Richest Man in Africa Wants a Piece of Brazil

Bo

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:21:38 +0100

Communications in this country is abominably terrible in quality....and unbelievably expensive! The basic telephony used to be good when the Telephone companies were state owned and run by meritocrats. The troubles started from 1985 and became worse when the companies were privatized in 1998. While the quality has deteriorated, the monthly subscription has gone up by 200%. The only "Innovation" in land lines is ADSL, which ordinary people cannot afford. Of course, it is easy to buy a cell phone in 10 installments, but the call rates are very expensive. With Brasil Telecom under the command of Oi/Telemar, I expect the quality to deteriorate further and the prices to go up in the states where BT is currently operating.According to what I read, the objective of the government is to build a Brazilian owned company to compete with Spanish owned Telefonica! I don't know if you are aware, the purchase of Brasil Telecom is being financed by BNDES!! You can draw your conclusions about this deal ;) - João da Silva

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Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:52:22 +0100

Now we are going to be stuck with Telemar! Make that Oi joão! And, imo, since the change from Telemar to Oi, things have only gotten WORSE! Communications in this country is abominably terrible in quality....and unbelievably expensive! - bo

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Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:42:13 +0100

It is a pity that Mr.Sawris did not manage to buy Brasil Telecom. With his academic and business background, as the Chairman of BT. he would have brought some innovations in the states where it operates. Now we are going to be stuck with Telemar! - João da Silva