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Nextel Brasil

Sector: Government • Location: Alicante, Brazil

Source: World Bank Group

Project
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Nextel Telecomunicacoes Ltda was awarded the 15-year authorization to provide cellular phone services through the H band in December 2010. Nextel won twelve out of 60 areas that the regulatory agency Anatel established for bidding (municipalities in several Brazilian states, including states of Sao Paulo e Rio de Janeiro). The bidding criterion was the highest payment made to the government and Ne

Status
Prospective
Sector
Government, Telecommunications, Commercial, Manufacturing (Industrial)
Location
Alicante, Brazil
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
World Bank Group

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The project “Nextel Brasil” is an infrastructure initiative in the Government sector, located in Alicante, Brazil. Taiyo aggregates data on it from World Bank Group.

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Nextel Telecomunicacoes Ltda was awarded the 15-year authorization to provide cellular phone services through the H band in December 2010. Nextel won twelve out of 60 areas that the regulatory agency Anatel established for bidding (municipalities in several Brazilian states, including states of Sao Paulo e Rio de Janeiro). The bidding criterion was the highest payment made to the government and Nextel’s offer was US$ 844.2 million (BRL 1420 million). Besides Nextel, eight other companies took part in the competitive bidding process: 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S/A, TNL PCS S.A., Americel S.A., Claro S.A., CTBC Celular S.A., TIM Celular S.A., Vivo Participacoes S.A. and Vivo S.A. The contract was only signed with Anatel in May 2011. Nextel, a subsidiary of NII Holdings Inc. (Sprint) had been operating in Brazil since 1997, but the company was only authorized to provide radio based services to corporate clients.

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Information and communication technology (ICT)

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Brazil

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Alicante

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2024-05-24

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