Brazil - Mobile Operators - Background Report

Synopsis

The Brazilian mobile market has undergone huge changes since 1998. In that year, the first 12 mobile operators emerged from the privatisation of state-owned Telebrás, and telecom regulator Anatel auctioned mobile licences for another 10 companies. Over the following decade, a process of consolidation gradually reduced the number of market players. Portugal Telecom (PT) and Telefónica merged their operations in October 2002 to create the largest mobile company in Brazil: a 50:50 joint venture named Brasilcel. With commercial launch in April 2003, Brasilcel adopted the tradename Vivo. This report provides background information for the more regularly updated Brazil – Mobile Operators. As such, it covers details on the history and development of Brazil’s fixed-line market and telecom infrastructure that are absent from the more up-to-date report, but it does not contain forecasts or statistics.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Mobile operators in Brazil
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Vivo
    • 2.2.1 Vivo’s company history - origins, operating units, restructure
    • 2.2.2 Telemig - company history and acquisition by Vivo
    • 2.2.3 Telefónica and Telecom Italia – crossholding issues
    • 2.2.4 Telefónica buys out Portugal Telecom
  • 2.3 TIM Brasil
    • 2.3.1 TIM Brasil’s company history
  • 2.4 Claro
    • 2.4.1 Claro’s company history
  • 2.5 Oi
    • 2.5.1 Amazônia Celular – company history and acquisition by Oi
    • 2.5.2 Brasil Telecom – company history and acquisition by Oi
  • 2.6 Nextel Brasil
  • 2.7 Algar/CTBC Telecom
  • 2.8 Sercomtel Celular
  • 2.9 Unicel/Aeiou
• 3. Related reports

• Table 1 – Vivo – mobile subscribers per subsidiary – 2002-2005 (historical)
• Table 2 – TIM Brasil – mobile subscribers per subsidiary – 2002-2005 (historical)

• Exhibit 1 – Subdivision of Brazil into regions and areas for mobile licensing
• Exhibit 2 – Vivo – concessions
• Exhibit 3 – Vivo’s shrinking market share (historical)
• Exhibit 4 – Telpart – origins, structure, shareholder disputes
• Exhibit 5 – The uneasy marriage between Telefónica and Portugal Telecom (historical)
• Exhibit 6 – TIM Brasil – concession awards for frequency bands A, B, D, E
• Exhibit 7 – TIM Brasil – early beginnings
• Exhibit 8 – TIM Brasil – launch of GSM services
• Exhibit 9 – TIM Brasil – company restructure – 2003-2006
• Exhibit 10 – Claro – concessions
• Exhibit 11 – Telecom Américas and Claro – origins, structure, and acquisitions
• Exhibit 12 – Oi – concession awards for frequency bands A, D, E, M
• Exhibit 13 – Brasil Telecom Celular – historical
• Exhibit 14 – Brasil Telecom – shareholder disputes (historical)

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