGPD”) in Brazil, covering the legislative path until the law...
23Mar 2022
In the first publication of the Special Series on Litigation & Data Protection, we took a look at the sanctions applied by the European authorities, highlighting the performance of the German, Irish, and French data protection authorities, and we also mentioned the strong...
08Mar 2022
In October 2021, the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) published the new General Regulation for Satellite Exploitation, modernizing the country`s regulation, eliminating the need to conduct bidding procedures for orbital position and simplifying rules previously...