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29/08/2012
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In the second quarter, the number of fixed broadband accesses in Brazil reached 17.9 million, while mobile broadband in July reached 60.1 million, according to the Balance of Broadband Huawei, partnered with Teleco consultancy, announced on Tuesday (28). According to the survey by the end of the year the country will have 73 million mobile broadband accesses and 20 million fixed accesses.
The data point to 110.4% expansion of mobile broadband in Brazil in the second quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2011 and 46% in the year, reaching densities greater than 30% of the population. The penetration, however, is still low compared to the average of developed countries, 56.5% at the end of 2011.
The number of accesses GSM declined from 197.5 million in the first quarter to 196.4 million in the second, confirming the trend of migration to 3G terminals, whose net adds of 6.8 million accesses in the second quarter of the year has its share total came to 22.5%.
The pace of adoption of 3G terminals, however, indicates that by the end of the decade Brazil will continue using the GSM network. "While some countries are beginning to shut down the GSM, let's turn the decade with them," said Eduardo Tude, president of Teleco.
In the case of fixed broadband, even considering the projection of Teleco for 2016, 20 hits every 200 inhabitants, Brazil would still be at a disadvantage. The average density of the OECD countries is 25.7 accesses per 100 inhabitants. "The fixed broadband continues to advance, but more slowly," said Tude. Over the past 12 months growth was 20%.
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