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ACORN-REDECOM Conference 2009 CIDE, Mexico City

ACORN-REDECOM Conference 2009 CIDE, Mexico City. Session 5B: Convergence “Restricted mobility or restricted competition? Fixed-mobile convergence and universal access in Brazil” Márcio Aranha Hernán Galperin François Bar Marina Villela. Cases. PGO and Area Codes in Brazil. Region 1.

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ACORN-REDECOM Conference 2009 CIDE, Mexico City

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  1. ACORN-REDECOM Conference 2009CIDE, Mexico City Session 5B: Convergence “Restricted mobility or restricted competition? Fixed-mobile convergence and universal access in Brazil” MárcioAranha HernánGalperin François Bar Marina Villela

  2. Cases PGO and Area Codes in Brazil Region 1 Local Region 2 Embratel Livre Region 3 Vésper Portátil

  3. Fixed and mobile phone services in Brazil

  4. EmbratelLivre

  5. Local Telecomunicações and the microtelco model

  6. Conclusions (1) So far, the conjunction of an enabling regulatory environment with innovative business models, wireless technologies applied to STFC networks, along with user satisfaction with mobility restrictions, resulted in crescent deployment of FWA and GSM systems as fixed telephone services in Brazil.

  7. Conclusions (2) • This trend is under peril due to the lack of a new regulatory approach designed to: • preserve the fragile situation of a fixed phone company using cellular frequencies on a secondary basis; • assure operators the ability to apply restricted mobility in their fixed phone networks.

  8. Conclusions (3) • The cases described show that different strategies were applied for different purposes and conditions. • On high-density areas, in which VésperPortátil and EmbratelLivre provide STFC, FWA/WLL application has proved to be an important tool to reverse STFC deployment stagnation. In this case, FWA/WLL functions as a successful business model oriented towards low-income, senior population satisfied with subscriptionless low-cost telephony services restricted to neighborhood mobility. Previously referred limits on mobility experienced in the Embratel’scase show that a service unified license would facilitate the implementation of such approach. • Local case, in turn, proved to be an important initiative to increase universal access in low-income areas providing low-price services through two simple service plans as a small-scale operator present in the local community life.

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