Brazil September Mobile Phone Subscriptions Up 1.49% From August
October 24 2011 - 6:22AM
Dow Jones News
Brazil's mobile-phone subscriptions increased to 227 million in
September, up 1.49% from August, according to figures released over
the weekend by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
New subscriptions in September totaled 3.3 million.
Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (VIV), or Vivo, maintained
market leadership in September, with a 29.49% share. Vivo is
controlled by Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF).
TIM Participacoes SA (TCSL4.BR) was second with a 26.04% market
share. TIM is the local unit of Telecom Italia SpA (TIT.MI).
Claro, the local unit of Mexico's America Movil SA (AMX.MX), was
in third place with a 25.3% market share
In fourth-place, mobile-phone operator Tele Norte Leste SA (TNE,
TNLP4.BR), or Oi, with a 18.84% share.
-By Rogerio Jelmayer, Dow Jones Newswires; 55-11-3544-7071;
rogerio.jelmayer@dowjones.com
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