Understand what may change with ANATEL's new rule for imported smartphones

THE ANATEL is reviewing the use of smartphones not approved here in Brazil. This means that devices that have not been regulated by the agency may have limited use.

If you bought a smartphone from anywhere in the world other than here, or even a gadget that uses the Brazilian communications network, this text is of interest to you.

Last week, the ANATEL announced the charge of R $ 200 reais, paid by the consumer, for each imported product not verified by the company's system. So if you buy a smartphone from China, for example, you will have to pay $ 200 for its approval upon arrival in the country.

In this case, approval is the approval process in which smartphones are previously evaluated by ANATEL and that involves costs for manufacturers

The main focus of this rate seems to be imported smartphones. That year, a campaign to reduce the number of unregistered devices was launched by ANATEL.

The project, entitled Legal Mobile, intends to disconnect from the network, any mobile phone purchased after January 7, 2019 that has no registration with the agency.

That is, if you buy a smartphone from China, or even from another country and it is not approved, it is possibly, according to what you say on the official page of the program, will not be able to use the data network. But as it is difficult to even receive handsets from outside, you may not even have to import one to get network access.

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Below, I list the programming of Cool cell phone It is published on the official ANATEL page and is being executed in three phases:

1 phase: occur in the state of Gois and the Federal District, from February 22, 2018.2 phase: to occur in the other states of the Midwest Region, the states of the South Region and the states of Acre, Esprito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Rondnia and Tocantins, from September 23, 2018.3 phase: occur in the states of the Northeast and the other states of the North and Southeast, from January 7, 2019.

In addition, the company also reported:

"Consumers who are using irregular handsets before these dates will not be disconnected if they do not change their number. Those who connect irregular handsets after these dates will be notified by SMS messages and after 75 days the handset will no longer work on the networks. telecommunications. "

Another reason for the campaign, according to the website, the control, in partnership with the Federal Police and the Public Security Offices states, stolen goods. When a device registered on the network goes through the review, it is easier to identify and track.

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For decades, the Post Office has done this service for free.

The implementation of a computerized system in recent years gives the option to allow only homologated cell phones to receive data and use the network.

It is too early to say what will happen, but the manufacturers outside are already with two feet behind. THE Gearbest, who has been sending smartphones for our reviews, commented that their suppliers have stopped sending smartphones to Brazil, because many of these devices were barred on arrival and returned to their shipping location in that month.

The problem of ANATEL's fee is that it is not clear at what time it applied and how. As well as the rates of post offices Because of the large volume of imports, time is applied, and time is not, it may be that the relationship of the regulatory agency with imports is not a matter of course.

On the other hand, this may be carried forward and products may not be marketed at all here. That's because there is a legal backing. The messages that will be sent to those who are in the network with device not approved cite the law. At 75 days, anyone with an irregular gadget will receive one of these messages from 2828:

– Operator warns: By Law 9.472 this mobile phone is irregular and will not work in cellular networks in XX days. Visit www.anatel.gov.br/celularlegal or call * XXXXThe last message, on the eve of the block, presents the following content:

– Operator warns: This IMEI 123456789012345 mobile phone is irregular and will no longer function in the cellular networks. Visit www.anatel.gov.br/celularlegal or Call * XXXX

These modifications and remedies may be the result of pressures suffered by ANATEL. Manufacturers who pay regulatory fees in the Brazilian market may be demanding an attitude. We have no way of knowing what will happen from now on, waiting a little longer can bring us many answers.

One sure thing, this is not the time for you to try to buy any handset that uses the Brazilian telecommunication network! We've even removed the latest gadget promos on Chinese websites. Geekbuying even canceled and reversed Black Friday smartphone purchases for handsets that had not yet shipped, to avoid a refund issue and costs with the entire handset shipping and return process.

Another detail for example is that theoretically already approved devices will not suffer this problem, even if they are imported, but this is theoretically, since with this change everything becomes more nebulous of how it will work in practice, especially due to the great demand for analytical products.

Another important detail is that theoretically, if you buy a product like a Huawei P20 Pro phone from a US store, for example Amazon, and bring it to Brazil, theoretically you will suffer the same rules as a phone bought in China or anywhere in the world. . In the case of iPhones, the problem can happen at first just before the release of the national version, a warning to those who are in a hurry or for those looking to buy at the most attractive prices that they are sold outside the country.


The logic of importation

When you buy a gadget from abroad, it goes through a check and you have to pay the famous import duties. Before 60% on the value of the imported product and in September of that year more R $ 15 reais Postal Order.

This means that if you bought a smartphone that, converted to our currency, would cost $ 1,500, it could cost R $ 2,415 regardless of the shipping cost. Another detail that the most common was every smartphone being taxed over $ 100, consequently the rate was around $ 60, regardless of whether it cost $ 100 or $ 1000, for the large number of products and lack of information making it impossible to open all. In packs, the filter was more useful in defining whether the bundle product was a smartphone or anything else, whether it was a smartphone without a price or a model printed on the bundle, the fee was usually $ 60.

These fees were not always applied and according to the Post Office they serve as maintenance for the functioning of the organ, which doubled the number of imported from 2016 to 2018.

The 60% rate is for a specific type of product, the category that smarpthones fall into. We still do not have details of when the fee of R $ 200 charged to radiofrequency emitters, but we have contacted ANATEL and are waiting for a response.

You can better understand how Post Office imports and rates work in this news. We also inform you that we have a new analysis device that has been in Brazil since December 5th, we do not know if it is "held" somewhere by the new rules or if it will follow the previous process. We will keep our readers informed about this.

For those who have already purchased, may cancel or later trigger the site seeking the reversal of the value if you do not receive it, Gearbest has reported that they have much higher than normal delivery values ​​for Brazil in some products due to costs of Logistics, especially return, since Geekbuying has canceled sending smartphones to the country, other sites should follow similar paths.

In the end a lot comes down to the very high taxes we have in Brazil, if it weren't so high making life difficult for companies here, it would not be so attractive to buy products abroad.

Source: Cool Phones. [TagsToTranslate] anatel