Brazil

Brazil’s justice ministry told Apple to halt sales of iPhones without wall chargers across the country and fined the US manufacturer’s local business BRL12. 2 million ($2. 3 million).

Brazil’s national telecommunications regulator Anatel granted OneWeb a 15-year satellite landing rights licence in the country, marking the company’s entry into the country.

The long-running saga surrounding the future of troubled Brazil operator Oi’s mobile business finally concluded with the completion of the sale of its assets to local units of Telecom Italia, Telefonica and America Movil.

A sale of operator Oi’s mobile assets to the Brazilian units of America Movil, Telefonica and Telecom Italia was approved by the country’s competition regulator with conditions, despite calls earlier this week for the deal to be blocked.

The saga of the sale of troubled Brazil operator Oi’s mobile assets to the local units of Telefonica, America Movil and Telecom Italia took another turn, as the country’s competition authority was reportedly advised to block the deal.

Brazil’s authorities talked-up the success of its 5G spectrum auction, where big name operators and a handful of other parties pledged to spend a total of BRL47. 2 billion ($8. 5 billion) on allocations.

Bidders in Brazil’s 5G auction committed to spend more than BRL7. 1 billion ($1. 27 billion) on 5G licences during the first day of the sale, with the local units of Telefonica, Telecom Italia and America Movil among the big spenders.