📋 Tender Overview
The year 2023 marked progress in the relationship between companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors. Interministerial Ordinance No. 10,563/2023, published in September, established the National Pole Sharing Policy, entitled Legal Post. The expectation is that, soon, companies will have precise guidelines for using infrastructures in a shared manner.
The National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) and the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) were responsible for regulating and monitoring the proposed guidelines. Regulators must establish how transfers will be made in the offer, access to lanes and the definition of responsibilities for regularizing occupancy.
The objective is for the standards to generate benefits for companies and for legal security to be improved, as the sharing rules will be clearer. Transparency in remuneration and availability of locations for installing infrastructure will also be improved. Furthermore, the interministerial ordinance also provided for encouraging the expansion of sharing in remote and rural areas.
The common practice in the market today is for telephone, internet and pay TV companies to request sharing directly from energy distributors. Some electricity companies provide direct channels for interested parties to request the occupation of poles. If the installation is granted, the telecommunications providers pass on an amount to the distributor relating to the rental of the infrastructure.
Each pole has a limit of telephone cables to be installed. This determination guarantees security to the networks, to avoid overloading the structures.
