Global communications provider Omnispace has announced that Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved its subsidiary Omnispace Comunicações Brasil Ltda’s request to operate its non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) system nationwide.
In what may seem an unusual regulatory decision, Anatel, the Brazilian regulator, has ruled that telecommunications company Algar Telecom must build 1,670 kilometres of fibre transport networks after receiving some of its tax payments back.
Brazil’s minister of communications, Juscelino Filho, has signed into law the ConectaBR programme, whose aim is to improve the quality and coverage of mobile broadband.
In areas with ongoing infrastructure development, the ability of VOIP to function seamlessly over WiFi and LTE networks is a game-changer, says Riaan Pietersen, GM at Wanatel.