Brazil and China launch new satellite
Equipment reaches orbit successfully one year after launch failure.
Equipment reaches orbit successfully one year after launch failure.
The project will deliver free Wi-Fi in 120 locations across the largest city in Brazil ahead of the World Cup.
The country's telecoms agency announced a set of measures around the implementation of the new Internet protocol.
Service quality and customer satisfaction levels have plummeted in the first semester of 2015, according to official numbers.
About $34mi will be invested to provide broadband to primary care units across the country by 2014
A fourfold increase in service coverage is expected with the new contract in place.
Telcos don't see national fiber coverage as a priority; reelected president wants half the population to get Internet access to the technology.
The partnership with the Brazilian government will aim to deliver free Internet access to low-income citizens
A new digital inclusion roadmap will be launched in the first half of 2015; government wants to create advantages for private companies to invest more
The undersea link is expected to start operations in 2020.