Brazil surpasses 150 million broadband connections

Brazil surpassed 150 million broadband connections in April, an increase of 51 percent over the same period last year. According to a survey of the Brazilian Telecommunications Association (Telebrasil), in the last twelve months 51 million new accesses were activated, an activation rate of 1.6 new connections per second. 

Mobile broadband, via 3G and 4G networks, led the growth, arriving in April at 127.2 million connections, with 63 percent growth compared to April 2013. This included 111.5 million smartphones and 15.7 million data terminals, such as modems and M2M Sims. 

In fixed broadband, connections totalled 23.1 million in April. Of this total, 2.1 million connections were activated in the last twelve months. The amount of fixed broadband access means that 39 percent of urban Brazilian households have high-speed internet. In the last 12 months, mobile broadband coverage was activated in 287 new municipalities. 

Altogether, the 3G networks are installed in 3,658 municipalities, home to 91 percent of Brazilians. The number of broadband 4G users reached 2.5 million, with the LTE service covering 106 Brazilian cities with 37 percent of the total population.