Tuesday, June 19, 2018

IoT, priority for Brazilian government

The plan to develop the Internet of Things contemplates four areas and there will be tax exemptions for ten years. It defines IoT as a global structure and not as a communications service.

The Brazilian government established a maximum period of three months to announce the Internet of Things (IoT) National Plan. The initiative will be announced through a decree that is currently being prepared by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología, Innovaciones y Comunicaciones (MCTIC) (Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications) and will be submitted to the Civil House in the next few days.

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