This was the danger faced in Brazil. In the case of Brazil, as well as of many other countries around the world, competition provides the only real spur for the investment required to remedy this imbalance. The fact is that the communications sector is vital to all economic activity and involves such enormous sums of money that it simply cannot stand still. That is why the liberalization process during the last two years in Brazil has been so important. We're already seeing results.
Today there are over a million Internet users in Brazil.
Embratel itself has accelerated its network modernization projects. And all this despite the economic difficulties of recent months. But whilst some shy away from change and fear competition, others are impatient, claiming that things are not moving quickly enough. It's natural to be keen to progress, but of course that liberalization, corporatization and convergence path which I have just outlined, doesn't happen overnight. These things take time, and telecommunications, with its high levels of infrastructure investment, is all about the long game.