On September 24th, 2024, ANATEL announced that certificates expired for more than 180 days will be automatically cancelled and cannot be renewed. For such expired certificates, a complete recertification process will be required, including all necessary testing, resulting in the issuance of a new Technical Compliance Certificate and a new ANATEL ID.

Under Law No. 14430, effective October 7th, 2024, the following regulations have been established:

Article 1

New subparagraphs 4.4 and 4.5 will be added to the Annex of Law No. 3151 (June 12, 2020):

• 4.4: Certification of modules or final products classified as Personal Mobile Service Access Terminal Stations that are only compatible with 3G or lower technologies is prohibited.
• 4.5: Modules or end products classified as Personal Mobile Service Access Terminal Stations capable of making voice calls must support and be enabled for VoLTE (Voice over LTE) technology, including emergency calls, and must facilitate SMS exchange over IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem).

Article 2

New paragraphs 4.5 and 4.6 will be added to the Annex of Law No. 3152 (June 12, 2020):

• 4.5: Certification of mobile phones that only support 3G or lower technologies is prohibited.
• 4.6: Mobile phones must be compatible and enabled for voice calls using VoLTE technology, including emergency calls, and for SMS exchange via IMS.

Article 3

Equipment approved before the enactment of this Law that is compatible only with 3G or lower technologies may retain their certifications without needing to adjust their technical characteristics to meet the new requirements.

Article 4

This Law will come into effect on April 6th, 2025.

Regulatory Impact

• Top Priority: Yes
• Type of Certificate: Yes
• Spectrum Bands: No
• Import Changes HS Codes: No
• Standard Changes: Yes
• Product Changes: Yes
• Label Changes: No

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