PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] has received regulatory approval to operate its PAS 9 satellite in Brazil from Anatel, the government agency that regulates all telecom services in Brazil. The regulatory clearance was given to the company’s Brazilian subsidiary, PanAmSat do Brasil Ltda., to provide commercial service on the PAS-9 Ku-band payload for the delivery of video, data and Internet services across the country.

PAS-9 will offer Brazil’s extensive broadband VSAT applications to the country’s growing telecommunications market. PAS-9 is the second PanAmSat satellite that Anatel has authorized PanAmSat do Brasil to offer direct access to one of Latin America’s largest economies. The other satellite is the PAS 1R.