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Articles tagged with: Oi
Brasil Telecom deal boosts customers and debt
TNL PCS, which trades as oi, completed the acquisition of Brasil Telecom in January 2009, thereby boosting its customer base to 31.84m at the end of Q1 09. The quarterly gain of 7.45m included approximately 5.6m Brasil Telecom customers. The prepaid base increased by 6.37m to 26.86m, while the contract base added 1.08m to finish on 4.98m, or 15.6% of the total. Prior to the acquisition, oi had reported a marginally higher figure of 16% contract, although it only quoted this figure to the nearest 1%. more
Related Tags: brasil-telecom, Brazil
Brazil Q4 2008 Market Update - Almost 10m added in best quarter ever
The Brazilian market passed the 150m customer mark during Q4 08 and recorded a best-ever figure for quarterly net additions. The gain of 9.85m was more than 1.6m higher than the previous best of 8.22m, the Q4 07 figure. With a year-end total of 150.62m, Brazilian penetration stood at 78.1%. Annual growth was down slightly on the 24.9% recorded in both Q2 08 and Q3 08, but at 24.5% it was still higher than the 2007 figure of 21.1%. In real terms, annual growth was even more impressive with an all-time high of 29.66m net additions in 2008, up 8.61m on the 2007 gain. more
Related Tags: arpu, tim, vivo, claro, Brazil
Gemalto to Embed Windows Live Messenger in SIM Cards
.. strong growth potential for SIMessenger, and Gemalto is proud to join forces with Microsoft to make messaging available to all." more
Related Tags: sim-card, gemalto, microsoft, sim, wind, instant-messaging, movistar, windows, windows-live
In Global Telecoms, Emerging-Market Players Take Pole Positions
Telecom companies from emerging markets navigated the rough economic waters far better than their peers in developed markets, and they are starting to expand outside their home turf, according to Oliver Wyman's 2009 Communications, Media, and Technology State of the Industry Report. more
Related Tags: sim-card, deutsche-telekom, microsoft, vodafone, gps, wind, china-mobile, verizon, orascom-telecom, chunghwa-telecom, bharti, comcast, bharti-airtel, maroc-telecom, tracfone, smart, starhub, orascom, play
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, tim-brasil, brasil-telecom, gsm, vivo, claro, Brazil
Microsoft's IM Platform Embedded into a SIM Card
Brazilian mobile operator, oi is to launch a service next week which embeds the Windows Live Instant Messenging service into oi SIM cards, in partnership with Microsoft and Gemalto. Customers who buy a new oi SIM card will have direct access to Messenger functionalities in any oi mobile phone. more
Related Tags: sim-card, gemalto, microsoft, wind, vas, windows, windows-live, Brazil
Brazil September 2008 Customer Numbers
The total number of mobile connections in Brazil reached 140.79m at the end of September 2008, equivalent to a penetration rate of 73.2%. Monthly net additions stood at 2.37m down from 3.09m in August, but up on the 1.82m recorded in September 2007. The Brazilian market follows a strongly seasonal pattern, as the chart on the left shows: August is traditionally the second best month for growth, behind December. more
Related Tags: tim, vivo, claro, Brazil
Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013
Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversión) plans to auction off 821 - 824 MHz and 866 - 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is designed to increase the level of competition in the local marketplace as well as expand the availability of mobile coverage in the country. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, roaming, rural, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, personal, movistar, cdma2000, adult-content, ev-do, claro, Peru
Brazil Anatel: Oi/BRP Rule-Change Proposal Ready by Mid-Sep
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's telecommunications regulator, Anatel, will complete rule-change proposals necessary for the takeover of local integrated telecom operator Brasil Telecom Participacoes by local rival Tele Norte Leste Participacoes', or oi, by the middle of September, an Anatel official said Wednesday. more
Related Tags: telefonica, america-movil, compete, brasil-telecom, Brazil
Brazil's Vivo, TIM Lose Mobile Market Share in June
..ding to data released by telecommunications regulator Anatel Thursday. Vivo, which is jointly owned by Spain's Telefonica and Portugal Telecom, saw its market share fall to 30.36% in June from 30.45% in May, while No. 2 operator TIM Participac more
Related Tags: telefonica, telecom-italia, portugal-telecom, tim, vivo, claro, Brazil