The board of Anatel voted Wednesday, October 16, to grant Intelig licenses to offer local telephone service in all three regions of the General Licensing Plan (Portuguese-language acronym PGO). The competitive long-distance carrier will now begin negotiating interconnection agreements with the ILECs. Anatel has promised support. According to Deputy Director-General Antônio Carlos Valente, Anatel will pressure the ILECs to sign interconnection agreements with Intelig as quickly as they did among each other when preparing to offer domestic long-distance service. On applying for the licenses, Intelig submitted a plan to begin operating in Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Campinas, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza.
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