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8. National Broadband Plan This plan wouldmake use of the fiber network already in place belonging to the state ownedcompany: Eletronet Costwouldbe about R$25-35 ($14-20 US) a month The wouldmean Internet providers would charge about R$50 monthly for unlimited services
9. National Broadband Plan Currently in Brazilthere are over 1000 internet service providers Ther are milliones of internet users The Prime Minister and President are currentlyworkingtogether to try to reduce the cost of broadband services. They plan to have 90 million broadband connections by 2014
10. Conversion Rate The Braziliancurrencyiscalled Real At the current time the conversion rate is: $1US to R$1.76 The conversion rate issubject to change depending on the economy rate
11. GSM GSM phones dominate the world market. Removable SIM card allows phones to be instantly activated interchanged swapped out upgraded all without carrier intervention
12. GSM Frequencies GSM phones operate on 4 different frequencies 850 MHz (North America/Latin America) 900 MHz (Europe/Asia) 1800 MHz (Europe/Asia) 1900 MHz (North America/Latin America) This makes GSM phone able to work worldwide.
13. Documents Needed This is a list of the documents youwouldneed for a ‘pay-as-you-go’ plan Proof of Identity: Brazilian nation ID (RG); Brazilian Driving License; Professional License(doctor’s license etc…) Individual taxpayer’s number (CPF) Proof of Residence: Utility bill relating to the area in which the cell phone will be used
14. Documents Needed This is a list of the documents youwouldneed for a ‘pay-monthly’ plan Proof of Identity: Brazilian nation ID (RG); Brazilian Driving License; Professional License(doctor’s license etc…) Individual taxpayer’s number (CPF) Proof of Residence: Utility bill relating to the area in which the cell phone will be used Proof of payment of their current property tax Copy of lease contract showing proof of residence for at least 12 months(for individuals renting property) Vehicle ownership and Licensing documents Pay slip and/or pension plan for the current month Current cable TV bill Letter of confirmation of current residence from a hotel or flat service (for applicants without a permanent housing location)
15. TIM Domestic Calls using TIM Call Type Call Rate Outgoing local calls (Sao Paulo) * 1.19 R ($0.71 USD)per minute Incoming calls while in Sao Paulo FREE Outgoing long distance calls from Sao Paulo to all other cities* 1.69 R ($1.01 USD) per minute Outgoing calls from all other cities (National Roaming) 0.50 R ($0.30 USD)per call +1.19 R ($0.71 USD) per minute Incoming calls when not in Sao Paulo(National Roaming) 0.50 R ($0.30 USD) per call SMS 0.25 R ($0.15 USD)per message When in Sao Paulo, you can get a TIM phone for about R$115 with the SIM included.
16. Oi The Oi site wereverydifficult for me to translate through. The plans withthis phone are very diverse. One of the pre-paid plans runs about $60/month US. CallingfromOi to Oi or Oi to a house phone costs R$1,36/min This is the same to othercell phones as long as the area code (DDD) is the same Roaming rates are R$1,39/min TextMessegingis R$0,49 Internet Access is R$0,008
17. Vivo Vivo userscantext vivo to gettemporarymonth long promotions. If youre-charge R$12 on a pre-pay vivo phone youwin R$200 of free credits to use within 2 weeks Up to $180 canbeused for other Vivo phones Up to $20 canbeused to call either vivo phones or house phones This canbedone up to 5 times meaningyoucanwin up to $1000 worth of free credit to use with the Vivo option. Vivo soundslike the best option to take for someonejustvisition Sao Paulo.
18. Internet Service Provider Universo on Line (UOL) The biggest portal in Portugueselanguage Users have access to mostBrazilian magazines on-line AOL Eventhough the marketing isverybig, AOL is far fromhaving a dominant role in Brazil Terra Owns an internet portal, accused of unfairaccessbecauseitispartneredwith a large phone company in Sao Paulo.
19. ISP CompetitionbetweenISPs are verycompetitive. Currently to getunlimited dial-up the cost is at R$30. To get unlimited Broadband access would cost about R$80 per month including the cost to rent the modem.
20. ISP The top Internet Service Provider’s in the US are: SBC(AT&T) Comcast Road Runner Verizon
21. Television Due to a highilliteracy rate, TV ismainlyused for political messages Cable and Satellite TV are both by subscriptionlike in the US. The five major networks for cable are: Band RedeTv Globo RedeRecord SBT
22. Satellite Television Satellite televisionis not widelyavailable in Brazil The four major providers of satellite tv are: Net Sky TVR Globo SAT Many subscribers choose to receive their telephone, cable and Internet from one provider to keep costs down.
23. Satellite TV In order to get satellite TV youneed to have the following documentation: Passport or Foreign Identification Number An Individualtaxpayer’snumber A Brazilianbankaccountwith a direct debitfunction Afterthatisestablished the installer will set up a monthly direct debitfrom the subscriber’sbankaccount to make sure thattheygettheir money.
24. Social Networking in Brazil Facebook and Myspace are not verybigat all. In Brazil more than 3/4ths of the population uses Orkut. I created an account on there to get a feel for it but mylack of portugueseknowledge and understandingmakesit hard to navigate. The site canbefoundat Orkut.com (itisthroughgoogle)
25. References The links used to gather information for thispresentationcanbefoundthroughmylifestream and on friendfeed.com.
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