Telefônica Brasil,
trading as
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An early form of trade, barter, s ...
Vivo,
is a
Brazilian telecommunications group, subsidiary of Spanish
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...
.
It was originally formed as part of
Telebrás
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, the state-owned telecom
monopoly
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at the time. In 1998, Telebrás was demerged and
privatized
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.
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...
bought
Telesp
Telesp - Telecomunicações de São Paulo S.A. was the telephony operator of the Telebrás system in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, successor to the ''Companhia Telefônica Brasileira (CTB)'', later incorporating the ''Companhia de Telecomun ...
, the São Paulo division, and rebranded it to Telefónica. The group has a participation of 15% in its revenues in the world and currently the company has more than 90 million customers.
In 2010,
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...
acquired the shares of
Vivo that belonged to Portugal Telecom, and transferred control of the company to Telefônica-Vivo, its subsidiary in Brazil. In 2012 the company's services began to be marketed under the
Vivo brand, its services, such as internet access,
cable
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and
satellite television
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,
fixed
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and
mobile telecommunications
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, among others, were integrated in this brand, launched in 2003 for the Telefónica-Portugal Telecom mobile telecommunications joint venture.
References
External links
Official websiteVivo WebsiteVivo InternetVivo EmpresasPlano Vivo Empresas
See also
*
List of telecommunications companies in Brazil
*
List of internet service providers in Brazil
This is a list of internet service providers (ISPs) operating in Brazil.
ISPs in Brazil
Government
* Plano Nacional de Banda Larga (''National Broadband Plan'')
* Telebrás
Private
* Claro Americas
** Embratel
** Claro NET
* Algar Telecom
* ...
Telefónica
Companies based in São Paulo
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Telecommunications companies of Brazil
Internet service providers of Brazil
Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange)
Telecommunications companies established in 1998
Brazilian subsidiaries of foreign companies
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