01/19/2012

3G: 3rd Cellular Generation in Brazil

 

3G in Brazil 3G Coverage 3G Frequency Band H Aution

This page: Keeps track of the evolution in the number of 3G cellulars in Brazil, and suppliers of 3G networks.

Brazil has 40.0 million 3G mobile accesses in Dec/11

Acording to Anatel's data, Brazil ended Dec/11 with 40.0 million 3G mobile accesses, 33.2 million of them were WCDMA and 6.8 million were 3G data terminals (16.5% of the cellulars in Brazil are 3G).   From the 3G net adds gotten in December (2,295 thousand), 2,089 thousand were via WCDMA devices and 206 thousand via 3G data terminals.   Anatel considers as mobile broadband all the WCDMA accesses and all the data terminals, 3G or not. By Anatel's criteria, there were 41.1 million mobile broadband accesses in Dec/11, being 33.2 million WCDMA handsets and 7.9 million data terminals, which presented net adds of 195 thousand accesses in Dec/11.   Claro is market share leader in accesses via handsets WCDMA and Vivo via Data Terminals

 

3G Mobile Accesses in Brazil

 

thousands	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	Dec/11
3G accesses by handsets (WCDMA)	14,614	18,146	21,266	27,238	33,240
3G Data terminals	4,253	4,779	5,357	6,141	6,797
Total of 3G accesses	18,867	22,924	26,623	33,378	40,037
Data terminals (3G and not 3G)	6,014	6,289	6,652	7,251	7,874
Mobile Broadband Total (Anatel)	20,628	24,434	27,918	34,488	41,114

Note: Anatel considers Mobile Broadband the number of 3G accesses via handsets (WCDMA) plus the total of dadta terminals (3G or not 3G). The total of 3G data terminals is estimated by Teleco.

 

 

Net adds (thousands)	Dec/11	Accumulated in 2011
3G accesses by handsets (WCDMA)	2,089	18,626
3G Data terminals	206	2,544
Total of 3G accesses	2,295	21,170
Data terminals (3G and not 3G)	195	1,860
Mobile Broadband Total (Anatel)	2,284	20,486

 

 

Evolution of 3G cellular in Brazil

 

Millions	4Q08	1Q09	2Q09	3Q09	4Q09	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11
Accesses by handsets	1.0	1.5	2.1	2.5	4.3	8.7	10.4	12.2	14.6	18.1	21.3	27.2	33.2
Modems	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.3	2.7	3.2	3.5	3.8	4.3	4.8	5.4	6.1	6.9
Total 3G	2.1	3.0	4.0	4.9	7.0	11.9	13.9	16.0	18.9	22.9	26.7	33.4	40.1
3G/total of cellulars	1.4%	2.0%	2.5%	2.9%	4.0%	6.6%	7.5%	7.8%	9.3%	10.9%	12.2%	14.7%	16.5%

Source: Teleco and Anatel

* Estimated by Teleco

 

	2010 (thousands)
-	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10
WCDMA	8,707	10,417	12,145	14,614
EVDO	-	-	-	-
3G modem > 256 kbit/s*	3,194*	3,492	3,809	4,253
Total 3G	11,900	13,909	15,954	18,867

Note: Anatel started to relase this information in Jul/08. Promoted, however, many reclassifications which invalidated the data released before Mar/09.

* Estimated by Teleco

 

 

Quarterly Evolution of Mobile Broadband (Anatel)

 

Millions	4Q08	1Q09	2Q09	3Q09	4Q09	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11
3G Mobile Accesses	1.0	1.5	2.1	2.5	4.3	8.7*	10.4	12.1	14.6	18.1	21.3	27.2	33.2
Data Terminals	0.7	3.1	3.6	4.0	4.6	5.0	5.3	5.7	6.0	6.3	6.7	7.3	7.9
Total	1.7	4.6	5.7	6.6	8.8	13.8	15.8	17.8	20.6	24.4	28.0	34.5	41.1

 

 

 

Mobile Broadband Average Speed in Brazil

 

Kbps	2009	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11
Average Speed	576	371	551	661	769	767	873

Source: Akamai

 

 

3G Networks Kick Off

 

Operators	Kick Off	Frequencies
Vivo (Telemig)	Nov/07	850 MHz and 1900/2100 MHz
Claro	Nov/07	850 MHz and 1900/2100 MHz
CTBC	Apr/08	1900/2100 MHz
Tim	Apr/08	1900/2100 MHz
Brasil Telecom	Apr/08	1900/2100 MHz
Oi	May/08	1900/2100 MHz
Vivo	Sep/08	1900/2100 MHz
Sercomtel	Dec/08	850 MHz

 

 

3G Network Suppliers

 

The following table presents the 3G net suppliers for operators in Brazil.

 

Operator	Core	Access equipments
Vivo	Ericsson	Ericsson and Huawei
Tim	Ericsson	Ericsson, Nokia-Siemens and Huawei
Claro	Ericsson and Nokia-Siemens	Ericsson, Nokia-Siemens and Huawei
Oi	Nokia-Siemens	Nokia-Siemens and Huawei
BrT	Ericsson*	Ericsson and ZTE*
CTBC	Huawei	Huawei
Sercomtel	Huawei	Huawei

*With the acquisition of BrT by Oi, Ericsson and ZTE were replaced by Nokia-Siemens and Huawei.

 

 

 

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