The Internet represents 71% of revenues with mobile phones of teles

BRASILIA-The revenue from telecommunications companies with internet already represent 71% of revenues with mobile phones, according to the National Union of telephone companies and Cellular mobile and personal (Sinditelebrasil). Voice revenue has been dropping year by year and is now 29% of the earnings of companies with cell phones, according to the entity. The data are relative to the third quarter of the year. To get an idea of the speed of the changes in the industry, there are only three years in the third quarter of 2015, voice services were 61% of revenue generated by mobile phones, while data was 39%. "We still have no projections, but that move should keep next year," said the President of the Sinditelebrasil, Eduardo Levy. Until the third quarter, the gross revenue of $175.6 billion won R teles, stable compared to the same period last year, to R $176 billion. Already investments of teles in the first nine months of the year reached $20.5 billion, compared to R R $18.2 billion in the same period last year. One of the data that show the transformation of the sector is the advancement of 4 g technology. Today, the country has 233 million cellular chip assets, of which 126 million are 4 g, 3 g and 2 g 25 million 61 million. Last year, the 4 g and 3 g phones were virtually tied at about 95 million. Until 2016, the 3 g was still the vast majority. In 2012, the 2 g totaled 193 million. Meanwhile, the base of landlines arrives today to 39 million, down from 41 million last year. In ten years, according to Sinditelebrasil, the base of landlines fell 6%, but revenues of telcos with the service have fallen 44%. "The drop in revenue is much stronger than the fall in base. That's cost for the companies, "said Levy. Have access to fixed and mobile broadband rose from 234 million last year to 239 million this year. Despite the crisis, mobile phones continue to be used by 88% of the Brazilians, said Levy. In addition, the population has migrated increasingly to postpaid plans. This type of supply reaches 42% of signatures today, up from 36% last year. "The plans are increasingly attractive," said the President of the Sinditelebrasil. Levy points out that the price of the prepaid phone in Brazil is the fifth lowest, R $0.034, behind only China, South Africa, Russia and India. The price of the postpaid mobile broadband, according to the entity, also fell. In 2017, the 500 Mb package cost R $27.14. Today, the 1 Gb package costs R $20.07. "The mobile internet package has twice the capacity and a price 25% cheaper. This reflects the competitiveness of the sector. We have four companies operating in the country, but we have the fifth most competitive market in the world. That's what leads to lower prices, "he said. The tax burden on the telecommunications industry, however, is the highest in the world, 43% on revenue. Secondly, Turkey appears, with 38%, and Argentina, with 25%. "Many States have increased the GST in recent years because of the crisis," said Levy. "The laws on the smartphone is the same that focuses on wine, compared. To 2019, the Sinditelebrasil defends the adoption of the new legal framework of the teles, currently in proceedings in the Senate, to modernize the legislation, which is 1997. The project changes the focus of public policies, today in fixed telephony and pay phones, for the expansion of broadband internet. The entity also charged the auctioning of non-arrecadatórios frequency and that emphasize the spread of investments and services. The Sinditelebrasil also the simplification of the regulation, the adoption of the general law of Antennas by the municipalities, the gratuity on the right-of-way in public goods for installation of infrastructure and policies to curb the access of the population to smartphones low income through the use of resources of the sector funds.