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Articles tagged with: Tim Brasil and Vivo
TIM Brasil Subscriber Numbers Fall – For the First Time Ever
Depending upon your point of view, Q1 09 could be either the quarter in which TIM began to reverse the relative declines of recent years, or a further lurch downwards. The company lost customers in the quarter, ending with a base of 36.1m, against 36.4m at the end of Q4 08, but up on the 32.5m of one year earlier. This, for the record, is the first time the company has seen a reduction in the size of its base. TIM says in its Q1 report that the number was struck after disconnecting about one million inactive customers, implying a like for like gain of about 700k. It also tells us that it took 29% of March's new connections which in turn, implies a figure of about 380k in that month alone. more
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-telecom, oi, gsm, claro, Brazil
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
Related Tags: amazon, tim, oi, Brazil
Report: Telemig, Amazonia eying fixed mobile launch
Telemig is the leading mobile service provider in Brazil's third wealthiest state of Minas Gerais, while Amazonia serves the country's northeast. more
Related Tags: amazon, tim, Brazil
FEATURE: Brazil's Spectrum auction reshuffles mobile map
Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel succeeded in changing the country's mobile telephony map with its auction of leftover 2G spectrum on September 25 and 26. more
Related Tags: amazon, 3g-license, tim, america-movil, oi, 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, tim, compete, brasil-telecom, oi, yankee-group, claro, Brazil
Anatel to assess TEF, TI deal on Aug 30
Related Tags: telecom-italia, tim, credit-suisse, brasil-telecom, yankee-group
Analysts: Claro likely to lead price war following Vivo expansion
Related Tags: telecom-italia, portugal-telecom, tim, number-portability, oi, yankee-group, claro
Telecom Italia Mobile 3G Subscribers Pass 5 Million
Telecom Italia (TI) has released preliminary figures for the first half of 2007 and the operational numbers are typically light on much useful detail. However, they show that domestic mobile unit TIM had a 3G customer base of over 5.1m at the end of June, overall customer numbers rising to 34.3m from 33.6m at the end of March. Mobile service revenues increased by 6.5% year on year between Q2 2006 and Q2 2007, the biggest increase recorded in some while, although this statistic excludes "discontinuities" which have impacted the way revenues are accounted for in the last year. The elements accounted for as discontinuities by TI include a change in the way roaming traffic is accounted for (following EU guidelines), a termination rate cut for fixed-to-mobile calls and the so called "Bersani Decree" - a recent piece of government legislation affecting all Italian companies. However unfortunate it may be, domestic and European regulation and legislation is a fact of life for all Europe's telcos. Of course we understand why TI shows us figures excluding "discontinuities" - to demonstrate that the underlying business is performing well - but take out termination and roaming rate cuts and the like and many peers would also have a very much better story to tell. As it was, on an actual basis, stated mobile service revenues at TI fell by 1.3% or €30m year on year from €2.351bn in Q2 2006 to €2.321bn in Q2 2007. more
Related Tags: avea, telecom-italia, vas, tim, eu, entel, brasil-telecom, oger-telecom, turk-telecom
Who are the Largest Operators in Lat-Am & Caribbean?
There has not been any change to the ten largest companies in the Caribbean and Latin America over the last quarter region and in fact, neither has there been any change to the overall positioning. However, the quarterly rate of growth that these ten companies are achieving varies quite dramatically - from a low of -0.1% to a high of 16% - so it is likely that there will be changes in the future. As before, America Movil owns four of the top ten and Telefonica three, while Telecom Italia controls one and has a minority interest in another. The last of the ten is independent, or rather, is the mobile subsidiary of a Brazilian regional wireline operator. more
Related Tags: amd, telecom-italia, tim, entel, america-movil, telecom-argentina, telcel, national-roaming