Brazil July Mobile Phone Subscriptions Up 1.38% On Month
August 24 2011 - 6:24AM
Dow Jones News
Brazil's mobile phone subscriptions increased to 220.3 million
in July, up 1.38% from June, according to figures released late
Tuesday by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
New subscriptions in July totaled 3 million.
Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (VIV), or Vivo, maintained
market leadership in July, with a 29.53% share. Vivo is controlled
by Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF).
TIM Participacoes SA (TSU), the local unit of Telecom Italia SpA
(TI), resumed second position, with a market share of 25.78%.
TIM was the second largest mobile company in Brazil until
mid-2008, when it was eclipsed by Claro, the local unit of Mexico's
America Movil SA (AMX).
In July, Claro's market share totaled 25.51%, according to
Anatel.
In fourth place is the mobile-phone operator Tele Norte Leste
Participacoes SA (TNE), or Oi, with a 18.85% share in July.
--By Rogerio Jelmayer, Dow Jones Newswires; 55-11-3544-7071;
rogerio.jelmayer@dowjones.com
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