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Specialized Mobile Services
(Trunking)
Specialized Mobile Service (SME) also known as Trunking or trunking system, is a service very similar to cellular service, being considered in many countries in the same category.
The main differences are:
- SME is destined to legal people or groups of people characterized for the specific activity accomplishment. It cannot individually be offered to physical people.
- It Offers: Push to talk, to a group.
Frequencies used
- Main frequency: 806-821
MHz and 851-866 MHz,
- Other Bands: 460-462 MHz
and 465-467 MHz, MHz, 821-824 MHz and 866-869 MHz,
896-901 MHz and 935-940 MHz.
Consignment Frequency to SME operators is done in frequencies blocks of 1MHz ( 500 kHz to go / 500 kHz to come back) total maximum 15 MHz, transmission and reception channels included.
Regulation
Operators acquire new Frequencies
Anatel divulged in 10/28/04 the result of public calling for the band frequencies blocks utilization, 806-821 MHz and 851-866 MHz. There is no need of petition to authorize, except in area 11 ( São Paulo) where will be necessary to realize an auction.
| Company |
Total Price (R$Thousand) |
Authorizations
published in mar/05 |
| Digital Mobile Radio |
4,339 |
Ato 49.588 |
| Nextel |
2,481 |
Ato 49.573 |
| Telcom |
2,298 |
Ato 49.589 |
| Splice |
1,734 |
- |
| Superchip |
1,213 |
- |
| LiG-MÓBILE |
435 |
Ato 49.587 |
| Direct Telecommunications |
328 |
Ato 49.584 |
| TGD Tleglobal Digital |
80 |
Ato 49.590 |
| H. M. Sandres Sobrinho |
33 |
Ato 49.586 |
| Others |
76 |
- |
| Comtrac |
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Ato 49.583 |
Click here to check detailed relation ( in portuguese).
Click here to check the authorization (in portuguese).
Frequency Relocation
Anatel through act 47,362 of 10/20/04 relocated the consigned frequencies for trunking (SME and SLMP) in the band of 806-821/851-866 MHz. Limited Private Mobile service (SLMP) is that one destined to the executant use, either natural or legal person.
Download
of relocation ( in portuguese)
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SME Number of users
600 thousand ( Source: Anatel, september of 2004)
Tariffs to SME Fixed Telephone Calls
Minute Values in R$, revenue
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Normal Tariff |
Reduced Tariff |
| VC 1 |
0.43804 |
0.30662 |
| VC 2 |
0.83772 |
0.58640 |
| VC 3 |
0.95316 |
0.6671 |
Telephonic Numeration
It uses the series started with 7. Vivo in São Paulo is also using series 7.
Operators
Nextel is the main SME operator.
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