Paulo Bernardo

Smartphone Seen Driving Cielo Returns to New Record

Credit-card payment processor Cielo SA, Brazil’s most profitable company, expects its mobile-payment services venture with Oi SA to generate even higher returns.

Brazil’s Anatel Orders Tim to Suspend Infinity Day Promotion

Brazil’s telecommunication regulator Anatel ordered Tim Participacoes SA to suspend its Infinity Day Promotion because of concerns over its quality of service.

Telefonica Loss Is NII’s Gain on Fees-Cut Plan: Corporate Brazil

Tim Participacoes SA and Telefonica Brasil SA are poised to be the biggest losers in Brazil’s plan for more competition and improved service among mobile-phone carriers.

Brazil Plans Wireless Rules to Aid Consumers Over Profits

Brazil’s mobile-phone companies, reeling from intensifying regulatory scrutiny, must prepare for more changes as the government puts consumers’ needs ahead of corporate profits, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said.

Brazil Government to Fight State Pay-Television Tax Increase

Brazil’s federal government will lobby against a proposal by state-level officials to more than double taxes on pay-television services from companies such as America Movil SAB and DirecTV.

Telefonica, Oi Must Share Access at Fair Price, Brazil Says

Brazilian phone carriers Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA, Telefonica Brasil SA and America Movil SAB will be forced to share access to their networks with competitors without charging an “abusive” prices, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said.

Brazil’s New Industrial Policy Aims to Boost High-Tech Goods

Brazil’s government plans to cut taxes on domestically manufactured tablet computers as part of a new industrial policy aimed at boosting production of high-end consumer technology goods, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said.

Brazil Supports Moreno's Re-Election as IDB President, Bernardo Says

Brazil Planning Minister Paulo Bernardo said his government supports the re-election of Luis Alberto Moreno as president of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Brazil to Cut Phone Rates, Push Network Sharing, O Globo Says

Brazil’s planned telecommunications rate cuts designed to help stimulate economic growth will reduce companies’ revenue, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo told O Globo newspaper.

Brazil Tablet Prices May Fall After Tax Cut, Bernardo Says

Prices of tablet computers in Brazil may fall as much as 36 percent after the government cuts taxes on their production and sale, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo told reporters today in Brasilia.

"It's a win for banks and a win for operators."

- Paulo Bernardo on Nov 21, 2012

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