Anatel intends to draft guidelines for LEC license renewal and leave the work of producing a final target plan to the next Administration, which takes office in January, Deputy Director-General Antônio Valente said at the 7th Telecom Seminar in São Paulo Tuesday, November 26. Anatel wants to avoid colliding with the telecoms policy adopted by President-Elect Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, he explained. Current licenses expire in 2005. The General Telecommunications Act requires publication of a draft 20-year license agreement by December 31. The LECs have until June to decide whether to renew.
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