Petrobrás to provide infrastructure for national broadband plan
Brazilian oil giant Petrobrás signed an agreement whereby its fiber optic network will be used to meet part of the requirements set out by the country’s national broadband plan. The deal with...
View ArticleBroadband is going mobile in Brazil
New data released yesterday suggests that broadband Brazil is growing fast. More than 15 million new connections were activated in the past year leading to approximately 42 million broadband...
View ArticleDigital inclusion in Brazil: a social right
Both government and society are now realizing the need to bridge the digital divide currently experienced by millions of Brazilians. Digital inclusion specialist and coordinator for institutional...
View ArticleCase study: Brazilian NGO fights digital divide
Public and private sector organizations are teaming up to bridge the digital exclusion experienced by millions of Brazilians. In the second instalment of a two-part article, digital inclusion...
View ArticleIT’s Brazil: The National Broadband Plan
Top politicians in Brazil have been repeatedly quoted as saying that conditions need to be created to lead Brazil into the knowledge economy recently, but are the fundamentals in place for that? The...
View ArticleBrazilian industrial policy: what it means for IT
A series of measures announced today as part of the new Brazilian industrial policy will have a series of implications for the IT sector, including lower hiring costs. IT Decisions gives a summary of...
View ArticleBrazil moves up IT rankings – but skills gap and red tape threaten future...
The IT sector in Brazil has become more competitive but excessive taxation and scarcity of qualified manpower continue to hamper growth, according to a study carried out by the Economist Intelligence...
View ArticleWill Netflix succeed in Brazil?
Yesterday, movie streaming giant Netflix said that it lost 800,000 US subscribers in the quarter that has just ended – is there a danger that they may not succeed in Brazil? We argued at the time of...
View ArticleState of Brazil IT: World Cup & Olympic Games
With The Economist in Brazil this week focused on where Brazil is heading in the next decade, IT Decisions is commenting on a series of points raised during discussions in our LinkedIn forum. This is...
View ArticleBrazil starts free broadband tests
The Brazilian government will start testing free public broadband this coming Saturday (14). Known as 0800 broadband, the service will initially encompass public sector websites including job boards,...
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