Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
09/30/2013
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The number of households with telephone service reached 91.2 % in 2012 , 4.1% higher than the number in the previous year ( 89.9 % ) . There were over 2.2 million new households with access to the service , with 1.9 million with only landline ( 3 % ) , 12.5 % less than the number in 2011 ( 2.1 million ) . This is shown by the National Sample Survey (PNAD ) 2012 , released on Friday ( 27 ) by the IBGE .
The number of households where at least one resident owned mobile telephone for personal use increased by 1.8 million units , from 2011 to 2012 , rising to 51.4 % from 49.7 % the previous year . The number of homes that have cell phone and landline remained virtually unchanged , with 36.7 % and 36.9 % between 2011 and 2012 .
In 2012 , 122.7 million people aged 10 or older had a mobile telephone for personal use , an increase of 6.3% compared to 2011 ( 7.2 million people ) . In 2011 , this population was 115.4 million .
The North and Northeast remained the only where less than 70 % of the population 10 years or more had a cell phone , although they showed the greatest increases in the proportions of users ( both 4.1 percentage points ) . The region with the highest percentage of users was the Midwest , with 81.6 % . ( The writing ) .
Source : Telesíntese
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