Operators' Coverage and Attended Population

 

One Brazilian city isn't covered by cellular service

According to Anatel's information published in the beginning of February, only the city of Nazária inside the State of Piaui (8 thousand inhabitants) isn't covered by cellular operators.

 

 

Number of cities covered by cellulars operators according to Anatel (January 2011)

 

Operator	Covered cities	Covered population
VIVO	3,702	90.7%
CLARO	3,568	90.6%
OI	3,316	87.9%
TIM	3,212	89.6%
CTBC	99	1.9%
AEIOU	5	7.6%
SERCOMTEL	2	0.3%
Brazil	5,564	99.99%

Source: Anatel

 

 

 

Cities Covered by Cellulars

 

Operators	2008	2009*	2010	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11	Jan/12
VIVO	3,064	3,518	3,646	3,659	3,665	3,683	3,702	3,702
CLARO	3,270	3,577	3,478	3,486	3,568	3,568	3,568	3,568
OI	2,376	2,822	2,913	2,913	2,913	2,979	3,316	3,316
TIM	2,791	2,969	3,205	3,209	3,209	3,212	3,212	3,212
CTBC	87	87	87	87	87	87	99	99
AEIOU	13	20	5	5	5	5	5	5
SERCOMTEL	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Anatel

 

 

Population Covered by Cellular

 

%	2008	2009*	2010	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11	Jan/12
VIVO	84.7%	89.6%	90.2%	90.3%	90.3%	90.5%	90.7%	90.7%
CLARO	89.7%	91.6%	90.1%	90.2%	90.6%	90.6%	90.6%	90.6%
OI	83.1%	85.9%	83.2%	83.2%	83.2%	83.3%	87.9%	87.9%
TIM	87.3%	88.5%	89.5%	89.5%	89.5%	89.6%	89.6%	89.6%
CTBC	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.9%	1.9%
AEIOU	8.6%	9.5%	7.6%	7.6%	7.6%	7.6%	7.6%	7.6%
SERCOMTEL	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%

Source: Anatel

 

Note: Coverage reviewed according to new rules established by Anatel. The number of cities covered by Tim and Oi may be overestimated counting cities where the service isn't available yet.

 

 

Coverage by Number of Operators (%)

 

Cities	2008	2009*	2010	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11	Jan/12
Covered	75.5%	86.3%	97.2%	97.3%	98.6%	99.87%	99.98%	99.98%
by 1 operator	19.5%	29.4%	38.1%	38.1%	39.1%	40.3%	39.6%	39.6%
by 2 operators	10.2%	11.3%	11.9%	12.1%	12.2%	12.2%	12.5%	12.5%
by 3 operators	15.2%	13.4%	11.4%	11.4%	11.3%	11.3%	7.0%	7.0%
by 4 operators	29.7%	31.2%	33.6%	33.6%	33.7%	33.8%	38.2%	38.2%
by 5 operators	0.9%	1.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%	2.6%	2.6%
not covered	24.5%	13.7%	2.8%	2.7%	1.4%%	0.13%	0.02%	0.02%

Source: Anatel

 

 

Population	2008	2009*	2010	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11	Jan/12
Covered	93.9%	97.0%	99.6%	99.6%	99.8%	99.97%	99.99%	99.99%
by 1 operator	4.5%	7.3%	9.2%	9.1%	9.2%	9.4%	9.2%	9.2%
by 2 operators	4.3%	4.8%	4.7%	4.8%	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%
by 3 operators	8.5%	6.3%	7.2%	7.3%	7.2%	7.2%	2.8%	2.8%
by 4 operators	66.6%	69.4%	64.1%	64.0%	64.1%	64.2%	68.2%	68.2%
by 5 operators	10.1%	9.2%	14.3%	14.4%	14.4%	14.4%	14.9%	14.9%
not covered	6.1%	3.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%

Source: Anatel

 

Note: Coverage reviewed according to new rules established by Anatel. The number of cities covered by Tim and Oi may be overestimated counting cities where the service isn't available yet.

 

 

 

Ucel, Teleco's Portal dedicated to cellular user, presents updated data from cities and % population covered by the operators in Brazil. It's also possible to check out what are the covered cities in each cellular local area (same DDD).