Agrishow: Expanding rural connectivity requires collective business arrangements.

The business model that has been enabling the advancement of connectivity in the field – although still far from what is needed – based on large corporate clients, is still the most mature, stated TIM's IoT director, Alexandre Dal Forno, at Agrishow 2026, which ended this Friday (1), in Ribeirão Preto (SP). Through this format, large farms, sugar-energy groups, among others of the same size, financially enable the telecommunications and internet infrastructure in rural areas, and the signal ends up reaching and benefiting the population of nearby regions. However, according to the executive, a greater expansion of rural connectivity requires other arrangements, of a more collective nature, such as those linked to cooperatives and municipalities of agricultural centers. Regarding satellite internet services, Dal Forno said that he sees them as complementary. At Agrishow, TIM announced a contract with Usina Cerradão for the implementation of connectivity in 55,000 hectares of the group in the Triângulo Mineiro region. 

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.