Brazil – Updates to Regulations for restricted radiation devices (Femtocells)

Anatel has published  Act 2506 of May 7, 2020. This modifies Act 14,448  of December 4, 2017 to include new technical requirements for devices of Restricted Radiation Radiocommunication Equipment (short range devices). This Act adds the technical requirements for femtocells and residential femtocells.

Testing requirements for these devices are based upon:

    • ETSI TS 125 141 V12.6.0 (2015-01) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Base Station (BS) conformance testing (FDD) (3GPP TS 25.141 version 12.6.0 Release 12)
    • ETSI TS 136 141 V15.4.0 (2018-10) Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA); Base Station (BS) conformance testing (Release 15)