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25/08/2010
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With growth of 34.1% over the last twelve months, the number of 3G customers reached 680 million worldwide, which equals 13.7% of total cellular base. And one in five phones sold today is already smartphone, showing the tendency of these devices become the primary means of accessing the Internet, surpassing the PC. The numbers are "5 Balance of Huawei Mobile Broadband," research conducted in partnership with Huawei Teleco, for the second quarter of 2010.
In Brazil, the share of data services revenue in the Brazilian operators recorded significant growth, corresponding to 37% in the last twelve months and 10% in the second quarter of 2010. Revenues from data services surpassed 16% of the total revenue of telecom services.
With the net addition of 2 million hits on mobile broadband, the growth rate was 17%, up from 3% corresponding to fixed broadband in the same period. Identifies itself in these numbers, a constant increase in access via modem and a further increase of the 3G handsets which increased from 8.7 million in the first quarter to 10.4 million in the second quarter of 2010.
In June 2010, the coverage of mobile broadband, compared to commitments made in 2012, was available for 65.2% of the population and present in 13.3% of Brazilian municipalities. All state capitals and municipalities with more than 500 000 inhabitants are served by four operators
This whole scenario of growth of mobile broadband in Brazil tends to be favored even more, especially from 2013, according to recent FCC regulations on the use of 2.5 GHz spectrum for the introduction of new technology LTE (Long Term Evolution) that enable increased speed and capacity of networks.
In relation to service plans, all carriers, except for TIM, started to charge for data volume, and not by speed. TIM has introduced charging for usage time, the example of what makes Italy. The consumer packages ranging from 10 MB for R$ 9.90 up to 10 GB for R$ 199.90.
"The average in Brazil for packages up to 500 MB is higher than the values prevailing in other Latin American countries. Prices in Brazil are influenced by the tax burden and the underestimation of the networks, particularly in relation to the capacity of transmission networks," says the director of technologies and solutions of Huawei, Marcelo Motta.
The price of 3G handsets are stable and represent a barrier to the spread of broadband. Meanwhile, the average price of 3G modem has a 15% drop in second quarter 2010, compared with the previous quarter, with the minimum value calculated from R$ 170.00, disregarding those with 100% subsidy.
Source: Folha de S. Paulo - Online
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