Brazilian Government’s 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 Presentation´s 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 America’s
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 world’s 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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Brazil’s Legal and Institutional
Framework
General Telecommunications Law
(LGT) – Law nº 9.472, July 1997
Public Regime Services
Private Regime Services
 Concessions
 Authorizations
 Continuity and universal
service obligations
 Market ruling
PSTN
Cable TV, mobile Telephony,
PSTN, etc
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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
Goals of the
Universal
Service
Obligations
Access to the disabled
Access to public or social
institutions
Access to rural areas,
unserved remote areas of
the country
(…)
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Brazil’s Public Regime
The Incumbents have continuity and universal service
obligations
Brazilian Incumbents
Universal
Service
Continuity
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The Cost of Universal
Service Obligations in Brazil
PGMU
Concession
Onus
FUST
FUND
Specific Fund
FUST
(only for PSTN)*
* 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?
Studies
indicate that
the needed
broadband
infrastructure
is composed of
a sum of:
A) Backhaul
B) Broadband Access
Network
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Backhaul as a Universal
Service Goal
Presence of Backhaul in Brazilian
Municipalities - 2007
38%
62%
Backhaul
No Backhaul
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Implemented Actions
Actions taken by the Brazilian Government to
implement the desired infrastructure:
A) Backhaul
B) Broadband
Access Network
Backhaul instead of
Telecentres
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
Telecentres
Backhaul
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Brazilian Backhaul
Backbone
MUNICIPALITY
Backhaul
Backhaul is a part of the PSTN high capacity core network,
connecting the access network to the incumbent’s Backbone
The Brazilian’s 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
Backbone
MUNICIPALITY
Backhaul
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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@anatel.gov.br
Superintendence of Universal Service
Brazil
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