Brazil World Cup and Olympics: Opportunities lost & gained, part I

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games were widely regarded as a boost for Brazil’s telematics sector. But they may be too little, too late. Siegfried Mortkowitz reports.

Being named to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games was widely regarded both as acknowledgement of Brazil’s booming economy and an additional boost for it.

The influx of millions of people to view these events was also seen as a chance for the country to address some of its pressing problems, such as lagging wireless infrastructure and the infamous traffic congestion in major cities.

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