Brazilian Government

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• Brazilian Governments move to promote Broadband
  access throughout the country

Cristina Coutinho Moreira 8 September 2008, ITU
Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
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The Mission
To promote the development of telecommunications
in the country, so as to provide a modern and
efficient telecommunication infrastructure,
capable of offering the best and most diversified
services available, at fair prices, throughout
national territory
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The Presentations Objective

• To show the actions taken by the Brazilian
  Government in order to promote Broadband access
  to all Brazilian municipalities, with the
  participation of the incumbents

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Brazil The Territory
Brazil occupies almost half of South Americas
territory (47), accounting for 8,5 million km2
(3,3 million square miles)
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Brazil - Political and Population Aspects

• 5th of the worlds most populous country, with
  approximately 190 million inhabitants
• A Federation composed of 26 States and a Federal
  District, distributed among 5 geographic regions
• 5.564 municipalities

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Brazils Legal and Institutional Framework
General Telecommunications Law (LGT) Law nº
9.472, July 1997
Private Regime Services
Public Regime Services

• Concessions
• Continuity and universal service obligations

• Authorizations
• Market ruling

Cable TV, mobile Telephony, PSTN, etc
PSTN
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Universal Service Obligations in Brazil
What does the Brazilian Universal Service
Obligation mean?
to guarantee the right of every person or
institution, independently of their location and
socio-economic condition, the access to
telecommunication services withheld in public
regime
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Goals of the Universal Service Obligations in
Brazil
Availability of collective and individual
access Access to the disabled Access to public
or social institutions Access to rural areas,
unserved remote areas of the country ()

• Goals of the Universal Service Obligations

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Brazils Public Regime
The Incumbents have continuity and universal
service obligations
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The Cost of Universal Service Obligations in
Brazil
FUST FUND
PGMU
Specific Fund FUST (only for PSTN)
Concession Onus
FUST has nearly US 4 billion and was used in
2007 for the first time to expand access to
telecommunication services for the deaf
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Broadband Access in Brazil The Challenge
The lack of telecommunication infrastructure is
the main obstacle in attending all Brazilians
with Broadband access
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Broadband Access in Brazil The Challenge
How to implement Broadband infrastructure
throughout the country enabling access to every
Brazilian municipality? How can PSTN incumbents
help overcome this challenge?
A) Backhaul
Studies indicate that the needed broadband
infrastructure is composed of a sum of
B) Broadband Access Network
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Backhaul as a Universal Service Goal
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Implemented Actions
Actions taken by the Brazilian Government to
implement the desired infrastructure
Backhaul instead of Telecentres
A) Backhaul
B) Broadband Access Network
The Free Broadband in Schools Program
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Backhaul as a Universal Service Goal The
Trade-off
As a trade-off to the implementation of the
Backhaul, the incumbents were no longer obligated
to install and maintain the Telecentres
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Brazilian Backhaul
Backhaul is a part of the PSTN high capacity
core network, connecting the access network to
the incumbents Backbone The Brazilians
Government Policy, therefore, was to spread the
Backhaul into all Brazilian municipalities as a
Universal Service Goal
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Backhaul as a Universal Service Goal Backhaul
Advantages
Telecentres with dial-up connection to internet
The Backhaul makes available the access to
broadband, potentializing network and offer of
services
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Backhaul as a Universal Service Goal Backhaul
Achievements

• 3.439 Brazilian municipalities had no Backhaul
• Expansion of 200 000 km of infrastructure
• Benefits for more than 50 million Brazilians
• Investment around US 1 billion (when taking into
  account maintenance of the service until 2025)

Decree nº 6.424, of April 4, 2008, altering the
PGMU in force
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Other public policies to promote Telecentres in
Brazil

• Several initiatives to promote the spreading of
  Telecentres have been developed in Brazil.
• The GESAC Program - Electronic Government at
  Citizen Care Service Center
• The Community Telecentres Program
• Install and maintenance rural Telecentres by the
  incumbents

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Access Network Expansion The Broadband
Program in Schools

• Access Network last mile infrastructure,
  connecting the final user to the service operator
• Agreement between the Brazilian Government and
  the incumbents Program that calls for Free
  Broadband in Schools

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Access Network Expansion The Broadband
Program in Schools

• Free Broadband in more than 56 thousand urban
  schools by 2025
• Access to 83 of students in public schools - 37
  million students
• By 2010, all municipalities will have broadband
  network

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Next Steps

• Anatel is supervising the Backhaul
  implementation and expansion capacity.
• The change of direction will bring about
  broadband access to the majority of the
  population.

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Thank you
Cristina Coutinho Moreira Executive Manager of
Universal Service Contracts cristinam_at_anatel.gov.b
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Superintendence of Universal Service Brazil