Monday, March 01, 2021

The victory of politics over technology

The tender specifications for the 5G spectrum tender clearly show how political needs of the Bolsonaro government prevailed over technological reasons.

As promised at the beginning of the year, the specifications for the 5G spectrum tender were finally approved last Friday and, as the hours go by, it becomes clear that politics was the one that finally prevailed over technologies to achieve a final result that is uncertain about the future of Brazilian telecommunications.

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