Brazil ends May with 157.502Mn mobile subscribers

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Brazil has added nearly 2.09 million mobile subscribers in the month of May, ending the month with a total mobile subscriber base of 157.502 million, up 1.88%. The prepaid subscriber base accounted for 81.75% of the total subscriber base whereas postpaid held 18.25%. The teledensity across the nation grew to 82.44% up from 68.23% in May 2008. Anatel reports that Vivo led the Brazilian mobile market with 29.38% of the total subscriber base, followed by Claro with 25.51%, TIM Brasil with 23.59% and Oi with 21.14%.