CGI.br presents TIC Domicílios 2011

Desktop computers are losing ground to laptops; Internet access via mobile phones more than tripled

The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) releases the results of the seventh TIC Domicílios Survey (2011), produced by the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br) through its Center for Information and Communication Technology Studies (CETIC.br). The data was obtained from face-to-face interviews on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in 25,000 households in Brazil, including rural areas.

Computer and Internet Ownership and Usage
The presence of computers and the Internet continues to grow in Brazilian households: the proportion of households with a computer in the country rose from 35% to 45%, while Internet presence increased from 27% in 2010 to 38% in 2011.

In this edition of the survey, among Brazilian households with computers, 79% have a desktop computer, while laptops are in 39%. In 2008, 95% of households had desktops, whereas laptops were present in only 10% of homes. In class C, the proportion of laptops nearly doubled compared to 2010, corresponding to presence in a quarter of households with a computer that belong to this socioeconomic classification (28%). In class A, the presence of laptops (81%) in households with computers is equivalent to that of desktops (82%). In 2011, the TIC Domicílios began measuring the ownership of tablets: although it has a modest presence in the total households with computers (1%), in class A, the proportion already reaches 10%.

Mobile Broadband Surpasses Dial-up Access
Overall, in 2011, fixed broadband is present in Brazilian homes with Internet in higher proportions than mobile broadband (3G modem): 68% versus 18%, respectively.

Following the global trend of mobile broadband growth, this technology showed an eight percentage point increase from the 2010 measurement, while fixed broadband connections remain at the same level as 2010. “This means that in 2011, mobile broadband was the main driver of the increase in the proportion of broadband connections in the country. Moreover, for the first time, mobile broadband connections surpassed dial-up access, which is in steep decline,” highlights Alexandre Barbosa, manager of Cetic.br.

Internet Usage
45% of the Brazilian population are Internet users, meaning they used the network in the three months preceding the interview, an increase of four percentage points compared to 2010. In 2011, the most cited location for Internet access continues to be the home (67%), almost two and a half times bigger than access in paid public access centers (lanhouses), a location cited by 28% of Internet users in 2011. While home access showed a 20% increase compared to 2010, lanhouses usage decreased by 18% in the same period, suggesting that the process of replacing one location with another continues in 2011.

Internet on mobile phones: in 2011, Internet use via mobile phones in Brazil advanced 12 percentage points among mobile phone users, going from 5% to 17%, an increase that occurred mainly among respondents with prepaid phones.

Activities Conducted on the Internet
In 2011, 69% of Brazilian Internet users declared a presence on social networking sites such as Facebook or Orkut. Increases in the use of microblogs (like Twitter) are notable, rising from 14% in 2010 to 22% in 2011, and the use of voice over IP programs like Skype, whose use increased from 17% in 2010 to 23% in 2011.

There was also an increase in searching for information on travel and accommodations (from 26% in 2010 to 36% in 2011), searching for information on virtual encyclopedia sites like Wikipedia (28% in 2010, 39% in 2011), and searching for information in free dictionaries (rising from 24% to 35% in 2011). The most performed leisure activity on the Internet was watching movies or videos on sites (58%), followed by downloading music (51%).

Inequalities
Despite the growth in ICT ownership and usage indicators in Brazil, in 2011, 55% of households did not have a computer and 62% did not have Internet.

In rural areas, 90% of households do not have Internet, and in the Northeast, this proportion is 79%, suggesting that the country continues to deepen inequalities in access to new technologies. There are also significant differences in Internet access at home according to their socioeconomic characteristics: in class DE, 95% of households do not have network access, while in class A, this proportion is only 3%.

Among the Brazilian population, 55% are not Internet users, meaning they had not used the network for less than three months before the interview. In rural areas, this proportion is 82%, and in the Northeast and North, about two-thirds are not Internet users. Additionally, among those aged 60 or older, the proportion of non-users is 91%. In class DE, 86% are not Internet users, compared to 8% in class A.

The complete results of the TIC Domicílios 2011 survey are available at https://www.cetic.br/ .

About Cetic.br
The Center for Information and Communication Technology Studies (Cetic.br) is responsible for producing indicators and statistics on the availability and use of the Internet in Brazil, releasing periodic analyses and information on the development of the network in the country. More information at https://www.cetic.br/ .

About the Brazilian Network Information Center – NIC.br
The Brazilian Network Information Center - NIC.br ( https://www.nic.br/ ) is a non-profit civil entity that implements the decisions and projects of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. Ongoing activities of NIC.br include coordinating domain name registration — Registro.br ( https://www.registro.br/ ), studying, responding to, and dealing with security incidents in Brazil - CERT.br ( https://www.cert.br/ ), studying and researching network and operations technologies — CEPTRO.br ( https://www.ceptro.br/ ), producing indicators about information and communication technologies — Cetic.br ( https://www.cetic.br/ ) and hosting the W3C office in Brazil ( https://www.w3c.br/ ).

About the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee – CGI.br
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee coordinates and integrates all Internet service initiatives in the country, promoting technical quality, innovation, and the dissemination of offered services. More information at https://www.cgi.br/ .

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