Brazil mobile market slows to 436,000 new lines in October

News Wireless Brazil 20 NOV 2012
Brazil mobile market slows to 436,000 new lines in October
October was the second worst month for Brazil's mobile operators in 2012, according to data from regulator Anatel, with only 436,000 new mobile lines were added. Only July was a worse month, with 279,720 net additions, when Anatel prohibited Claro, Oi and Tim from selling new lines in states with a quality of service problems. 

During the first half of 2012, the market had been growing at a rate of 2.2 million new additions per month. With the October figures, the average of the first four months of the second half is slightly over 791,000 new lines per month. 

Overall, Brazil ended October with 259.29 million active lines and a mobile telephony penetration rate of 131.70 percent. Of the total, 209.88 million were prepaid lines (80.94% of the access base) and 49.41 million were post-paid (19.05%). 3G terminals totaled 59.01 million. 

Vivo was still market leader, with a 29.42 percent market share, followed by TIM Brasil (26.79%), Claro Brasil (24.65%) and Oi (18.83%). Compared to September, Vivo and TIM lost market share, while Claro and Oi gained market share.

Categories:

Mobile

Companies:

Anatel,  Claro Brasil,  Oi,  TIM Brasil,  Vivo

Countries:

Brazil

Tags:

Voice services, Sales figures, Market research

Related Articles

SPAIN 12 FEB 2013

Spain loses nearly 2.7 mln mobile lines in 2012

Spain shed over 2.7 million mobile lines in 2012. Fixed broadband was the only market that grew in 2012, with net adds totaling 416,000. The number of fixed broadband lines increased by 3.7 percent year-on-year, mainly boosted by alternative operators. The fixed telephone market decreased in 2012 for the fifth consecutive year.

BRAZIL 21 JAN 2013

Brazil adds almost 20 mln new mobile lines in 2012

Brazil ended 2012 with 261.78 million active mobile lines. In the year 19.54 million new lines were added, equal to growth of 8.07 percent in the subscriber base, according to sector regulator Anatel. The mobile penetration rate stood at 132.78 percent at year-end. In December, 80.53 percent of the lines were prepaid (210.82 million) and 19.47 percent were postpaid (50.96 million). In terms of market share, Vivo continued to lead with 76.1 million customers (29.08% market share), followed by TIM Brasil with

BRAZIL 20 DEC 2012

Brazil adds 745,000 new mobile users in November

Brazil had over 260 million active mobile lines at the end of November, a 0.3 percent increase on the previous line, according to the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). There were 745,000 new lines added during the month. Eight out of ten Brazilians own a prepaid line, representing 219 million mobile users, while postpaid is used by 50 million. Regarding mobile internet services, Anatel reported 62.58 million accesses via mobile phones and 3G modems. Vivo continues to lead the mobile market, with

BRAZIL 12 DEC 2012

Anatel president says mobile telephony quality still lacking

The president of Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), Joao Rezende, said that there not been a substantial improvement in the quality of mobile telephony services, after the suspension of the sales of new lines in July this year. The suspension was lifted on condition that TIM, Claro and Oi submitted improvement plans. Rezende said that although one cannot infer that there has been a substantial improvement, there is stability in service delivery. Though companies have made efforts, there

BRAZIL 18 OKT 2012

Brazil ends September with 258.86 million mobile lines

Brazil ended the month of September with 258.86 million active mobile lines, according to the latest data from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). During the month, 959,860 new additions were registered, representing a 0.37 percent growth in the subscriber base compared with August. Most of the connections – 81.19 percent – were of the pre-paid type, while 18.81 percent are post-paid. 3G terminals (mobile broadband) totalled 57,28 million connections, a growth of 2 percent on the previous month

Just In

15:33

Yealink picks F9 Distribution as partner to expand video conferencing reach in Finland and Baltics

15:30

AMS-IX traffic up 4% in 2025, passes 900 connected networks

15:28

Orange Poland sponsors IEM Krakow esport competition broadcasts

15:24

Openreach expands UK-wide fibre network roll-out

Commentary

13:49

KPN results show little bother from the competition

2 JAN 13:21

Open Dutch Fiber's new management team takes up turnaround challenge

15 DEC 2025 13:56

Video market set for slower growth ahead

8 DEC 2025 11:38

Netflix buys Warner Bros to deepen content catalogue

Background

00:45

The week in telecoms: Verizon sparks fears of US price war, Apple beats Samsung in Q4, Telekom ramps up fibre marketing

26 JAN 00:31

The week in telecoms: Netflix and Ericsson all about cash, EU sketches out rip-and-replace and copper transition plans

22 JAN 14:28

Netflix can spend more on content and still improve its margin

19 JAN 00:42

The week in telecom: Apple holds on to smartphone crown, Ericsson slims down and CommScope changes name

Complete profile

Before downloading the whitepaper, we would like to ask you to complete your profile with company and position. After confirming you will receive the white paper.