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TIM, Claro win market share in October (Brazil)

  • November 26th, 2007
  • 3:09 pm

Brazilian mobile carrier Vivo had a 27.61 percent market share in October, while its major competitor TIM had 25.88 percent. The figures from regulatory agency Anatel show TIM edging higher from the previous month and a small drop in Vivo’s share. Claro was the third largest player in Brazil with 25.89 percent share, up from September, while Oi had 13.27 percent and Telemig Celular/Amazonia Celular had 4.41 percent. The technology GSM is the leader in the country with 86.6 million access lines, or 75.52 percent share. CDMA has 22 million accesses (19.26%) and TDMA has 5.9 million accesses (5.20%).

   

Telemig Celular launches 3G in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

  • November 15th, 2007
  • 2:48 pm

Brazilian mobile operator Telemig Celular has started marketing 3G services based on a network installed by Ericsson in the 850 MHz band vacated by the former subscribers of the TDMA standard. Telemig’s services are being offered in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, with only one mobile phone from Samsung, with which it is possible to make video calls. The operator is also selling modems for mobile connections on desktops and laptops. The Combo package launched by Telemig includes a data plan and a modem, with prices starting from BRL 99.90.

   

Anatel drops Telefonica / Telecom Italia discussion from meeting (Brazil)

  • September 2nd, 2007
  • 2:30 pm

The review of Spanish Telefonica’s purchase of a stake in Telecom Italia was dropped from the meeting agenda of Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel on Thursday, according to BNamericas, citing the regulator’s website. Anatel also dropped from the meeting the re-assessment of Telefonica’s acquisition of local pay TV company TVA, which the watchdog approved in July with certain restrictions. Anatel must approve the Telefonica / Telecom Italia deal as Telefonica has joint control of Brazil’s largest mobile phone company Vivo while Telecom Italia controls the second largest, TIM Brasil. The discussion was delayed because third placed operator, Claro, owned by Mexican mobile group America Movil (AM), asked the regulator to examine further documents on the case, said the Radiocor newswire, quoting unidentified sources. Telefonica and AM, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, have been vying for dominance in Latin America’s largest market. Telefónica also recently beat AM to another acquisition in Brazil; Vivo acquired in early August two small mobile operators, Telemig Celular Participacoes and Tele Norte Celular Participacoes (Amazonia Celular), which were also being eyed by Slim. The discussion of Telefónica’s acquisition of TVA was also withdrawn for ‘further analysis,’ Anatel board member Antonio Bedran was quoted as saying by local press. Renan Calheiros, president of the senate, a vocal critic of the TVA purchase, has accused Anatel of trying to approve ‘an illegality.’ In May, Anatel approved Brazil’s largest pay TV provider Net Servicos’ acquisition of local pay TV operator Vivax.

   

 

 

Vivo buys control of Telemig, Amazonia for BRL 1.2 billion

  • August 3rd, 2007
  • 1:55 pm

Brazil’s number one mobile operator Vivo has announced it will buy two small operators for BRL 1.2 billion. Vivo, which is jointly run by Spain’s Telefonica and Portugal Telecom, has reached a deal to take over Telemig Celular and Amazonia Celular. It will buy 22.72 percent of Telemig Celular and 19.34 percent of Tele Norte Celular. Vivo will also pay BRL 87 million for certain subscription rights. Vivo will then launch offers for the common shares held by non-controlling shareholders at 80 percent of the price paid for the controlling stake. The offer will be extended to Telemig Participacoes, Telemig Celular, Tele Norte Partcipacoes and Amazonia Celular. Vivo will also launch an offer at a 25 percent premium to the weighted average share price during the last 30 days for up to a third of preferred shares. Assuming full acceptance, Vivo will acquire 58.2 percent of Telemig Celular and 54.6 percent of Amazonia Celular for a total price of BRL 2.9 billion. The buyout of Telemig adds 3.5 million subscribers mobile operator in the Amazonia region with 1.3 million subscribers.

   

 

 

Vivo launches bids for Telemig, Tele Norte

  • July 31st, 2007
  • 2:43 pm

Brazilian mobile operator Vivo Participacoes, a JV between Portugal Telecom and Telefonica, is launching takeover bids for Telemig Celular and Tele Norte worth in total BRL 3.5 billion, reports Brazilian newspaper Gazeta Mercantil. If the bids are successful, Vivo’s number of customers would rise to 30.24 million, up by 4.8 million. Vivo said in a statement it had bid for the two smaller operators but no agreement had been reached yet.