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13 July 2012 at 12 : 38 PM
Brazil starts free broadband tests
The Brazilian government will start testing free public broadband this coming Saturday (14). ...
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2 November 2011 at 12 : 54 PM
State 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 the state of Brazil IT today in relation to the key technology implications of the World Cup of 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2016. ...
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25 October 2011 at 19 : 47 PM
Will 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? ...
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27 September 2011 at 20 : 47 PM
Brazil moves up IT rankings – but skills gap and red tape threaten future progress
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 Unit (EIU). ...
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2 August 2011 at 20 : 16 PM
Brazilian 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 the Brasil Maior plan and what it means for the technology industry. ...
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26 July 2011 at 19 : 08 PM
IT’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 series IT's Brazil will examine the components of the government’s strategy around technology and in this first article, we cover the National Broadband ...
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29 June 2011 at 15 : 59 PM
Case 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 specialist and coordinator for institutional relations at NGO Rede Marista de Solidariedade, Alexandre Siqueira Mesquita, talks about how the organization is ...
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28 June 2011 at 16 : 16 PM
Digital 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 relations at NGO Rede Marista de Solidariedade, Alexandre Siqueira Mesquita, talks about the progress made so far in a two-part guest article for IT Decisions. ...
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22 June 2011 at 15 : 57 PM
Broadband 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 connections at present. ...
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16 May 2011 at 18 : 23 PM
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. ...
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