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An important milestone in telecommunications was announced by the Governments of Chile and Brazil, who announced that from this July 25 local rate will be applied to the international roaming service between both countries, including minutes, data and messages according to the terms of the contracts signed in their respective countries of origin.
This measure will benefit thousands of people who choose Brazil or Chile as their destination, allowing them to communicate at the same prices they pay in their country of origin. This without the need to acquire a simcard, or hire international roaming bags to be in contact with your family or work contacts.
"This measure, which derives from the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, is undoubtedly great news, since it is for the direct benefit of people. With Brazil we have a long history of cooperation and integration, so we hope to continue working together to continue strengthening bilateral ties and carry out initiatives that favor our citizens," said Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren.
The Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Juan Carlos Muñoz, said that "as MTT we continue to move forward with concrete actions that improve the quality of life and well-being of people. Chile and Brazil have an intense exchange of travelers, either for vacation or work, who will now be able to benefit from local rates while traveling. We hope to replicate such agreements in the future with other countries in the region, removing this barrier."
In addition, the sector regulators of both countries – Subtel in the case of Chile and Anatel in Brazil – agreed on regulations for their technical implementation.
On the elimination of roaming, specified within the framework of the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Brazil that entered into force in January 2022, the Undersecretary of International Relations, Claudia Sanhueza, pointed out that "this is excellent news that speaks of concrete results for people" and pointed out that "in the agreement with Brazil, the main destination of Chile's exports in the region, with a commercial exchange of US $ 14,883 million dollars in 2022, in addition to the traditional negotiation of goods and services, includes issues of inclusive trade and environmental sustainability where we are working on concrete actions that also go in direct benefit for our countries. "
Likewise, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Claudio Araya, said that "today we eliminate a barrier between Chile and Brazil thanks to the work done by the technical teams of both countries. In addition to the impact it has on trade and tourism, today we update the relationship of both countries in telecommunications moving towards a new international standard."
Main aspects of the agreement
Providers that provide mobile telecommunications and mobile data transmission services must apply to their users who use international roaming services in Brazilian territory, the same conditions, benefits and prices that they charge for mobile services in Chile, according to the modality contracted by each user.
The regulatory agencies (SUBTEL and ANATEL) jointly prepared the issuance of regulations for the technical implementation of this agreement.
In the aforementioned regulations, it is considered reasonable and therefore not subject to additional charges to use the international roaming service for a period of up to 90 (ninety) continuous days or 120 (one hundred and twenty) non-continuous days, in the same calendar year.
