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08/20/2012
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Only 279,720 chips mobile phone and internet were enabled, the number calculated in the same month of 2011 was 3 million
With a balance of just 279,720 new qualifications chip phones and mobile internet in July, telephone operators and mobile Internet recorded the worst performance for the month of the last 12 years. In July last year, for example, no less than 3 million new lines were put into operation.
The weak result coincided with the decision by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) that banned sales of new lines of TIM, Claro and Oi in the states where companies lead the ranking of the worst services. The suspension occurred between July 23 and August 2.
Result - The total mobile lines in operation in the country reached 256.41 million last month, according to Anatel. Compared to June, the growth was only 0.11%. Thus, the "teledensity" national products reached 130.49 mobile lines per 100 inhabitants.
The balance sheet also shows that the total number of mobile lines in Brazil empowered, 53.95 million are 3G mobile internet connections. The prepaid lines represent 81.49% of the total, with 208.95 million chip-enabled, while postpaid plans are only 18.51% of the market, with 47.46 million.
Vivo continues to lead the market with 29.71% share, followed by TIM with 26.78%. The Claro has 24.6% market share, and Oi, 18.59%. The novelty of the balance of July was the appearance of the first authorized carrier virtual network - which offers the service through the networks of other operators. The PortoSeguro now has 2,000 lines activated.
Cooling - The president of Teleco, Eduardo Tude, the reduced balance in July was never exactly a surprise because the sector had been experiencing cooling since May in the balance monthly published by Anatel. "The market was already in a downward trend in the last three months, with lower results than the increases seen last year," he said.
Still, he said Tude, the impact of the measure Anatel in the past eight days in July helped topple the balance of new qualifications. "Although only one operator has been suspended by state, consumers preferred to postpone new purchases until the situation was resolved," he added.
The president of the consulting firm believes that the influence of the prohibition of sales for eleven days must be reversed quickly, even in August. "Our estimate is that the TIM, for example, stopped selling about 500 thousand lines, which is just the universe of 68.7 million chips the company," said Tude.
Terminations - For Teleco, the main reason for the fall in the balance of new skills is not the reduction in purchases of new chips, but increase the shutdown of old lines. "Companies are not selling less. Actually, there are users who are switching over from one carrier to another, rather than accumulate more chips," he concluded.
Source: See On Line
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