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The Ministry of Communications MCom participated this Tuesday 8 in the launch of the 7th edition of the 5G Friendly Cities ranking by Conexis Brasil Digital. Cities that stood out in encouraging the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure and the expansion of connectivity received an award during the event. The National Telecommunications Secretary Nathalia Lobo represented Pasta at the event held in Braslia.The best places were Ponta Grossa PR Porto Alegre RS Curitiba PR So Jos dos Campos SP Uberlndia MG Jacare SP So Paulo SP Joinville SC Joo Pessoa PB and Chapec SC. The 5G Friendly Cities ranking shows the municipalities with the highest efficiency in Authorization for installation within 60 days term of validity of the license not less than 10 years if the requests are made in a single agency of the prefecture clearly defined processes and documentation and reasonable licensing fee amounts consistent with the cost of the licensing process. During the event Conexis also presented the Conect 5G portal which gathers information about 5G and telecommunications infrastructure.We made a lot of progress with the 5G auction proposing the internalization of the technology with the cleaning of the bands among other actions. It is essential that we have municipal legislation adequate to this need to expand the infrastructure that 5G requires explained Nathalia Wolf. Improving the quality of telecommunications and 5G in Brazil is only possible with the joint work of the Federal Government companies and municipalities added the secretary.Currently there are more than 6600 5G antennas spread across the country to ensure connection in the 2.3 GHz bands 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz. The stations bring technology to 50 million people and leverage digital transformations. Braslia was the first city to receive the signal in the 3.5 GHz band in July this year and it is now available in all capitals reaching around 50 million people.5G now advances to the 26 cities with more than 500000 inhabitants and metropolitan regions which add up to 454 municipalities. For these locations the cleaning of the 3.5 GHz band the main one used for 5G has already been released and actions have been initiated to migrate open TV reception by satellite dish from the C band to the Ku band. The decision was taken in October by the Monitoring Group for the Implementation of Solutions for Interference Problems in the 3625 to 3700 MHz band Gaispi.Check out more photos from the event httpsbit.ly3UmLmmn