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Articles tagged with: Oi and Vivo
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
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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
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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
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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
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Brazil's Vivo Sees Mobile Phone Market Share Increase in May
..et in May, up from 15.03% in April. Vivo is jointly owned by Spain's Telefonica and Portugal Telecom; TIM is the local unit of Telecom Italia and Claro is a unit of Mexico's America Movil. Oi is a Brazilian company. -By Rogerio Jelmayer, Dow more
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Brazil's Oi: Signs Deal to Buy Rival Brasil Telecom
..om Italia. "This deal could indicate the start of a trend to further consolidation," said Modal's Roche. -By Alastair Stewart, Dow Jones Newswires; 5511 3145-1479; alastair.stewart@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires more
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Brazil's Main Telecoms Win 3G Licenses, Pay High Premiums
..n Brazilian cellphone operators are foreign owned. Vivo is jointly controlled by Spain's Telefonica and Portugal Telecom, while TIM is owned by Telecom Italia. Claro is a subsidiary of Mexico's America Movil. Operators started out offering ext more
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Vivo, Oi, TIM win first 3G licenses
Brazilian mobile operators Vivo, oi and TIM picked up on Tuesday three of four 3G licenses available for area 1, news service Ag�ncia Estado reported. more
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Brazil Telecoms Benefit from Falling Rates, Strong Currency in 3Q
..m. The central bank has lowered the benchmark Selic rate by 8 percentage points over the past two years to the current rate of 11.25% a year. Meanwhile, the Brazilian real gained 20% against the dollar between Sept. 30, 2006, and Sept. 30, 2007. more
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Brazil telecoms loans to total US$1.79bn in 2007
BNDES was reported as saying by Agencia Estado in August that it expected to lend 2.4bn reais in 2007. more
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