Tag: ANATEL

• Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:17 UTC

  Brazil investigating if telecom companies cooperated with the US spying program

  

  Brazil began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations. Anatel, the government agency that regulates the telecom sector in Brazil, said in a note that it's working with federal police and other government agencies on the investigation.