G3ict is the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs

General Country Information
Capital: Brasilia
Population: 201,103,330 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic

Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 41.141 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 150.641 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 15.929 million (2009)
Internet users: 64.948 million (2008)

Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.47
World Rank 2005/2006: 65

*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.

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