01/17/2012

Mobile Subscribers in Brazil

 

In this page: Cellular statistics in Brazil, prepaid (%), cellulars per technology (GSM, CDMA, TDMA, AMPS) and per band. Source: Anatel.


Mobile Acesses in Brazil

 

Total of Mobile Subscribers (Dec/11): 242.2 millions

 

242 million mobile accesses in Dec/11

According to Anatel's data, Brazil ended December/11 with 242.2 million mobile accesses and density of 123.87 cell./100 inhab.

 

The net adds of December (6.1 million) surpassed again the values gotten in same same month last year (5.4 million). In 2011 the total net adds reached 39.3 million net adds and 38.5 million in the last 12 months.

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Mobile Accesses in Dec/11

 

  Dec/10 Nov/11 Dec/11
Mobile Accesses 202,944,033 236,083,615 242,231,503
Prepaid 82.34% 81.65% 81.81%
Density 104.68 120.81 123.87
Month Growth 5,410,047 4,450,095 6,147,888
2.7% 1.9% 2.6%
Annual Growth 28,984,665 33,139,582 39,287,470
16.7% 16.3% 19.4%
Growth in 1 year 28,984,665 38,549,629 39,287,470
16.66% 19.52% 19.36%

 

 

Prepaid Cellulars in Dec/11

 

  Dec/10 Nov/11 Dec/11
Prepaid Accesses 167,097,347 192,763,041 198,168,285
Month Growth 4,694,941 3,695,478 5,405,244
2.9% 2.0% 2.8%
Year Growth 23,496,840 25,665,694 31,070,938
16.4% 15.4% 18.6%
Growth in 1 year 23,496,840 30,360,635 31,070,938
16.4% 18.7% 18.6%

 

 

Postpaid Cellulars in Dec/11

 

  Dec/10 Nov/11 Dec/11
Prepaid Accesses 35,846,686 43,320,574 44,063,218
Month Growth 715,106 754,617 742,644
2.0% 1.8% 1.7%
Year Growth 5,487,825 7,473,888 8,216,532
18.1% 20.8% 22.9%
Growth in 1 year 5,487,825 8,188,994 8,216,532
18.1% 23.3% 22.9%

 

 

Quarterly

 

 
1Q10
2Q10
3Q10
4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11
Cellulars
179,110
185,135
191,472
202,944
210,509 217,346 227,352 242,232
Prepaid
82.48%
82.32%
82.14%
82.34%
82.18% 81.85% 81.64% 81.81%
Density
93.01
95.92
98.98
104.68
108.34 111.62 116.51
123.87
Addtions
5,150
6,025
6,337
11,472
7,566 6,836 10,006 14,879
Note: active mobile accesses. Density calculated based on IBGE's population projection for the respective month.

 

 

Mobile Accesses per Technology

 

Techn.
December
2010
December 2011
Number of Cellulars
Month Growth
Year Growth
GSM 178,108,707 199,517,351 82.37% 2.1%  12.02% 
WCDMA 14,613,895 33,240,409 13.72% 6.7%  127.46% 
CDMA 4,181,936 1,599,747 0.66% (9.9%) (61.75%)
TDMA 25,440 - - - -
Data Term.
6,014,055 7,873,996 3.25% 2.5%  30.93% 
Total 202,944,033 242,231,503 100.00% 2.6%  19.36% 

Source: Anatel

 

 

GSM participation in the total of accesses reached the maximum of 90.16% in Nov/09 and, after that, it started fo fall. The drop in the participation happens because the number of GSM cell phones is increasing less then the number of WCDMA. WCDMA overtook CDMA in Feb/10.

 

 

Mobile Accesses per Band

 

Band
2008 2009 2010
A 51,193 58,930 68,075
B 43,337 48,837 57,448
D 37,427 40,107 44,487
E* 16,114 19,312 23,012

Other Bands

2,571 6,771 9,922
Total 150,641 173,958 202,945

* Band E includes band M.

 

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