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01/06/2012

Specialized Mobile Services (Trunking)

In this page: Information about Specialized Mobile Service (SME) also called 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). The maximum spectrum limit for each operator was expanded from 15 MHz, including transmission and reception channels, to 25MHz through Res. nº 519 of 11/21/08.

Regulation

Res. 404

(05/05/05)

SME Regulation

Res. 405

(05/05/05)

SME General Authorization Plan

Res. 406

(05/05/05)

Criteria of Remuneration for the use of SME service providers

SME Accesses

Thousands	2008	2009	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11
Accesses	1,844	2,508*	2,688*	2,886	3,129	3,337	3,527	3,732	3,941	4,133
Nextel	98.2%	99.0%	99.1%	99.4%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	99.5%	-

* Data from Sep/09 and Feb/10 were estimated by Anatel.

Source: Anatel

According to Anatel in September/04 there were 600 thousand accesses.

Nextel

SME accesses per UF (Unity Federacy)

Regions	May/11	Jun/11	Jul/11	Aug/11	Sep/11	Oct/11	Nov/11	Dec/11
North Region	374	374	374	374	375	376	377	377
Rondônia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amazonas	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Roraima	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3
Pará	358	358	358	358	358	358	358	358
Amapá	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tocantins	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Northeast	49,252	50,522	51,584	52,796	54,630	55,576	56,718	57,337
Maranhão	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Piauí	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3
Ceará	10,962	11,202	11,266	11,341	11,767	11,624	11,739	11,456
Rio G, Norte	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3
Paraíba	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Pernambuco	17,372	18,204	18,868	19,680	20,655	21,433	22,182	22,917
Alagoas	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3
Sergipe	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Bahia	20,898	21,096	21,430	21,755	22,185	22,493	22,768	22,935
Southeast	3,373,454	3,445,424	3,496,981	3,564,930	3,641,462	3,696,277	3,756,161	3,824,377
Minas Gerais	49,782	50,769	51,470	52,590	53,662	54,414	55,194	56,338
Espírito Santo	10,033	10,285	10,507	11,020	11,462	11,767	11,889	12,233
Rio de Janeiro	1,282,986	1,309,130	1,326,595	1,347,581	1,373,863	1,392,569	1,415,328	1,443,512
São Paulo	2,030,653	2,075,240	2,108,409	2,153,739	2,202,475	2,237,527	2,273,750	2,312,294
South	142,409	145,626	146,884	148,773	151,611	153,583	155,186	156,748
Paraná	74,728	76,658	77,491	78,655	80,096	81,223	82,169	82,943
Santa Catarina	31,009	31,328	31,543	31,736	32,283	32,537	32,930	33,340
Rio Grande do Sul	36,672	37,640	37,850	38,382	39,232	39,823	40,087	40,465
Middle-West	88,115	89,889	90,934	92,216	93,257	93,629	93,981	94,169
Mato Grosso Sul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mato Grosso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goiás	30,169	30,493	20,698	30,885	31,115	31,239	31,330	31,430
Brasília	57,946	59,396	60,236	61,331	62,142	62,390	62,651	62,739

Regions	1Q10*	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11
North Region	1,000	504	354	374	374	374	375	377
Rondônia	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amazonas	440	0	0	6	6	6	6	6
Roraima	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Pará	357	352	352	358	358	358	358	358
Amapá	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tocantins	75	150	0	8	8	8	8	8
Northeast	39,572	41,154	43,335	45,506	47,315	50,522	54,630	57,337
Maranhão	5	0	0	8	8	8	8	8
Piauí	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Ceará	9,791	9,590	9,825	10,441	10,819	11,202	11,767	11,456
Rio G, Norte	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Paraíba	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Pernambuco	12,520	13,557	14,400	15,263	16,407	18,204	20,655	22,917
Alagoas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Sergipe	204	64	13	13	9	9	9	9
Bahia	17,052	17,943	19,097	19,778	20,069	21,096	22,185	22,935
Southeast	2,459,491	2,646,914	2,878,769	3,072,434	3,255,442	3,445,424	3,641,462	3,824,377
Minas Gerais	39,578	42,028	44,864	47,065	48,083	50,769	53,662	56,338
Espírito Santo	8,191	8,818	9,282	9,549	9,814	10,285	11,462	12,233
Rio de Janeiro	918,832	988,830	1,093,502	1,173,365	1,250,297	1,309,130	1,373,863	1,443,512
São Paulo	1,492,890	1,607,238	1,731,121	1,842,455	1,947,248	2,075,240	2,202,475	2,312,294
South	114,901	122,726	127,777	135,073	137,809	145,626	151,611	156,748
Paraná	56,841	61,255	65,475	69,441	71,619	76,658	80,096	82,943
Santa Catarina	26,988	28,436	28,203	29,747	30,203	31,328	32,283	33,340
Rio Grande do Sul	31,072	33,035	34,099	35,885	35,987	37,640	39,232	40,465
Middle-West	72,773	74,454	78,321	83,709	85,868	89,889	93,257	94,169
Mato Grosso Sul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mato Grosso	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0
Goiás	24,839	25,098	25,903	29,284	29,653	30,493	31,115	31,430
Brasília	47,934	49,356	52,268	54,425	56,215	59,396	62,142	62,739

SME Providers

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	-	Ato 49.583

Click here to check detailed relation ( in portuguese).

Click here to check the authorization (in portuguese).

Tariffs to SME Fixed Telephone Calls

Minute Values in R$, revenue

	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.

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.