Brazil January Mobile Phone Subscriptions Up 1.22% From December
February 16 2012 - 5:02AM
Dow Jones News
Brazil's mobile-phone subscriptions increased to 245.2 million
in January, up 1.22% from December, according to figures released
Thursday by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
New subscriptions in January totaled 2.9 million.
Telefonica Brasil SA (VIV), also known as Vivo, remained the
market leader in January with a 29.73% share. Vivo is controlled by
Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF).
TIM Participacoes SA (TCSL4.BR) was second with a 26.56% share
of the market. TIM is the local unit of Telecom Italia SpA
(TIT.MI).
Claro, the local unit of Mexico's America Movil SA (AMX.MX),
ranked third with 24.78% of the market.
In fourth place, mobile-phone operator Tele Norte Leste
Participacoes SA (TNE), or Oi, captured 18.62% of the market.
-By Rogerio Jelmayer, Dow Jones Newswires; 55-11-3544-7071;
rogerio.jelmayer@dowjones.com
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