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Articles tagged with: Brasil Telecom and Tim
Brazil's Penetration Set to Surpass 80% as Total Market Reaches 140m
Brazilian penetration is racing upwards, with a 14.0pp gain in the twelve months ending 30th September 2008 taking the figure to 73.2%. This compares to an 8.3pp gain in the prior twelve months. At the time of writing, penetration is likely to be approaching 80%, and although it is common for markets to slow down as 100% penetration is neared, a penetration rate in excess of 90% by the end of 2009 is a possibility. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, cdma, tim-brasil, oi, gsm, vivo, claro, Brazil
The Top Operators in Caribbean & LatAm by Subscriber Growth
Between them, the ten fastest growing operators in Latin America and the Caribbean added a total of over 52m new connections over the past year, or around two thirds of the regionÃ's 78m total. Quarter on quarter, the bias towards the industry leaders was even more pronounced, with 17.55m of the 19.0m or so new connections happening at the top end of the market. The quarter is somewhat atypical, due to the dismemberment of Telemig, which has boosted the numbers for both Vivo and TNL, but this is a region with an unusual concentration of power. more
Related Tags: telefonica, telcel, vivo
Brazil Telecom Competition to Heat up on Number Portability
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil telecommunication operators will see stiff competition get stiffer after the introduction of number portability earlier this week. more
Related Tags: telefonica, number-portability, tim-participacoes, vivo, vivo-participacoes, Brazil
Brazil's Oi: Signs Deal to Buy Rival Brasil Telecom
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's largest phone operator Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, or Oi, announced Friday the much-anticipated deal to buy control of smaller local rival Brasil Telecom Participacoes, creating a major local operator to face regional giants Spain's Telefonica and Mexico's America Movil. more
Related Tags: citigroup, telefonica, telecom-italia, portugal-telecom, oi, pension, vivo, vivo-participacoes, Brazil
Who are the 20 Largest Operators in the Americas?
At the end of the September quarter, the ten largest networks in the Caribbean and Latin America region all had a minimum of 10 million customers. This remains the case in the current quarter, with those same ten and only those ten having passed this mark. In fact, the status quo is essentially undisturbed, with each of the ten remaining in the same place as they were three months earlier. In the light of this, we have decided to deviate slightly from our normal practice and to display the leading CALA operators together with their North American counterparts. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, verizon, alltel, telefonica, sprint, telcel, nextel, vivo, 3m
Probe into Telecom Italia Bribery Allegations
The allegations came to light in a recent edition of Italian magazine Panorama, which said TI executive Giuliano Tavaroli confessed to judge Giuseppe Gennari that the company paid "tips" to members of the lower house's science and technology committee. more
Related Tags: bribery, telecom-italia, credit-suisse, Brazil
Brazil Telecoms Benefit from Falling Rates, Strong Currency in 3Q
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Third-quarter earnings of Brazil's telecommunications companies will probably benefit from lower interest rates and a stronger Brazilian real. more
Related Tags: telecom-italia, portugal-telecom, telefonica, oi, tim-participacoes, vivo, vivo-participacoes, Brazil
Brazil: 3G bidding rules probably available this month
Anatel published proposals for the bidding rules earlier this year and in mid-August started studying feedback from sector players. Anatel's private services director Jarbas Valente hinted on September 26 the regulator's licensing team was very close to delivering a draft of the 3G bidding rules to the watchdog board. more
Related Tags: america-movil, tim-brasil, claro, Brazil
First round of Brazil's leftover spectrum auction raises US$188mn
There were three blocks that drew no bids Tuesday, leaving 82 blocks still to go to auction on Wednesday. more
Related Tags: amazon, compete, tim-brasil, oi, yankee-group, vivo, claro, Brazil
Anatel to assess TEF, TI deal on Aug 30
Related Tags: telecom-italia, credit-suisse, tim-brasil, yankee-group, vivo