Brazil Cellphone Subscriptions Rise 0.9% In April
May 20 2010 - 5:44PM
Dow Jones News
The number of mobile phones in circulation in Brazil rose to
180.8 million in April, up 0.9% from the month before, according to
figures released late Thursday by telecommunications regulator
Anatel.
Net additions totaled 1.66 million in April, up from 2.34
million in March.
Vivo Participacoes SA (VIV, VIVO4.BR) maintained market
leadership with a 30.14% share of subscriptions, slightly up from
30.12% in March. Vivo is jointly owned by Spain's Telefonica SA
(TEF, TEF.MC) and Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PT, PTC.LB).
Claro, the local unit of Mexico's America Movil SA (AMX), was
second with a 25.47% share, up from 25.45% in March.
TIM Participacoes (TSU, TCSL4.BR) was in third place with
23.72%, up from 25.65%. TIM is the local unit of Telecom Italia SpA
(TI, TIT.MI).
Fourth-placed mobile-phone operator Oi (TNE, TNLP4.BR)
registered a share of 20.30%, down from 20.41% the month
before.
-By Alastair Stewart, Dow Jones Newswires; 5511-3544-7072;
alastair.stewart@dowjones.com
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