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Anatel wants broadband in universal service goals

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The new targets set out in the General Plan on Universal (PGMU), which has been prepared by the Anatel to come into force on 1 January 2011

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) is working to implement the new goals of universal telephony, the concessionaires are required to provide for the continued expansion of the network to support broadband. Information is the president of Anatel, Ronaldo Sardenberg, who attended today's opening seminar, the Chamber of Deputies to discuss the universalization of broadband Internet access at high speed.

"To promote universal access to information is essential for a country with the characteristics of Brazil, is endowed with an adequate infrastructure for the provision of telecommunications services," said Sardenberg. The new targets set out in the General Plan on Universal (PGMU), which has been prepared by the Anatel to come into force on 1 January 2011.

Today, Brazil has 18 million access to broadband, but the FCC is forecast that in 2018 there are about 165 million hits, either by fixed broadband and mobile. The agency is expected that it will require R$ 250 billion in investments by 2018 to ensure the expansion of telecommunications services as a whole, and that priority must be broadband.

"The interest of PGMU is to guarantee that network," said Sardenberg, noting that it is necessary to create conditions so that people can contract the services. For this, the president of Anatel, would require companies to change their business plans to deliver broadband where the service is not yet available. "Broadband, in general, makes a profit," he said.

Sardenberg estimates that will need to modify the legislation in the industry to eliminate some moorings. The General Telecommunications Law (LGT) can not require universal service goals of private services, like mobile and broadband. Only public services, such as fixed telephony.

Mr Paulo Henrique Lustosa(PMDB-CE), which produced a study on the subject, called on the government to define public policies that allow the expansion of Internet services at high speed. "We need a clear definition of policies for the sector and this initiative is unique to the Executive," he said.



Source: Gazeta do Povo

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