The number of Brazilian municipalities covered by the country’s national fixed broadband plan (Plano Nacional de Banda Larga, or PNBL), now stands at 692, the communications ministry reports on its website. A total of 471 municipalities were covered in 2011, but the footprint has increased significantly through the addition of 221 new cities in January, it said. The goal is to reach a total of 4,424 cities by 2017. The ministry has published a full list of the cities covered by low-cost services from TNL (Oi), Telefonica Brazil and Sercomtel (Algar Telecom) – each of which is offering internet access capped at BRL35 (USD19.9) per month.
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