Are you interested in investing in the Brazilian IT market?

Check those numbers:

1. Since 2007, Brazil is considered the third largest desktop PC consumer market in the world. (Source: Intel)
2. More than 9.98 million PCs were sold in Brazil in 2007. (Source: IDG)
3. The forecast for 2008: increase of 1.4 million units, totaling 11.38 million PCs. (Source: IDG)
4. The Brazilian company Positivo is the tenth largest PC manufacturer in the world, with sales around 1.4 million desktops in 2007. (Source: Open market)
5. The Brazilian domestic sector was responsible for the biggest increase in computer sales, with +40%, followed by SMB (30%), corporations (20%) and government (10%). (Source: PC World)
6. The notebook market has achieved an amazing 1.25 million units sold in 2007, 50% more than in 2006. (Source: Intel)
7. The Brazilian laptop market will grow to 3.8 million units in 2008, that’s an annual increase of 81% (Source: Abinee – Brazilian Association for the Electric and Electronic Industry)
8. More than US$ 27 billions will be invested in the Brazilian IT market alone in 2008, an increase of 11.8% over 2007. (Source: E-Consulting)
9. Brazilian companies imports more than US$ 1.2 billions in software per year. (Source: IT Web / CRN Magazine)
10. Software sales in Brazil are expected to exceed US$ 5.2 billions in 2008. (Source: E-Consulting)
11. There are more than 39 million Brazilians, over 16 years old, using the internet. (Source: Ibope NetRatings)
12. The B2B Brazilian market surpassed US$ 294 billions in 2007. (Source: B2Bol Index)
13. Brazil overcame 8 million wide band web connections in 2008. (Source: Camara e.net)
14. More than 15 million Brazilians has wide band residential access. (Source: Nielsen/NetRatings)
15. The residential access to the web has come closer to 21 million in January 2008. (Source: Ibope NetRatings)
16. The country has the biggest average in residential time spent surfing the web in the world: 22 hours and 59 minutes per user. (Source: Ibope NetRatings)