93 mobile phones per 100 people in Brazil
May 23rd, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANSRio de Janeiro, May 23 (IANS/EFE) The number of mobile phone connections in Brazil has climbed to 180 million - or 93.8 cell phones per 100 people, a telecommunications regulator in the country has said.
A total of 6.8 million phone lines were activated in the first four months of 2010, said a statement from the Anatel telecommunications regulator.
The heavily industrialised southeast and the central-western regions, where capital Brasilia is located, were the only parts in the country with more than one cell phone per person.
Southern Brazil has 98.51 percent penetration, while the Amazon region and the northeast region have the lowest wireless penetration rates.
A vast majority - 82.36 percent - of the lines are pre-paid connections.
The Vivo company, owned by Spain’s Telefonica and Portugal Telecom, was the market leader at the end of April 2010 with a 30.14 percent share, followed by Claro, part of the wireless giant America Movil, with 25.47 percent.
TIM, a unit of Telecom Italia, had a 23.72 percent market share, while Brazilian operator Oi was in fourth position with 20.30 percent.
–IANS/EFE
pm/ky
- Brazil's wireless carriers challenge 4G auction plans - May 12, 2012
- Mexican telecom giant to invest $5.4 bn in Brazil - Dec 28, 2011
- Carlos Slim's firm to acquire US company - May 11, 2012
- Number of cell phones in Brazil crosses 169 million - Dec 18, 2009
- Cell phone service restored after outage in Argentina (Lead) - Apr 03, 2012
- Outage cuts cell phone service in Argentina - Apr 03, 2012
- Layoffs to cost Spanish firm $3.8 bn - Jul 16, 2011
- Mexican phone giant delists from foreign exchanges - Dec 21, 2011
- World's richest man to invest $1.5 bn in Argentina - Apr 17, 2011
- Spanish royal son-in-law diverted $7.5 mn: Prosecutors - Jan 03, 2012
- Spanish king's son-in-law a suspect in corruption case - Dec 30, 2011
- Bharti Airtel gets license for 2G, 3G services in Rwanda - Sep 08, 2011
- (After2 )Mexico tops world rankings for most kidnappings - May 23, 2010
- Foreign investment in Brazil quadrupled in five years - Dec 16, 2011
- 200,000 bronze keys for tallest statue in Argentina - May 16, 2010
Tags: amazon region, america movil, brasilia, brazil rio, cell phone, cell phones, efe, four months, giant america, market leader, market share, mobile phone connections, mobile phones, penetration rates, portugal telecom, rio de janeiro, southern brazil, telecom italia, telecommunications regulator, western regions