WiMAX means Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. WiMAX is a wireless broadband access technology for the last mile based on 802.16 standard from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE). The need to offer broadband services are introducing great access technological innovations such as VDSL, FTTH, 3G HSPA, WiMAX and LTE. However the number of internet accounts is only 15.05 millions (10.4 million for fixed internet and 4.62 million for wireless broadband internet)Īt the same time, Telco’s revenue from circuit switching telephone systems are decreasing due to mobile systems user’s growth and the emergence of VoIP systems. Statistics show that the number of internet users in Brazil increased at a rate greater than 40% a year between 20 (source: Barômetro Cisco 2009).Īs per Ibope Nielsen (Source: Meio & Mensagem, 22/June/2009), the number of internet users reached 62.3 million people in Brazil in the first quarter of 2009. It can be in the business environment, at home or at any other place. The different ways to access the internet are changing the people’s behavior. Government’s expectation is to reduce the broadband cost from around 5% average household income to around 0.2% for the most popular plan (speed up to 512 kbps and download limitation) and to around 0.45% for the plan with speed between 512 kbps and 784 kbps. This means to provide broadband coverage to 72% of total households of the country.
The aim is to grow broadband at home from 12 million to 40 million by the end of 2014. Some recent information was added to this paper while other information was removed from the original MBA monograph.īrazil launched in 2010, its National Broadband Plan.
This work is based on a translation of my MBA monograph whose certification was issued in April 30th, 2010, by FIPE (Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas).
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