Brasil Telecom SA

Synopsis

Listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange and NYSE, Brasil Telecom is controlled by Solpart Participações, a consortium that includes Citigroup, Telecom Italia and Opportunity. Brasil Telecom is the dominant provider of local and intra-regional telephony in Brazil’s industrialised centre-south. It also offers domestic and international long-distance telephony since January 2004, and GSM mobile services since September 2004. It provides ADSL broadband services through its subsidiary BrT Serviços de Internet, and free dial-up access through its subsidiary ISPs iG and iBest. Following lengthy dispute between shareholders, Citigroup took control of Telecom in October 2005. This report contains statistical, financial and operational data as well as a historical overview of Brasil Telecom.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Company information
  
  • 2.1 Brasil Telecom financial results – 2004
    
  • 2.2 Brazil Telecom company history
    
  • 2.3 Dispute between Telecom Italia and Opportunity
    
• 3. Subsidiary companies
  
  • 3.1 Brasil Telecom Celular
    
  • 3.2 BrT Serviços de Internet
    
    • 3.2.1 BrTurbo
      
    • 3.2.2 iBest Corp
      
    • 3.2.3 iG
      
  • 3.3 Grupo BrT Cabos Submarinos (formerly GlobeNet)
    
  • 3.4 Vant
    
  • 3.5 MetroRED Telecomunicações
    
• 4. The network
  
• 5. Operations
  
  • 5.1 Telephony
    
  • 5.2 Broadband
    
  • 5.3 Data transmission
    
• 6. Products and services
  
  • 6.1 Telephony
    
  • 6.2 Network services
    
  • 6.3 Internet and data transmission services
    
• 7. Other developments
  
  • 7.1 Year 2004
    
  • 7.2 Year 2005
    
• 8. Related reports
  
• 9. Contact details
  

• Table 1 – Brasil Telecom revenue summary – 1998 - 2004
• Table 2 – Revenue by segment – 2004
• Table 3 – Brasil Telecom – postpaid and prepaid mobile subscribers – 2004 - 2005
• Table 4 – Access lines installed and in service – 1998 - 2005
• Table 5 – Public telephones – 1998 - 2005
• Table 6 – Long distance market share – September 2005
• Table 7 – ADSL customers – 2001 - 2005

• Exhibit 1 – Brasil Telecom SA at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – Brasil Telecom subsidiaries – June 2005