TIM S.A. is a Brazilian

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, subsidiary of TIM S.p.A., which provides

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and

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. TIM Brasil was founded as a

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in 1995, started commercial operations in 1998 and since 2002 has consolidated its national presence, becoming the first

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present in all Brazilian States and, as of April 2017, has over 61.3 million customers. The Company, through the

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technology, has a national reach of approximately 93% of urban population and offers services to mobile and

, data transmission and

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at high speed, bringing the convergence of services for all its customers in a single company. TIM Brasil is

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and is listed in

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and

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, in

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and

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, respectively. On May 5, 2012 TIM's chairman Luca Luciani resigned from all of his duties at TIM both in Brazil and Italy. There were charges concerning scams about the activation of

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s for deceased and non-existing persons.

Products and services

TIM Live is a

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internet service provided in some areas of

and

, which uses the

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technology, currently in two speeds: 35 Mbit/s down (20 Mbit/s up) and 50 Mbit/s down (30 Mbit/s up). TIM has announced investments up to R$ 100 million/year, within the R$ 3 billion available from the group investment plan. The acquisition from the AES Atimus network in the amount of R$ 1.5 billion allowed a great deal of this operation to be possible. The company is still studying the possibility of expanding this service to other cities.

National fraud in Brazilian prepaid mobile lines

On 8 August 2012, TIM Brasil became involved in a massive scandal after the release of a report by the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). The report points out that on TIM's prepaid voice plan (24.7% market share), called "Infinity" (in which the user pays roughly US$0.12 for each unlimited time call), calls were intentionally dropped by the company which forced customers to make (and pay for) new calls to continue talking. In just one day, 8.1 million calls were dropped and the total profit was approximately US$2 million. Upon release of the report, the Public Ministry of the Paraná State filed a lawsuit against TIM asking that it stop selling new mobile lines in Brazil and pay a multimillion-dollar fine for the damages against consumers.

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Products and services

National fraud in Brazilian prepaid mobile lines

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