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American Travel Plans to Sao, Paulo, Brazil
By: Ian Bazilio
CIT 49900
CDMA vs GSM
• In the US CDMA and GSM phones.
• US carriers
– Sprint (CDMA)
– Verizon(CDMA)
– T-Mobile (GSM)
– AT&T (GSM)
• In Brazil GSM phones are the only phones used.
• Brazil carriers
• TIM
• Claro
• Vivo
• Oi
National Broadband Plan
• Brazil is the richest Latin American country
– Broadband penetration is very weak in places away from large cities
– Most users still use dial-up
• Resident may go anywhere from one daywithout internet access to weeks withoutinternet access
• Brazil is trying to give internet users access to high speed at lower costs.
National Broadband Plan
• This plan would make use of the fiber network already in place belonging to the state ownedcompany: Eletronet
• Cost would be about R$25-35 ($14-20 US) a month
• The would mean Internet providers wouldcharge about R$50 monthly for unlimitedservices
National Broadband Plan
• Currently in Brazil there are over 1000 internet service providers
• Ther are milliones of internet users
• The Prime Minister and President are currently working together to try to reducethe cost of broadband services.
• They plan to have 90 million broadbandconnections by 2014
Conversion Rate
• The Brazilian currency is called Real
• At the current time the conversion rate is:
– $1US to R$1.76
• The conversion rate is subject to change depending on the economy rate
GSM
• GSM phones dominate the world market.
• Removable SIM card allows phones to be instantly
– activated
– interchanged
– swapped out
– upgraded
all without carrier intervention
GSM Frequencies
• GSM phones operate on 4 different frequencies
– 850 MHz (North America/Latin America)
– 900 MHz (Europe/Asia)
– 1800 MHz (Europe/Asia)
– 1900 MHz (North America/Latin America)
• This makes GSM phone able to work worldwide.
Documents Needed
• This is a list of the documents you wouldneed for a ‘pay-as-you-go’ plan
• Proof of Identity: Brazilian nation ID (RG); Brazilian Driving License; Professional License(doctor’s license etc…)
• Individual taxpayer’s number (CPF)
• Proof of Residence: Utility bill relating to the area in which the cell phone will be used
Documents Needed
• This is a list of the documents you would need for a ‘pay-monthly’ plan
• Proof of Identity: Brazilian nation ID (RG); Brazilian Driving License; Professional License(doctor’s license etc…)
• Individual taxpayer’s number (CPF)
• Proof of Residence: Utility bill relating to the area in which the cell phone will be used
• Proof of payment of their current property tax
• Copy of lease contract showing proof of residence for at least 12 months(for individuals renting property)
• Vehicle ownership and Licensing documents
• Pay slip and/or pension plan for the current month
• Current cable TV bill
• Letter of confirmation of current residence from a hotel or flat service (for applicants without a permanent housing location)
TIM
• Domestic Calls using TIM• Call Type Call Rate Outgoing local calls (Sao Paulo) * 1.19 R ($0.71 USD)
per minute
• Incoming calls while in Sao Paulo FREE Outgoing long distance calls from Sao Paulo to all other cities* 1.69 R ($1.01 USD) per minute Outgoing calls from all other cities (National Roaming) 0.50 R ($0.30 USD)per call +1.19 R ($0.71 USD) per minute Incoming calls when not in Sao Paulo(National Roaming) 0.50 R ($0.30 USD) per call SMS 0.25 R ($0.15 USD)per message
• When in Sao Paulo, you can get a TIM phone for about R$115 with the SIM included.
Oi
• The Oi site were very difficult for me to translate through.
• The plans with this phone are very diverse.
• One of the pre-paid plans runs about $60/month US.
• Calling from Oi to Oi or Oi to a house phone costs R$1,36/min
– This is the same to other cell phones as long as the area code (DDD) is the same
• Roaming rates are R$1,39/min
• Text Messeging is R$0,49
• Internet Access is R$0,008
Vivo
• Vivo users can text vivo to get temporary month long promotions.
• If you re-charge R$12 on a pre-pay vivo phone you win R$200 of free credits to use within 2 weeks
• Up to $180 can be used for other Vivo phones
• Up to $20 can be used to call either vivo phones or house phones
• This can be done up to 5 times meaning you can win up to $1000 worth of free credit to use with the Vivo option.
• Vivo sounds like the best option to take for someone justvisition Sao Paulo.
Internet Service Provider
• Universo on Line (UOL)
– The biggest portal in Portuguese language
– Users have access to most Brazilian magazines on-line
• AOL
– Even though the marketing is very big, AOL is far fromhaving a dominant role in Brazil
• Terra
– Owns an internet portal, accused of unfair access becauseit is partnered with a large phone company in Sao Paulo.
ISP
• Competition between ISPs are very competitive.
• Currently to get unlimited dial-up the cost is at R$30.
• To get unlimited Broadband access would cost about R$80 per month including the cost to rent the modem.
ISP
• The top Internet Service Provider’s in the US are:
– SBC(AT&T)
– Comcast
– Road Runner
– Verizon
Television
• Due to a high illiteracy rate, TV is mainly used for politicalmessages
• Cable and Satellite TV are both by subscription like in the US.
• The five major networks for cable are:
– Band
– RedeTv
– Globo
– RedeRecord
– SBT
Satellite Television
• Satellite television is not widely available in Brazil
• The four major providers of satellite tv are:
– Net
– Sky
– TVR
– Globo SAT
• Many subscribers choose to receive their telephone, cable and Internet from one provider to keep costs down.
Satellite TV
• In order to get satellite TV you need to have the following documentation:
– Passport or Foreign Identification Number
– An Individual taxpayer’s number
– A Brazilian bank account with a direct debitfunction
• After that is established the installer will set up a monthly direct debit from the subscriber’s bankaccount to make sure that they get their money.
Social Networking in Brazil
• Facebook and Myspace are not very big at all.
• In Brazil more than 3/4ths of the population uses Orkut.
• I created an account on there to get a feel for it but my lack of portuguese knowledge and understandingmakes it hard to navigate.
• The site can be found at Orkut.com (it is throughgoogle)
References
• The links used to gather information for thispresentation can be found through mylifestream and on friendfeed.com.
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