en.Wedoany.com Reported - Brazil's Ministry of Communications announced an investment of R$39.1 million to build 23 new wireless base stations in the rural areas of Juazeiro, Bahia, providing mobile phone and internet coverage to 24 rural communities. The city has become the primary investment destination for Bahia's rural telephone expansion program.
According to the Ministry, these resources aim to expand access to telecommunications services for the rural population, providing enhanced connectivity for education, health, productive activities, and communication. The Ministry emphasized: "This city concentrates the largest investment in Bahia's rural telephone plan." The announcement was made during a visit to Juazeiro by Brazil's Minister of Communications, Frederico de Siqueira Filho. The Minister stated: "Our commitment is to ensure that digital transformation reaches all Brazilians, regardless of where they live. These investments in Juazeiro mean more internet, more access to information, and more opportunities for learning, work, and income generation for residents of rural areas."
This investment is part of the federal rural mobile coverage expansion program. In Bahia, the Ministry has installed 81 mobile communication towers across 37 municipalities, with a total state-level investment of R$137.7 million, of which R$74.8 million has been executed and R$62.9 million is planned for a new phase of the program before the end of this year.
In addition to the expansion of mobile infrastructure, Juazeiro and Paulo Afonso now have new digital channels from the Brazilian Communications Company and the Legislative Network through the Brazil Digital Program. In Juazeiro, the construction of this system received approximately R$885,000 in federal investment; in Paulo Afonso, the investment was around R$590,000. The Ministry of Communications stated that this measure expands public access to educational, cultural, institutional, and informational programming via digital open signals.
During this trip, the Ministry also announced an additional R$650,000 for the computer refurbishment center at the Federal University of the São Francisco Valley, which has been operating for a decade. This center is responsible for refurbishing equipment for the "Computers for Inclusion" program and has distributed 3,266 computers to 376 digital inclusion points and trained 6,972 people since its inception. Progress was also made on the educational robotics project, which has received over R$2.5 million in investment to build laboratories in Juazeiro, Campo Formoso (Bahia), and São Raimundo Nonato (Piauí), as well as a mobile laboratory. The project is expected to train 50 specialist teachers and issue 1,500 certifications.
The Ministry stated that Bahia has accumulated approximately R$262.3 million in investments from digital inclusion and connectivity programs executed by the Ministry. Key programs include: R$123.9 million for the "Connected Schools" program; R$74.8 million already used for rural mobile telephone expansion; R$62.9 million planned for a new phase of the rural telephone program; and R$700,000 for the "Computers for Inclusion" program. In the education sector, the "Connected Schools" program has benefited 9,424 schools in Bahia, with an investment of R$148.8 million, reaching approximately 197,000 students. In Juazeiro, 145 schools have been connected to the network, benefiting around 53,000 students. The "Computers for Inclusion" program has delivered 3,848 refurbished computers to 482 digital inclusion points across 141 municipalities in the state, in addition to 591 participants receiving certification from technical training courses.
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