Brazil ended the month of October with more than 231.6 million active mobile phones.

In the first ten months of 2011, the mobile service registered nearly 28.7 million new activations, and only in October, the market added almost 4.3 million mobile lines, The mobile penetration rate stood at 118.62 percent in October, an increase of 13.32 percent in the year. Mobile broadband totaled over 37.6 million accesses, growing 82.36 percent in the year.

According to the Anatel data, Vivo added 1.54 million new subscribers in October, ending the month with 68.59 million clients (29.61 percent of the total). Second-place TIM added 1.01 million new subscribers, taking the total to 60.22 million (26%). Claro added to its base 866,990 new subscribers in October, ending the month with 58.38 million clients (25.20%). Oi remained fourth, adding 849,172 new subscribers to reach a new total of 43.69 million clients (18.86%). CTBC and Sercomtel placed fifth and sixth, respectively.