BRAZIL SURPASSES 189M CELL PHONE SUBSCRIBERS, 97.96% OF POPULATION
Baku, September 21 (AZERTAC). Brazilians activated 2.41 million cellular lines in August, causing the number of mobile phones to surpass 189 million subscribers.
The data is from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), which reported that, with this level, Brazil has reached the density of 97.96 per 100 residents, a growth of 1.17% over the previous month. According to the agency, considering the number of new lines in the first eight months of 2010, the customer base is second only to the same period in 2008.
Of total cellular assets in August, 155.7 million (82.20%) are prepaid. The remaining 33.72 million (17.80%), post-paid. Vivo continues to lead the market with 57.26 million customers, or 30.23% stake.
In second position appears Claro (25.43%), followed by TIM (24.25%) and Hi (19.74%). CTBC has 0.3%, Sercomtel 0.04% and 0.01% Unicel.
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