Mobilefest - The Internation Festival of Mobile Creativity in Brazil will happen in September, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil.
It is the 1st Brazilian Festival of Mobile Art, based on the sociological implications that mobile phones and mobile technologies have been promoting in our culture.The agenda is composed by two days of cultural and technical activities. MOBILEFEST will include an international symposium, workshops and recognition awarding of the best works and mobile applications developed by Brazilians.
Brief scenery of the telecommunications in Brazil:
Country size: 8.511.996 Km2
Population: 185,1 million inhabitants
Mobile covering: 163,7 million
Number of mobile lines: 82.351.644
Pre-paid: 80,85%
Pos-paid: 19,15%
Lines activated in November of 2005: 1.111.914
Mobile density: 44,55%
Growth in 2005: 34,58%
Number of Operators: 8
Technologies: GSM (49,83) CDMA (28,22%) TDMA (21,78)
SMS 2005: 7,5 billion messages *
MMS 2005: 10 million messages *
Homes with Microcomputer: 16,3%
Computers with Internet access: 12,2%
Television Covering: 90,3%
Electric illumination: 96,8%
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