Brazil Latin America & Caribbean
Upper middle income Upper middleincome Country data group 2005 2012 2012
Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–12 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)
186 83 3,960 2.8 90 ..
Sector structure Yes Separate telecommunications/ICT regulator Private Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) .. International gateway(s) C Mobile telephone service C Internet service A Foreign ownership (not allowed, restricted, allowed) A Reg. treatment of VoIP (banned, closed, no framework, allowed) Sector efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Sector performance Access Fixed-telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Households with a computer (%) Households with Internet access at home (%) Usage Int’l. voice traffic, total (minutes/subscription/month) Domestic mobile traffic (minutes/subscription/month) Individuals using the Internet (%) Quality Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions (% of total Internet) International Internet bandwidth (bit/s per Internet user) Affordability Fixed-telephone sub-basket ($ a month) Mobile-cellular sub-basket ($ a month) Fixed-broadband sub-basket ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications Online service index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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199 85 11,630 3.8 90 ..
2,391 61 6,969 6.2 94 76
Yes Private C C C A A
4.1 17.4
2.9 13.1
2.5 18.2
21.4 46.3 1.7 18.5 13.6
22.3 125.0 9.2 49.9a 45.4a
19.4 92.4 10.8 40.6 36.3
.. 30.9 21.0
0.2 1.3 56.9 284.4 49.8a 41.6
88 74.1 716
100 99 81.4 95.5 44,837 14,580
.. .. ..
29.8 60.2 17.8
9.4 14.9 17.8
3.1 12.1 43.0
0.5 8.8 55.7
17.6 14.7 29.1
0.57 14.2
0.67 57.4
0.42 18.5
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