The Municipality of Santo André took another important step towards the regulation of telephone antennas in the city, which could result in an internet signal 5G In the next years.
On the afternoon of this Monday (17), representatives of the Executive met with the companies that own and telephone operators, to discuss the Antenna Law.
On that occasion, the Antenna Law was presented to the participants, who could then have their doubts clarified. The Acto System, which will be used for licensing the towers and antennas, was also presented to the public.
Santo André at the Vanguard
The event was attended by 38 people. Among them were representatives of companies such as Tim, Claro, Vivo and Brazil Tower, in addition to Abrintel (Brazilian Association of Infrastructure for Telecommunications).
For the Secretary of Development and Employment Generation, Evandro Banzato, the presence of the telephone companies and operators was relevant for the municipality to move forward.
“This important advance in the city is a work between the City Hall and the private sector that will place Santo André at the forefront and as a model for other cities in Brazil. This way we will have more and more Smart Cities, Industry 4.0, among many other technological and economic development actions in the city.
All this discussion encourages the actions of our Technological Park. All this interconnection only makes sense once we have the infrastructure ready to meet the demands in our city”, he said.
The Antenna Law provides for the installation of support infrastructure for telecommunications equipment, as well as Radiocommunication Transmitting Stations (ETR).
The direct action of the Municipality of Santo André in regulating the subject with a legislation that is already considered a reference in the country allows a permanent evolution and modernization of this telecommunications infrastructure.
With the action, it will be possible to implement the 5G network in the municipality, new monitoring technologies and intelligent management of the city.
Therefore, investments in advanced manufacturing and attention and care for people, among so many social and collective benefits.
5G advances
According to the president of Abrintel, Santo André is among the most advanced cities in Brazil for the installation of 5G. “We are talking about technology change for the next two or three years.
If the cities' problems in this regard are not resolved at this time, then there is no point in trying to resolve them at the end of the next terms.
Santo André is taking a big step towards joining a select hall of cities that have a modern law that meets the needs of the future, as Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and São José dos Campos have today”, he said.
Distributed Points
“Very few cities in Brazil have taken the step that Santo André has taken, which is to modernize its telecommunications infrastructure implementation law. We talk to several municipalities and in many the challenges are greater.
With this advance in the city, it is possible to give capacity to holders and operators to place more points to distribute the signal.
Among the precautions stipulated by law, there is the protection of the urban landscape, as well as what concerns the protection of the health of the population.
