Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Telecoms Market profiles Brazil’s mobile operators and the mobile sector, including updated statistics and market analyses. It reviews the fixed-line telecom market, infrastructure and regulatory environment, as well as the pay TV, internet and broadband sectors, providing scenario forecasts to 2020.
Key developments:
Telefônica Brasil consolidates its fixed and mobile services under the Vivo brand; Oi’s merger with Portugal Telecom approved by the Brazilian and Portuguese antitrust authorities; Vivendi suspends the sale of GVT; ACSea submarine cable linking Brazil and Europe contracted by Telebrás and IslaLink; Seabras-1 cable to provide direct route between the US and Brazil in 2015; satellites Star One C4 and Star One C5 to be launched in the second half of 2014; Claro launches LTE network; TIM Brasil signs LTE roaming with TIM (Italia); NET Serviços launches a 500Mb/s service for the residential market; Vivo and Oi deploy LTE networks; Datora rebrands as Vodafone Brazil following M2M partnership deal; regulator assigns SMP on five operators in the fixed-line sector and four operators in the mobile sector; regulator proposes assigning unallocated spectrum in the 2.5GHz to 2.69GHz band to smaller ISPs; mobile broadband accounting for 42% of all broadband accesses; report includes the regulator’s market data to February 2014; operator data to Q4 2013; market developments to April 2014.
Companies covered in this report include:
Telefônica Brasil, TIM Brasil, Claro, Oi, Nextel Brasil, Algar/CTBC Telecom, SercomtelCelular, Unicel/Aeiou, Porto Seguro, Datora Telecom, Virgin Mobile, Sisteer, Terapar, Net Serviços de Comunicação, Sky Brasil, Claro TV, Vivo TV, Oi TV, GVT TV, Intelig, Global Crossing, Star One, TelesatBrasil, Hispamar, Telebrás, Universo Online (UOL), Neovia, Eletropaulo Telecom, Copel, BuscaPé.
