Brazil’s government had promised to auction 5G frequencies by the first half of 2021. It would be the crown jewel of the Bolsonaro administration’s privatizations plan … but it never happened. Later the government guaranteed it would happen by late July. Once again, the target was not met. Now, following a deadlock in the Federal Accounts Court, there are doubts about whether the tender will be held in 2021 at all.
Aroldo Cedraz, one of the court’s members, asked for an extra week to analyze the government’s proposal, essentially paralyzing proceedings.
There are two main points of contention around the...
