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Brazil to have LTE pilot project by Rio+ 20, MiniCom says

Brazilian Minister of Communication Paulo Bernardo said Brazil will have a pilot high-speed broadband project by the Rio+20 Conference — a United Nations’ Conference on Sustainable Development, held June 4-6 in Rio de Janeiro.

Bernardo made his comments during a visit to Colombia where he participated in the Brazil-Colombia Investment Forum, sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

In a recent interview with RCR Wireless News, executive secretary for Ministry of Communications Cezar Alvarez has also declared Ministry of Communication (MiniCom) would like to have 4G terminals by 2012 to Rio+20. “It would be a way for carriers and suppliers demonstrate their fourth-generation networks. It wouldn’t be necessary a huge spectrum band for that,” said Alvarez about LTE.

To launch 4G, the telecom sector is expecting to bid for frequencies at 2.5 GHz, what could happen in the first half 2012. However, this frequency band is occupied by MMDS providers, such as Net and Sky.

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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.