Brazil Information and Communication Technologies Submarine Cable Infrastructure

Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has launched a request for comments (Tomada de Subsídios) No. 2/2026 to gather stakeholder input on the future regulatory framework for submarine cable infrastructure in Brazil. Opened on May 26, 2026, this 45-day public consultation period invites critical feedback from companies, industry associations, academia, and public entities until July 10, 2026.

Submarine cables carry approximately 99% of Brazil’s international data traffic. This makes them the backbone for U.S. commercial interests in telecommunications, cloud computing, financial services, digital government, AI workloads, and international connectivity. Anatel is actively evaluating whether to update existing regulations to better address cybersecurity, resilience, infrastructure concentration risks, and future investment needs and is collecting stakeholder input on those topics.
For U.S. operators, hyperscalers, investors, content providers, and cable consortium members, this proceeding represents an early-stage opportunity to influence Brazil’s regulatory approach before Anatel drafts a formal Regulatory Impact Assessment (AIR) and future rulemaking process.

U.S. stakeholders should consider submitting comments to Anatel via Brazil’s public consultation platform, Participa Anatel, by the July 10, 2026 deadline. 

For more details, please contact Patricia Marega, patricia.marega@trade.gov, Information and Communications Technology Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service, Sao Paulo.

To explore additional industry sector intelligence and insights on the Brazilian market, please see Brazil Published Market Intelligence.