Abstract
Brazil privatized its telecom industry in 1998. The country's size and stable economy make it an attractive market for telecom firms based outside the country. These include America Movil, which is based in Mexico, and Telefônica, which is based in Spain and owns Telefônica Moviles.
Between 2001 and 2004, internet usage in Brazil rose by almost 700 percent. This growth was primarily driven by a reduction in operating costs and an increase in internet speed. However, Brazil had a broadband penetration rate of only 1.9 percent as of September 2005, slightly below the regional average; and the country's 3.46 million broadband connections represented less than 10% of its 40 million wireline subscribers. These figures indicate that broadband has considerable potential for growth.
Brazilian cellular communications has grown rapidly, with total subscribers at 57 million as of the end of August 2005, up 42% from a year earlier. ANATEL the Telecommunications Regulator Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações) announced that this figure reached 85 million at the end of 2005, which would make Brazil the fourth largest cellular subscriber base in the world. In this respect, Brazil has been one of the two most active Latin American nations, along with Mexico, in promoting broadband fixed wireless services and in testing both fixed and portable solutions.
Despite the wireless investment activity in Brazil, interest in 3G technology is remarkably low. Several mobile operators have stated that they intend to recover some of their existing investment in GSM/GPRS before moving to 3G and that their priorities were to obtain more spectrum for basic services and to rapidly move to high value services such as video. They want to deliver mobile broadband in a shorter timeframe than is possible with 3G, because of either ANATEL's reluctance to set a timeline for auctioning 3G spectrum or the operators' own economic pressures. But Brazil's operators have new choices: open up 3G bands for non-3G services, including additional 2G coverage; or use broadband wireless to create islands of high-data-rate, high-margin offerings.
Table of Contents
1. Current State of the Brazilian Market
- 1.1 The Fixed Market
- 1.2 The Mobile Market
- 1.3 Internet and Broadband Market
- 1.4 Brazilian Telecom Indicators (2000-2005
- 1.4.1 PC/Laptop Penetration
- 1.4.2 Dial-up Users
- 1.4.3 DSL Penetration
- 1.4.4 Cable Penetration
- 1.4.5 Wi-Fi/WLAN Penetration
- 1.5 Market Drivers for WiMAX
- 1.5.1 Market Drivers for Fixed WiMAX
- 1.5.2 Market Drivers for Mobile WiMAX
2. Regulatory Overview
- 2.1 Regulation for 3.5 GHz
- 2.2 Regulation for.5 GHz
- 2.3 New Regulation for 2.5 GHz
- 2.4 Regulation for 5.8 GHz
- 2.5 Auctions Expected in06-2007
- 2.6 Upcoming Licenses for 3G
3. License Holders Profiles
- 3.1 License Holders -- 3.5 GHz
- 3.1.1 Embratel
- 3.1.2 Vant (Brasil Telecom
- 3.1.3 DirectNet (Neovia
- 3.1.4 WKVE
- 3.1.5 Grupo Editorial Sinos
- 3.2 License Holders Profiles --.5 GHz
- 3.2.1 Universal Telecom (UT)
- 3.2.2 Inforwave
- 3.2.3 Vant
- 3.3 License Holders -- 2.5 GHz:
- 3.3.1 Neotec
- 3.3.2 TVA
4. Wireline and Long Distance Operators
- 4.1 Brasil Telecom (BrT)
- 4.1.1 General Description
- 4.1.2 WiMAX Strategy
- 4.2 Telef獼ica
- 4.2.1 General Descripition
- 4.2.2 WiMAX Strategy
- 4.3 TELEMAR/Oi
- 4.3.1 General Description
- 4.3.2 WiMAX Strategy
5. Mobile Operators
- 5.1 Vivo
- 5.2 TIM Brasil
- 5.3 Claro
- 5.4 Oi
- 5.5 TELEMIG Celular and Amazônia Celular
- 5.6 BrT GSM
6. Other Wireless Service Providers
- 6.1 Neovia
- 6.2 Other ISPs
7. Government
- 7.1 Education Ministry (MEC)
- 7.2 Communications Ministry
- 7.3 Ministry of Planning
8. Main Vendor Initiatives
- 8.1 Airspan
- 8.2 Alvarion
- 8.3 Aperto Networks
- 8.4 Intel
- 8.5 Motorola
- 8.6 Redline Communications
- 8.7 Samsung
- 8.8 Siemens
9. Issues / Risks / Challenges
- 9.1 Wireline Operators
- 9.2 Mobile Operators
- 9.3 Internet Service Providers
10. International Perspective: Case Study for Unwired Australia
- 10.1 Background
- 10.2 Business Structure:
- 10.3 Target Markets & Age Groups:
- 10.4 Current Network:
11. Brazil BWA/WiMAX Market Forecasts (2005-2010
12. WiMAX Contacts in Brazil
LIST OF EXHIBITS
- Exhibit 1. Fixed lines and public phones
- Exhibit 2. Cellulars by operator
- Exhibit 3. Mobile and fixed service penetration
- Exhibit 4. Broadband subscribers
- Exhibit 5. Dial-up users
- Exhibit 6. ADSL penetration
- Exhibit 7. Cable penetration
- Exhibit 8. Distribution of the pairs of 1.75 MHz blocks
- Exhibit 9. ANATEL Telco Regions
- Exhibit.10. Area covered by 3.5 GHz licenses
- Exhibit.11. Distribution of the pairs of 7.0 MHz blocks
- Exhibit.12. License holdings of EMBRATEL
- Exhibit.13. License holdings of DirectNet
- Exhibit.14. License holdings of WKVE
- Exhibit.15. License holdings of Grupo Editorial Sinos
- Exhibit.16. License holdings of Vant
- Exhibit.17. Unwired Services planned in the future:
- Exhibit.18. Unwired subscriber Growth and History
- Exhibit.19. Financial Results as of Dec05:
- Exhibit 20. Yearly BWA/WiMAX CPE Shipment Forecasts 2005-2010 (Units )
- Exhibit 21. Yearly BWA/WiMAX Base Station Shipment Forecasts 2005-2010 (Units )
- Exhibit 22. Annual BWA/WiMAX Equipment Market Forecasts 2005-2010 (in $)
- Exhibit 23. Total Accumulated BWA/WiMAX Equipment Market Size Forecasts 2005-2010 (in $)
- Exhibit 24. Annual Equipment Market Size Forecast by Frequency 2005-2010 (in $)
- Exhibit 25. WiMAX Equipment Penetration rate Forecast 2005-2010 (in % )
- Exhibit 26. WiMAX Equipment Annual Forecasts: BS and CPEs 2005-2010 (in units )
- Exhibit 27: WiMAX Equipment Annual Forecasts: BS and CPEs 2005-2010 (in $):
- Exhibit 28. BWA and WiMAX Subscribers Forecasts 2005-2010
- Exhibit 29. Summary of Forecast Data 2005-2010
