Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes, Anatel) has readjusted the values of the country’s fixed switched telephone services (servicos de telefonia fixa comutada, STFC) concessions. The value of Oi’s STFC concession has increased from BRL12.1 billion (USD2.5 billion) to BRL19.9 billion, with the new price split between legacy concessionaires Telemar (BRL13.4 billion) and Brasil Telecom (BRL6.5 billion). The value of Vivo’s concession has increased from BRL7.7 billion to BRL8.7 billion, while Claro’s has climbed from BRL2.2 billion to BRL4.1 billion and Algar Telecom’s has jumped from BRL275 million to BRL579 million. Finally, the value of Sercomtel’s concession has been readjusted from BRL167 million to BRL227 million.
TeleSintese notes that the new values represent the price that an operator must pay if it wishes to leave the concession regime and migrate to an authorisation model. The companies will not disburse the money to the government, but will assume network investment commitments equivalent to the given amount. The concessionaires now have 120 days within which to notify Anatel of their final decisions. All concessions are currently scheduled to run until 2025; if a telco switches to the authorisation model, a new concessionaire will be sought for its operating region.
Source: https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2023/07/25/anatel-readjusts-values-of-stfc-concessions/