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Brazil reports a subscriber base of 159.5Mn in June

On 07.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The telecoms regulator said, Brazil subscriber base reached 159.6 million at the end of last month, up 1.3% on the figure reported in May 2009, attributed to an aggressive marketing push by all major operators. The total addition reached 2.1 million in June, down from 2.9 million in May, it said.

Vivo maintains its number one position in the domestic mobile market with a 29.3% share of subscriptions. Followed to this is America Movil-backed Telecom Americas (Claro) with 25.4%. Third spot was claimed by TIM Brasil with 23.7%, and in fourth was Telemar Norte Leste (Oi), which increased its market share to 21.2% in June.

Oi announces stock restructuring plan (Brazil)

On 07.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Oi has announced a stock restructuring targeted at simplifying ownership following the acquisition of rival Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA. Following the conclusion of the public offering for Brasil Telecom voting shares, Oi will collapse the wholly owned subsidiaries Copart 1, Copart 2 Invitel and Solpart into Coari, which is controlled by Telemer Participacoes.

In 20008, Oi announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in rival operator Brasil Telecom for 5.37 billion Brazilian reals ($2.7 billion). Although, Oi still awaits an approval from anti-trust regulators to merge share structure and operations.

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Oi launches post-paid mobile service ‘Oi Canta’ in BrT region (Brazil)

On 07.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Oi is introducing a post-paid mobile service dubbed as Oi Conta in the operating region of Brasil Telecom (BrT). It will also cover the Federal District and nine Brazilian states (RS, SC, PR, MT, MS, GO, TO, RO and AC). Since April, Oi has captured more than 1.5 million subscribers in the region. The subscribers will also get bonus discount on the phone account in accordance with their specific price plan, apart from the included bonus minutes for calls to both fixed and mobile Oi and BrT numbers, and bundled text messages.

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Brazil ends May with 157.502Mn mobile subscribers

On 06.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

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%.

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Oi launches mobile TV service in Sao Paulo (Brazil)

On 05.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Oi, the Brazilian mobile operator, has launched the mobile TV service in the State of Sao Paulo. The channels available include Cartoon Network, MTV, Woohoo, ESPN, Discovery, Discovery Kids, Esporte Interativo and Band News, as well as exclusive content such as TV Sexy Clube, Planet Green and Canal Oi. The channels are available via 3G networks. Subscribers can opt from three service package: 30 minutes for BRL 3.90, two hours for BRL 5.90 or 24 hours for BRL 9.90. There is no charge for data traffic. In order to use the service, subscribers need a compatible device and have to download an application from the operator’s Wap portal or via SMS.

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Oi to take up Brasil Telecom brand from 17 May (Brazil)

On 04.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Brazil’s largest telecom, Oi (TNE), will take the next step in integrating Brasil Telecom (BRP) by substituting the name with Oi across the south and center-west of the country, an Oi Executive reportedly said.

The process will start from May 17 and be accompanied by the introduction of a series of Oi products in the Brasil Telecom regions.

According to Joao Silveira, an Oi Director, his company hopes to attract one million new, mostly mobile phone, clients in Brasil Telecom regions with promotions.

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Brazil ends March with 153.7Mn mobile subscribers, reports Anatel

On 04.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Anatel, has reportedly unveiled the figures of the Brazilian mobile market which indicated that the mobile subscriber base in the country reached 153.7 million at March-end, a rise of 0.9% on a monthly basis. Vivo, led the market as it held 29.7% of the total mobile subscriber base, followed by Claro which had 25.8%, TIM 23.5% and Oi grabbed 16.8% of the total.

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Oi introduces mobile broadband service in Sao Paulo, offers promotional packages (Brazil)

On 04.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Oi, mobile operator based in Brazil, has introduced its mobile broadband service in Sao Paulo. It offers a promotional 1 Mbps package with a 10 GB traffic limit costs BRL 59.90 until the end of 2009.

It also offers other packages like 300 Kbps with a 2 GB limit for BRL 59.90 and 600 Kbps with a 5 GB limit for BRL 79.90. The operator will provide the 1 Mbps package with a 10 GB limit for BRL 119.90 from 2010. The subscriber will receive two months free, whichever package they opt for. It covers more than 48 municipalities in the State of São Paulo.

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Oi expands Oi Paggo chip card service (Brazil)

On 04.08.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Oi’s credit card service has now expanded to 21 new towns, where the telco experienced a gap between the market, left by traditional credit cards, especially in the small and medium-sized enterprises segment. The Oi Paggo chip card is available to the shop owners for free of cost during the time of the campaign for the expansion of its retail network. The key advantage of the retail trade is that the transactions are made by sending SMS via mobile handsets, which makes the charges for transaction cheaper than the market average and subscribers don’t have to pay any annual fees for subscription. All they need to pay is BRL 2.99 fee for the issuing of the bill each month when the card is used.

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Brazil ends February with mobile penetration of 79.94%

On 03.24.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Brazil, in the month of February, has added 415,900 new mobile phone lines, a rise of 0.2% since January’09, taking the total number of active lines to 152.3 million. The net addition in terms of subscribers fell by 67% in February 2009, compared to February 2008.
Of the total number of lines, the prepaid segment held 124.3 million lines whereas 28 million were postpaid.
Vivo tops the chart with 45.5 million lines (29.8%), followed by Claro with 39.9 million (25.8%). TIM came third with 35.7 million (23.4%) and lastly followed by Oi and Brasil Telecom jointly with 31.5 million (19%).
Anatel reported a mobile penetration of 79.94% in the country.

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