An overview of broadband connectivity: insights from Brazil/ Panorama sobre a conectividade de banda larga: insights para o Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Schiavon, Laura Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Moreira, Lucas Nascimento
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/45343
• topic: broadband; fixed; mobile; connectivity; density; technology.

The broadband market in Brazil is constantly evolving. We provide a legal basis and particularities of fixed and mobile broadband data, as well as a historical perspective of the beginning of the Internet in the country. We focus on the evolution of access density as the main metric of analysis, however we highlight other variables such as technology employed, payment modality and infrastructure by providers in the Brazilian telecom sector. According to Anatel (2021), responsible for regulating the market, in Brazil 56 in 100 households are connected to fixed broadband, while 101 in each 100 individuals have access to mobile broadband. We present incipient literature studying the effects of Internet expansion on the economy and social outcomes, highlighting important themes for future research.