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The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and enlarge the market for cable TV and prepare a bid for this year of national scope. The idea is to open the possibility of providing the service in all municipalities and increase the number of subscribers, now restricted to 6.1 million customers. The planning for expansion of the sector, the first step in the bidding should be adopted by the director of Anatel on January 29.
The initiative may represent the beginning of an opening for the telephone companies increase their participation in a market dominated by groups of television. Together, the groups Globo / Net and Sky / Directv hold 75% of customers. The telephone suffer legal restrictions to participate in this market.
The priority, according to a source of Anatel heard by State Agency, is the market for cable TV, but is also being studied bidding for licenses using the technology of micro-wave terrestrial (MMDS). With the expansion of two segments, Anatel intends to stimulate the supply of broadband services that can be sold in packages with Internet, telephony and TV.
The proposal faces resistance from groups already established. There are also internal differences in Anatel on the date of commencement of operation. The thesis that has prevailed is to make a bid this year and sign contracts for the supply of services beginning in 2010. "The general idea is to open," says the same source, reinforcing the intention to launch a bid for all Brazilian municipalities. The of the bid should not set limits on licenses per municipality. That, says a technician from the agency, allow the entry of several companies in the sector and stimulate competition.
The concessionaires of telephony, however, remain limited to a share of only 20% in the cable TV companies in their areas of concession. Another limitation in 49%, is the participation of foreign capital, which affects the majority of telephone companies, which belong to international groups.
While the law is not modified, the telephone companies are moving into other segments, such as satellite TV. Unlike cable, you need to bid to provide satellite service just ask for leave to Anatel. In the segment of MMDS, cellular telephone companies want the right to use the frequency of pay TV via terrestrial microwave oven (2.5 GHz) on mobile services, broadband and mobile. The Cable TV operators are opposed, arguing that they need to compete in frequency of pay television and internet.
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