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The Minister of Communications Juscelino Filho received on Wednesday 18 representatives of the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers ABRINT. The organization which has more than 1400 associated companies and more than 21 million access points nationwide presented the institution and some demands from the sector. They also made themselves available to the Folder to contribute to the digital inclusion of Brazilians who do not yet have access to this service.For the expansion of the network in the country ABRINT proposes a regulatory asymmetry to ensure greater access to the fixed network for the population. Currently there are more than 19000 providers spread throughout Brazil and about 40 of them have up to 5000 subscribers. In addition the institution commented on the need to propose the parameters for the use of poles to enable connection in areas of more difficult access.We are available to the Federal Government to be an important source of industry data to support the country in digital inclusion said Cristiane Sanches leader of ABRINTs Board of Directors. The figures demonstrate the strength of providers. We understand that we can do much more for the country. The Internet is vital and needs to be democratized as soon as possible completed the president director of the association Mauriclio Oliveira who took the opportunity to invite the minister to participate in the National Meeting of ABRINT scheduled for the end of May in So Paulo SP.You are getting to where the big companies have not arrived and this is of the utmost importance. We want to build a good solution for the sector to continue growing especially in rural and more remote areas. Our main agenda at MCom is digital inclusion and we need to move forward so that more and more people have access to this connectivity said Minister Juscelino Filho.
