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Telecoms Series | Brazilian 5G Bidding Call - I - General Aspects

At its 896th Meeting held on February 25 of this year, the Board of Directors of the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), the agency that regulates telecommunications in Brazil, approved the proposal for a new version of the public notice of the 5G technology auction...

Camex Council approves negotiating mandate for Mercosur-Indonesia and Mercosur-Vietnam free trade agreements

The Trade Strategy Council (CEC) of the Chamber of Foreign Trade (Camex) approved, through Resolution CEC No. 1, of March 10, 2021, a negotiating mandate for potential Free Trade Agreements between Mercosur and Indonesia and between Mercosur and Vietnam, covering tariff and...

Brazilian corporations and limited liability companies must hold shareholders/quotaholders annual meeting until the end of April

Brazilian Companies have until April 30 to hold the annual shareholder´s general meeting. With the legal easing, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the holding of meetings, can be in digital or semi-presential form, facilitating the meetings....

Telecoms Series | Connectivity in the IoT business

In order to implement and develop the Internet of Things (“IoT”) in Brazil, the National Plan of Internet of Things has been instituted by means of Decree No. 9854, dated June 25, 2019....

Telecoms Series | Telecom Infrastructure - Priority Investments

The Brazilian Ministry of Communications (“MCOM”), through Ordinance No. 502, dated September 1, 2020 (“Ordinance”; Portaria in Portuguese), established the procedures for the approval and monitoring of priority investment projects in the telecommunications sector,...

An interview with Azevedo Sette Advogados discussing digital transformation in Brazil - Lexology

Lexology GTDT Market Intelligence provides a unique perspective on evolving legal and regulatory landscapes. This interview is taken from the Digital Transformation volume discussing various topics, including a look at the main laws and regulations, the impact of cybersecurity...

Nomination and approval of Data Protection Authority’s Directors nominees

The five members of the Brazilian Data Protection Authority’s board of directors were nominated on October 15th by the President Jair Bolsonaro. The nominees are (i) Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Junior, nominated to be the President-Director of the Counsel, with a six-year...

ICO imposes a fine of £ 80,000 to a company for unsolicited marketing calls

The British Personal Data Protection Authority (ICO) released, on August 3, 2020, a fine notice to Rain Trading Ld (RTL), company responsible for making 270,774 unsolicited direct marketing calls to subscribers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS), without...
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