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TIM, Telebrás agree to get mobile Internet to 1,000 Brazilian cities

Telebrás and TIM Brazil announced on July 13 that they have closed a deal to deliver mobile Internet to 1,000 Brazilian cities by the end of 2012. It’s part of a federal program to universalize Internet access in the country. The inititative will be possible using TIM’s network, which has national coverage, to promote access to mobile broadband in laptops and desktops via modem.

TIM has created a customer offer plan especially for the partnership, called Liberty. Initially, the plan will be offered in two cities in Goiás state and two more in Distrito Federal. The offer provides a Internet connection at speeds up to 1Mbps for R$ 35 a month (US$ 22), which is the value established as a guideline of the National Broadband Plan (PNBL).

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Roberta Prescott
Roberta Prescott
Editor, Americasrprescott@rcrwireless.com Roberta Prescott is responsible for Latin America reporting news and analysis, interviewing key stakeholders. Roberta has worked as an IT and telecommunication journalist since March 2005, when she started as a reporter with InformationWeek Brasil magazine and its website IT Web. In July 2006, Prescott was promoted to be the editor-in-chief, and, beyond the magazine and website, was in charge for all ICT products, such as IT events and CIO awards. In mid-2010, she was promoted to the position of executive editor, with responsibility for all the editorial products and content of IT Mídia. Prescott has worked as a journalist since 1998 and has three journalism prizes. In 2009, she won, along with InformationWeek Brasil team, the press prize 11th Prêmio Imprensa Embratel. In 2008, she won the 7th Unisys Journalism Prize and in 2006 was the editor-in-chief when InformationWeek Brasil won the 20th media award Prêmio Veículos de Comunicação. She graduated in Journalism by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, has done specialization in journalism at the Universidad de Navarra (Spain, 2003) and Master in Journalism at IICS – Universidad de Navarra (Brazil, 2010) and MBA – Executive Education at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.