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Claro, Vivo, Oi and TIM win 4G licences in Brazil

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Vivo, Claro, TIM Brasil and Oi have been chosen to provide the 4G mobile internet service in Brazil. The companies submitted bids of BRL 1.05 billion, BRL 630.191 million, BRL 340 million and BRL 330.851 million respectively, winning the spectrum auction held on 12 June by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel)

Frequencies in the 450 MHz band for rural mobile telephony were auctioned, too, and as there were no bids, the four operators that won the 4G auction will also be required to invest in that segment.

In the 4G auction notice, Anatel did not define what internet speeds operators must offer for the 2.5 GHz band service. For the 450 MHz band, the download speed must be at least 256 Kbps and the upload speed, 128 Kbps. In addition to the national and rural telephony lots, Anatel is also auctioning 268 lots of frequency bands for regional operations, and Sky Brasil won at least ten lots.

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Turmoil in the SMS Market in Brazil

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TIM and Claro filed a complaint against Vivo before the Brazilian regulator ANATEL, arguing that the promotion “Receive More SMS” (in Spanish: Reciba más SMS) created a parallel market for SMS.

The promotion launched by VIVO in 2011 and extended until the end of May 2012 encourages subscribers for every SMS received, the subscriber gets $ 0.0247 USD credit per SMS.

According to Marketing Director at TIM, Roger Solé, “this type of promotion encourages fraudulent use of SMS”.

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Brazil has more than 250 million mobile subscribers in March 2012

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Brazil ended March 2012 with more than 250.8 million active mobile subscribers, of which 52 million were 3G, representing growth of 10.11 percent from 47.2 million 3G handsets in February 2012.

The mobile phone penetration rate rose to 128 percent. Of the total mobile phones in the country, 205.2 million were prepaid (81.83%) and 45.6 million postpaid (18.17%). The absolute number of new additions (3.2 million) is the largest recorded for the month of March in the last thirteen years and represents an increase of 1.30 percent compared with February 2012, according to statement from the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel).
Maranhao remains the only Brazilian state with less than one mobile phone per capita density (84.4).

Vivo is still the market leader with 74.78 million subscribers (29.81% market share), followed by TIM with 67.2 million subscribers (26.80%), and Claro in third position with 61.59 million subscribers (24.56%). Oi appears in fourth place with 46.69 million active subscribers (18.53%) and was the only one to see its market share shrink in comparison with the previous month. In percentage terms, Claro was the operator with the highest growth.

Digicel shuts down Claro network in Jamaica

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Digicel has shut down the Claro network in Jamaica. Claro customers who chose to migrate to the Digicel network were able to keep their Claro number and access Digicel’s offers.

However, “due to technical incompatibility, as the Claro network operates on a different frequency, some Claro handsets will work on the Digicel network while others will not,” Digicel said in a mid-January media release. “Digicel’s dealer stores will be able to determine which handsets are compatible and which are not,” the company added. That network switch offer was initially available until 29 February, but has been extended until 9 March.

According to Digicel, the majority of the Claro customer base has migrated to its network.

New Mobile Operators in Costa Rica disrupt ICE

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The two new mobile networks in Costa Rica have signed up around 500,000 customers since they launched last December.

According to Inside Costa Rica, Telefonica’s Movistar has some 300,000 customers, while America Movil’s Claro network has the remaining 200,000 customers.

It was not clear yet if these are customers closing their account with the former incumbent network, ICE or if they are holding dual SIM cards.

Both Telefonica and America Movil were granted licenses last January to break the monopoly held by ICE. The two companies paid US$95 million and US$77 million respectively for their licenses.

The government was obliged to open up the market to competition as a condition of entry into the Central American Free-Trade Agreement.

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America Movil picks Alcatel-Lucent for LTE deployment

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America Movil has selected Alcatel-Lucent provide infrastructure for its LTE/4G network rollout in Latin America. The deployment will Clarostart with America Movil’s Claro unit commercially launching high-speed mobile broadband services to subscribers in Puerto Rico in the coming weeks. Claro’s service offering will use Alcatel-Lucent’s LTE equipment, including its LightRadio product portfolio.

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Brazil adds 39 millions mobile subscribers in 2011

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Brazil finished 2011 with more than 242.2 million mobile phone lines, after adding 39.3 million new subscribers last year. The country’s mobile penetration reached 123.87 percent at the end of 2011, according to figures from market regulator Anatel.

New additions were the highest in the past twelve years and totaled 6.1 million in December alone. Of the total base, 191.2 million were prepaid (81.81%) and 44 million postpaid (18.19%). Vivo finished in first place with 29.54 percent or 71.55 million subscribers. TIM Brazil surpassed rival Claro to take second place with 26.46 percent or 64.08 million customers. Claro Brazil ended the year with 24.93 percent or 60.38 million subscribers. Oi was in fourth position with 18.78 percent or 45.48 million subscribers, and regional operator CTBC closed the year with 653,905 subscribers, accounting for 0.07 percent.

3G handsets (phones and mobile devices) totalled more than 41.1 million in Brazil last year, which means an increase of 99.31 percent compared to 2010.

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