About 20% of the Rio 2016 budget went towards the technology infrastructure and a lot of that is around ensuring a sturdy communications infrastructure. Communications partner Embratel rolled out a 370km fiber optic ring for the Olympic backbone, with Cisco bringing in 77 tonnes of equipment, while all local mobile operators have strengthened their networks, even though América Móvil's Claro is the official carrier.
Rio's secretary of science, technology and innovation, Gustavo Tutuca, told reporters at an event earlier this week that the investments made to improve the city's connectivity infrastructure will ultimately benefit the general public as companies will use the improved set-up to provide better services.
Tutuca added that the public administration will also gain as schools, hospitals and other facilities have had their Internet access boosted as a result of the work carried out for the Games. However, the secretary didn't specify how many facilities actually benefitted from the new set-up.
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