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11/24/2011

Internet in Brazil

This Page: Definition of Internet provider and main informations of Internet Providers in Brasil. (Terra, POP, IG, Ibest and UOL).

Internet Providers in Brazil

The Internet access from home or small company are involved two types of service providers:

Provider of Internet access, is provider of services of additional value, that the function of connect a computer (PC for example) to the internet allowing connection with World Wide Web and access to services as seinding and recieving e-mail.
Provider of telecommunication service that offers a connection between he house ( or ofice) and the plave where are located the service providers of internet access. This connection could be dialed , offered by the operators of fixed telephony, or Broad Band offered by SCM operators

The following charge presents kinds of providers.

Many companies offer both services. Fixed telephony operators are obliged to

differentiate both kinds of service. Telefonica, for example, offers Speedy to Broad Band connection to the Internet and let the user choose whether or not acquire the access provider to the Internet. Users have complained in Justice the need of access provider to the Internet in this specific case. For details consult ABUSAR.

Internet Access Providers

The main Internet providers of Brazil are: Brasil Telecom, POP, Terra and UOL.

UOL

www.uol.com.br

Commentary

In December 2010, by the acquisition of Diveo Broadband Networks Inc., the company consolidated itself as the biggest data and IT infrastructure company controlled by Brazilian companies.

The high number of pageviews is a result of the Brazilian elections for president which got a record number of viewers during the first debate broadcasted (live-stream) through Internet.

The figures registered in 2010 and 2009 are based on IFRS standards.

The number of broadband subscribers overtook the dial up connections in 1Q07.

UOL's Audience

Millions	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Pageviews	2,189	2,152	2,599	4,200	4,200	4,600	5,400	17.4%	107.8%
Visitors	19.8	20.6	28.3	30.0	31.0	31.6	32.0	1.3%	13.3%

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Broadband	1,326	1,300	1,343	1,351	1,379	1,325	1,307	(1.4%)	(2.7%)
Net Adds	(0)	(26)	43	8	28	(54)	(18)	66.6%	(142.0%)

Thousands	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Dialed	717	630	470	390	(17.0%)
Broadband	973	1,200	1,326	1,351	1.9%
Total	1,690	1,800	1,796	1,741	(3.1%)

UOL's Results

R$ Millions	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Gross Revenue	716	802	964	1,121	16.2%
Subscription	525	518	524	526	0.4%
Advertising and others	192	284	444	595	34.0%
Net Revenue	525	577	719	817	13.6%
EBITDA	153	123	160	160	0.1%
EBITDA Margin	29.0%	21.0%	22.0%	20.0%	-
Net (loss) Profit	109	96	118	97	(17.6%)

Millions R$	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Gross Revenue	251.9	268.7	284.9	315.1	393.5	398.4	405.6	1.8%	42.3%
Subscription	131.0	129.2	129.8	135.8	132.9	134.0	134.7	0.5%	3.7%
Advertising/Others	120.4	139.5	155.1	179.8	260.7	264.4	270.9	2.5%	74.7%
Net Revenue	183.9	198.4	206.1	228.3	297.4	308.9	312.0	1.0%	51.4%
EBITDA	39.7	44.9	51.1	24.2	82.6	82.8	79.6	(3.8%)	55.9%
EBITDA Margin	21.6%	22.6%	24.8%	10.6%	27.8%	26.8%	25.5%	-	2.9%
Net (Loss) Profit	22.6	31.1	40.1	3.5	25.1	47.278	31.7	(33.0%)	(21.1%)
Net Debt	-	-	-	(128.5)	(158.1)	(238.6)	(203.8)	14.6%	-

www.uol.com.br

Brasil Telecom

Internet Group, a branch of Internet of Brasil Telecom, joins providers: IG, iBest and BrTurbo. In 3Q08 the company had more than 2 million pay subscribers.

-	1Q07	2Q07	3Q07	4Q07	1Q08	2Q08	3Q08
Active Users of dialed internet (Millions)	3.2	4.0	3.6	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Traffic ( Billion Minutes)	-	12.3	10.6	9.7	-	-	-

Broadband (thousands)	1Q07	2Q07	3Q07	4Q07	1Q08
IG	348	-	-	-	-
BrTurbo	812	-	-	-	-
Total	1,160	1,300	1,300	1,400	1,350

www.ig.com.br

www.ibest.com.br

www.brturbo.com.br

Terra

Terra, has gotten AOL, and it's present in more than 3 thousand cities, in which more than 1.2 thousands have high speed access. In 2007 it had a audience of 23 million unique visitors.

Millions	2006	2007
Gross Revenue (R$ Millions)	725	767
Subscribers	2.1	2.4*
Broadband	1.7	1.9