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TIM to invest R$ 171 million in fiber optics in Northern Brazil

by Roberta Prescott
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TIM Brazil had signed a contract with LT Amazon consortium to use their tower transmission lines and power substations to transport TIM cables across 27 cities in the states of Amazonas, Pará and Amapá, in Brazil. TIM will invest around R$ 171 million in this project, which is set to start in October and could be finished in 2013.

The contract with LT Amazon allows TIM to construct a backbone in the north covering 27 cities in the states of Amazonas, Pará and Amapá, and will increase by 100 times the voice and data transmission in the region.

The fiber-optic solution will replace TIM Brazil’s satellite infrastructure. The operation begin is scheduled for October this year and might be finished on January 2013. TIM expects to increase its customer base by 9%, considering only the capital Manaus and Macapá.

The project includes 1,985 kilometers of fiber optic OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) through 3,600 towers of transmission lines and power substations.
LT Amazon is a consortium of Linhas de Xingu Transmissora de Energia S.A., Linhas de Macapá Transmissora de Energia S.A and Manaus Transmissora de Energia S.A. On March 31, the consortium published a public offering of shared infrastructure.

TIM’s partnership with LT Amazon was formed after an auction in May that chose the operator responsible for OPGW cable installation and use. TIM has agreed to install and donate the cables, since it hold the right to use the fiber for the next 20 years.

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Editor, [email protected] 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.

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