Intelig Telecom started operations on 23 January 2000, bringing for the first time concurrence on the long distance and international phone service. Local operations started in September 2003 and 2 years later, they launched a free dial-up internet service, the InteligWeb. With an investment of R$2,8 billions, it started to build its infrastructure in 1999, even before entering operations. They have more than 16 thousand kilometers of fiber optics in their network. Their headquarters are in

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. In 2010, it was bought by Italian-Brazilian operator TIM Brazil, joining the two codes: 23:41, with the impetus to compete primarily with national Oi, using the codes 31 and 14 (former

Brasil Telecom Brasil Telecom S.A. (BrT, ) was a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia. The company was one of three land lines and eight mobile telephone companies – and only long-distance service provi ...

), beyond

Embratel Embratel is a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. The company was the long distance arm of Telebras until it was bought by the U.S. company MCI Communications for 2.65 billion reais during the 1998 break ...

/ Claro, Vivo/

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, GVT and

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, both also multinationals.

Operation

Intelig started as a mirror of

on long distance and international phone service after the privatization of the

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system. With the opening of long distance market in 2002, they implemented their product list with data service (VPN, DIP, ATM, etc.), local services, and hubbing for other telecommunication companies. Their current focus is the comparative market.

Acquisition by Telecom Italia/TIM Brazil

On 16 April 2009

Telecom Italia Gruppo TIM, legally TIM S.p.A. (formerly Telecom Italia S.p.A.), also known as the TIM Group in English, is an Italian telecommunications company with headquarters in Rome, Milan, and Naples, (with the Telecom Italia Tower) which provides fixed ...

, through TIM, announced the negotiation to buy Intelig. The negotiation have the objective to boost the TIM data infrastructure, that was suffering from the growth in users of its 3G services, On 6 August 2009

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granted authorization for the merge.http://www.b2i.cc/Document/837/91714.pdf

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Official Page

Provedor Intelig Web
{{Brazilian phone operators Telecommunications companies of Brazil Defunct telecommunications companies Internet service providers of Brazil Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Telecommunications companies established in 2000 Technology companies disestablished in 2010 2000 establishments in Brazil 2010 disestablishments in Brazil Defunct companies of Brazil

Operation

Acquisition by Telecom Italia/TIM Brazil

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