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Anatel approves the order charging the extra point of cable TV

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The board of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) approved, by 3 votes to 2 against, the end point of the collection of extra cable TV. The votes for the end of recovery were the chairman of the agency, Sardenberg, the director of Pliny Aguiar Júnior and ex-director Pedro Jaime Ziller, who voted before the end of its term in November last year. The discussion is dragged over the past year and reached a decision be postponed seven times.
- You are prohibited from charging the extra point in the month. Can not - said Sardenberg .- My position is that the tuition fee is very high and it was never explained why. Now there is an obligation (the provider of the service) to discriminate the cost - he said, in explaining his vote in favor of free.

Asked if the decision opens up scope for disputes of enterprises of the sector or undue charges, Sardenberg said that "in cases of abuse, Anatel interfere."

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Council of Anatel, currently formed by the President Sardenberg, and the advisers Bedran Antonio Domingos Teixeira, Maria Emília Silva Ribeiro and Pliny Aguiar Júnior. According to the national regulator, the vote of Pedro Jaime Ziller, otherwise collect the extra point and ex-adviser of Anatel, was taken into account.

For the decision, the transmission service will be free, but the installation and maintenance of the extra point, if necessary, will be charged and the rental of the decoder box. A free voucher for both the recruitment of one or more points and for the extensions that consumers already have. Before entering into force, however, the agency's decision will be taken to clarify the Judiciary. It will then be set from when the determination becomes real.

The rules with new rules for the industry of pay TV came into force in June 2008. Two articles give scope for interpretation dubious about the possibility of charge or not the extra point.

Some companies in the sector, to continue charging their customers for the extra point, had already achieved an injunction in court last year. Understanding of Anatel, would have created a situation of imbalance in the market. The injunction stated that companies can make the monthly charge until the Anatel clarify the "Regulation of Protection and Defense of Rights of Members of the Service-TV", which is 2008.

Since then, Anatel was extending a decision that kept the collection of optional extra point, that the practice continues.

There are currently about 6 million subscribers to cable TV in the country that will benefit from the measure.



Source: The Globe

This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.

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