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State broadband plan envisages trials in 300 cities -
The government of Brazil plans to trial its nationwide broadband plan in 300 cities across the country, BNamericas quotes the country's presidential special adviser Cezar Alvarez as saying. Although the cities themselves have not as yet been selected, the government is planning on testing services in both large and small municipalities. The government advisor confirmed that total investment for the national broadband project could range from BRL1.5 billion (USD848 million) to BRL15 billion – in terms of state-backed investment alone. Total investment could reach BRL26.5 billion when taking into account the input of privately owned groups. The Brazilian authorities aim to connect more than 30 million fixed lines to the internet by 2014, as well as 60 million mobile connections.
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GVT signals desire not to bid for 3G licences -
Global Village Telecom (GVT) says it will not take part in the forthcoming auction of Brazil’s remaining 3G operating licences, local paper Ultimo Segundo reports GVT president Amos Genish as saying. In June this year Anatel plans to commence the bidding process to award the so-called ‘Band H’ licence for 3G services in the 1900MHz-2100MHz band. However GVT, which focuses on fixed line, pay-TV and internet access services, intends to stick with its ‘core business’ Genish said. The executive added though that GVT intends to participate in the bidding process for 4G technology, scheduled for 2012.
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