Government launches program to organize tangled wires on poles in Brazilian cities

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National Pole Sharing Program will have guidelines to organize cable installation and reduce risks to the population. Government also talks about minimizing ‘visual impact’. Ministers Juscelino Filho (Communications) and Alexandre Silveira (Mines and Energy) signed this Tuesday (26) an ordinance with rules to try to organize the wires on poles in Brazilian cities. The measure creates the National Pole Sharing Program, or “Post Legal program”, so that cables and equipment are installed in a way that reduces the risk to the population and minimizes the “visual impact” of cable tangles. “It’s a first step towards solving the problem”, stated minister Alexandre Silveira. After the ordinance, a joint regulation made by the energy (Aneel) and telecommunications (Anatel) regulatory agencies will be published with all the rules for companies to follow. A tangle of wires on poles in several cities in the DF Infrastructure problem Currently, electricity poles are shared between energy and telecommunications companies. However, with the greater demand for services such as broadband internet and mobile telephony, the high occupancy of these structures has become a problem. Loose, tangled and poorly installed wires have become a common sight in municipalities across the country. Minister Juscelino Filho informed that this document signed today will be important, as these are structures that are part of everyday life. “Today, 65 million homes have internet thanks to streetlights,” he said. According to the ministries, the greater organization of the use of these structures should provide a reduction in operational costs for companies that use the poles and thus result in a reduction in costs for the consumer. Anatel advisor Arthur Coimbra, during the event, congratulated himself on the signing of the document. “It will guide the work of the agencies”, he stated referring to the regulation that will be carried out jointly by Anatel and Aneel. The problem in cities is not new. Remember in the report below, from 2014: Tangles of wires multiply on poles across the country Understand how it works In general terms, internet, telephone and pay TV companies request the shared use of poles from electricity distributors. If the request is accepted, telecommunications companies must carry out the installation, following the guidelines stipulated by Anatel and Aneel in regulations that are yet to be published. After this stage, telecommunications service companies will make payment to the energy distributor for the use of the structure. This value has not yet been determined.

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