- Vivo S.A.
Infobox_Company
company_name = Vivo S.A
company_
company_type =Bovespa : [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=VIVO3 VIVO3] / [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=VIVO4 VIVO4] )
company_slogan = Sinal de qualidade (quality sign/signal).
foundation =2003
location = flagicon|BrazilSão Paulo ,Brazil
key_people = Roberto Lima
num_employees = 5,600 (2007)
industry = Communications Services
revenue = profit$7.05 billionUSD (2007 )Citation | title = Resultados Consolidados Quarto Trimestre e Ano de 2007 (in Portuguese) | format = PDF | url=http://vivo.mediagroup.com.br/port/download/trimestrais/VIVO_Resultados_4T2007.pdf]
net_income = lossR$99.4 million BRL (2007 )
homepage = [http://www.vivo.com.br/ www.vivo.com.br]Vivo (
Bovespa : [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=VIVO3 VIVO3] / [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=VIVO4 VIVO4] ; nyse|VIV) is the largestmobile phone service provider inBrazil and inSouth America with over 40 million users. It originated from themerger of several Brazilian mobile phone operations under a joint-venture owned equally by PortuguesePortugal Telecom and SpanishTelefónica . Most of its network isIS-95 /cdmaOne based, although there are parts of it which are still analogAMPS and parts (resulting from acquisition of other companies) which are TDMA (IS-136 ) based. The network is being gradually converted toCDMA2000 in the major cities, where the Company plans to provide Mobile Internet Access.In 2006, after years being the only
CDMA network, Vivo announced aGSM network, and that it would operate in bothCDMA andGSM [cite web|url=http://www.teleco.com.br/comentario/com165.asp|title=O que muda com a ida da Vivo para o GSM|accessdate=2007-05-18|language=Portuguese] .The Vivo brand was launched on
April 13 2003 . Until 2006, the group was composed of six holding companies which, as announced in November 2005, merged into a single holding company, Vivo Participações S.A.. The operation was concluded onFebruary 22 2006 .Merged companies
The following operators merged to form Vivo:
Portugal Telecom-owned
*Telesp Celular (São Paulo)
*Global Telecom (Paraná, Santa Catarina)Telefónica-owned
*Telefónica Celular (Rio de Janeiro,Espírito Santo ,Rio Grande do Sul )
*Telebahia Celular (Bahia )
*Telergipe Celular (Sergipe )Acquired by the joint venture
*NBT (Amazonas,Roraima ,Pará ,Amapá ,Maranhão )
*TCO Celular (Goiás , theBrazilian Federal District , Acre, Tocantins,Mato Grosso ,Mato Grosso do Sul )
*Telemig Celular (Minas Gerais , rebranded to Vivo inApril 13 2008 , Vivo's 5th anniversary)References
External links
* [http://www.vivo.com.br Vivo]
* [http://www.telecom.pt Portugal Telecom]
* [http://www.telefonicamoviles.com/ Telefónica Móviles]
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