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Title: Telecommunications Industry in Brazil: problems and issues


1
Telecommunications Industry in Brazilproblems
and issues
ITS 15th Biennial ConferenceBerlin, Germany
September, 4-7, 2004
  • Antonio Carlos G. Bordeaux Rego
  • Director
  • Fundação CPqD - Centro de Pesquisa e
    Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações
  • Campinas, SP - BRAZIL

2
Outline
  • Brazilian Reform Agenda
  • Brazilian Current Agenda
  • Main Issues
  • Future Perspectives of Brazilian Telecom Industry

3
Brazilian Reform Agenda (1995 2001)
  • 1995 - Constitutional Amendment End of State
    Monopoly
  • 1996 - Opening Mobile Telephony to Competition
  • 1997 - New Telecommunications Act General Law
  • 1997 - Creation of Regulatory Agency ANATEL
  • 1998 - TELEBRÁS Privatization
  • 4 Fixed Telephony Operators
  • 11 Mobile Telephony Operators

4
Brazilian Reform Agenda (1995 2001)
  • What Govern did expect ?
  • Consolidation and Competition by
  • Services, Marketing and Technological
    differentiation
  • Duopoly Regime (until 2001) and subsequent
    opening
  • Universalization by
  • Tariffs Decreasing and Quantitative Expansion
  • Internet Access Expansion

5
Brazilian Reform Agenda (1995 2001)
  • What did happen ?
  • Competition
  • Exists on Long Distance and Mobile Telephony
    Market
  • Does not exist on Fixed Telephony Market
  • Universalization
  • Tariffs still high and number of fixed
    subscribers has saturated
  • Public Telephony is great success
  • Internet Access still limited

6
Brazilian Current Agenda (2003 - 2004)
  • Enormous Growth in Mobile Market pre-paid
    services
  • Competition is moving on Corporate Market and
    Broad-Band Access
  • Internet traffic begins to grow again (B2B, B2C,
    e-gov)

Universalization is happened with combination
of pre-paid mobile services and public pay-phones
services.
7
Main Issues
  • Cost and Business Models
  • Unbundling and Interconnections
  • International Impact in Brazil (ex. Bubble )
  • Different Causes
  • Local and International cycles in the same moment
  • Digital Divide
  • Poor Income Distribution
  • Tariff Strategies
  • Competition Issues
  • Concentration versus Competition
  • Political and Regulatory Definitions
  • Role of Ministry of Communication versus ANATEL
  • ANATEL Accountability

8
Future Perspectives
  • Emphasis on Competition
  • Intensity on Regulatory and Public Politics to
    increase competition and consequent tariff
    decrease
  • Govern Programs to decrease Digital Divide
  • FUST , GESAC and others
  • Stimulate Industrial and Technology Developments
    according to Brazilian Issues
  • Digital TV
  • NGN and VoIP
  • New solutions for rural areas and remote
    locations
  • E-govern services and applications

9
Thanks
  • CPqD Telecommunication RD Center
  • www.cpqd.com.br
  • Antonio C. Bordeaux Rego
  • bordeaux_at_cpqd.com.br
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