After 27 Brazilian capitals have access to 5G, The time has come to expand the reach of mobile networks. This Wednesday, 14 December of 2022, a Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency) announced that more 15 cities across the country will be able to use the new technology signal.
Most of the municipalities released are in metropolitan areas or close to large centers. Another six cities have more than 500 thousand inhabitants. In the southern region of the country, five municipalities were covered. Of these, three are in the state of Santa Catarina: Joinville, São José and São Francisco do Sul.
Beyond metropolitan regions, the agency managed to anticipate the signal in places such as Ananindeua (PA), Aparecida de Goiânia (GO), Caxias do Sul (RS), Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE), Joinville (SC) and London (PR). The forecast was that these points would only have access to 5G in January.
Check out all the cities in which the 5G network is available:
- Ananindeua (PA)
- Aparecida de Goiânia (GO)
- Caxias do Sul (RS)
- Diadem (SP)
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE)
- Joinville (SC)
- London (PR)
- Mosque (RJ)
- Nilópolis (RJ)
- Olinda (PE)
- Paulista (PE)
- São Caetano do Sul (SP)
- San Francisco do Sul (SC)
- Saint John of Meriti (RJ)
- San José (SC)
License will be activated
Nonetheless, consumers may depend on providers to use technology. Now, City residents must wait until all mobile phone operators activate the signal license. To make 5G available, the track needs to be cleaned 3,5 GHz of possible interference.
In note, Anatel made it clear that the early installation of 5G stations in certain locations depends on the providers themselves. The agency stressed that each one has its own individual plan.
“It is important to highlight that the release of the band does not mean that 5G networks will be installed immediately in localities. For all of them, the scope commitments set out in the notice begin to expire in 2025”, said Anatel in a note.
Schedule for 2023
The first stage of installation of the new 5G network began in July, in Brasilia (DF) and was completed at the end of October. Releasing the 5G band is the responsibility of the Deployment Monitoring Group for Interference Issues (Gaispi).
At the next ordinary meetings, representatives must confirm the next cities to be included in the release of the signal. The prediction is that at least 20 new municipalities have access to 5G, most of them in the Southeast region of the country. The cities would be:
- Belford Roxo (RJ)
- Campinas (SP)
- Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ)
- Count (MG)
- Duke of Caxias (RJ)
- Santana Fair (BA)
- Guarulhos (SP)
- Juiz de Fora (MG)
- Niterói (RJ)
- Nova Iguaçu (RJ)
- Osasco (SP)
- Ribeirão Preto (SP)
- Santo André (SP)
- São Bernardo do Campo (SP)
- São Gonçalo (RJ)
- São José dos Campos (SP)
- Serra (ES)
- Sorocaba (SP)
- Uberlândia (MG)
- Vila Velha (ES).
