Brazil
The country has 257,901,000 subscribers in total. (August 2012)
Anatel regulates the country's telecommunications.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vivo | CDMA GSM-850/1900 (GPRS, EDGE) 850/2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ 2600 MHz LTE |
76.48 (August 2012) | Telefónica (100%) |
| 2 | TIM | GSM-1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 850/2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ LTE |
69.39 (August 2012) | Telecom Italia (100%) |
| 3 | Claro | GSM-1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 850/2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ 2600 MHz LTE |
63.22 (August 2012) | América Móvil (100%) |
| 4 | Oi |
GSM-1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 2600 MHz LTE |
47.96 (August 2012) | Oi (55%), PT Telecom (25%), BNDES (20%) |
| 5 | Nextel | iDEN UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ |
4.25 (May 2012) | NII Holdings |
| 6 | CTBC | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
0.74 (August 2012) | Grupo Algar |
| 7 | Sercomtel Celular | GSM-900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
0.07 (August 2012) | Londrina city (Paraná) State-owned Sercomtel |
| 8 | SKY Brasil | 2600 MHz LTE | SKY Brasil |
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