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Brazil Has More Mobile Phones Than People
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Brazil's telecoms regulator has announced that there are now more mobile phones in the country in use than there are people.
The 100% penetration mark was reached in October when just under 3 million new subscriptions were recorded, bringing the total to 194,439250, and a teledensity of 100.44 lines per 100 inhabitants.
In October, 12 Brazilian states already had more than one cellphone per capita: Distrito Federal, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Goias, Mato Grosso, Santa Catarina, Rondonia, Espírito Santo, Paraná and Pernambuco.
Of the total number of phones, 159.82 million (82.19%) are prepaid. The remaining 34.63 million (17.81%) are postpaid contract customers.
Some charts released by the regulator
Operators by Market Share
| Company | Subscriber Base | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vivo | 58,397,402 | 30.03% |
| Claro | 49,740,391 | 25.58% |
| Tim | 47,972,907 | 24.67% |
| Oi | 37,621,539 | 19.35% |
| CTBC | 608,697 | 0.31% |
| Sercomtel | 78,029 | 0.04% |
| Unicel | 20,285 | 0.01\% |
Technology Breakdown
| Technology | Subscriber Base | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| GSM | 170,983,501 | 87.94% |
| WCDMA | 12,926,243 | 6.65% |
| Data Terminal | 5,783,652 | 2.97% |
| CDMA | 4,674,815 | 2.40% |
| TDMA | 71,039 | 0.04% |
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