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| Brazil: Broadband and public schools |
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| Monday, 26 May 2008 | |
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Public schools in 3,439 Brazilian municipalities without broadband will get connected within two years through a government program. The government started a study in mid-2007 that brought together the ministries of Communications, Planning, Education, the Presidential Staff, the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and telecommunications operators. The five fixed-line operators - Telefonica, Oi, Brasil Telecom, CTBC and Sercomtel - are to be relieved of the obligation to install 8,000 dial-up equipped telecentres (Telecommunications Service Posts). In exchange, the operators committed to building a broadband backhaul network connecting the 3,439 Brazilian municipalities without broadband. On April 8, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed the decree that formalized this arrangement. By December 2008, the operators will connect 40% of the communities without broadband, a total of 1,376 locations. During 2009, another 1,376 communities will be connected. By December 2010, all of the 3,439 locations will have broadband connections. |
