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11/24/2009

Long Distance Operators

The service of Commuted Fixed Telephony (STFC) in the modalities of Nacional Long Distance (LDN) and International Long Distance (LDI) is operated in Brazil (Region IV) by a concessionaire (Embratel) and a Mirror Company (Intelig).
From 31st december/2001 there's no limit to the number of STFC operators, and Anatel has granted new authorizations to many companies.
STFC concessionaires to Local Service, that have concession of Long Distance on their regions have been growing the area with new authorizations.

Market Share of charged Minutes - LDN

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Telefônica	24.10%	24.78%	25.02%	24.87%	25.79%	25.88%
Embratel	25.15%	21.18%	21.79%	23.89%	23.50%	22.26%
Brasil Telecom	20.05%	21.14%	20.83%	20.75%	20.13%	18.15%
Oi (Telemar)	24.45%	25.92%	22.25%	21.91%	19.88%	17.39%
Others	6.25%	6.98%	10.11%	8.58%	10.70%	14.14%

Source: Anatel

Jun/09	Region I	Region II	Region III	Brazil
Telefônica	-	-	53.98%	24.31%
Embratel	36.22%	24.86%	26.29%	27.02%
Brasil Telecom	-	55.00%	-	17.19%
Oi (Telemar)	43.44%	-	10.43%	16.83%
Tim	7.27%	5.06%	2.84%	4.95%
GVT	-	6.52%	-	2.58%
OThers	13.06%	8.56%	6.46%	7.12%

Dec/08	Region I	Region II	Region III	Brazil
Telefônica	-	-	64.18%	27.46%
Embratel	29.37%	20.62%	21.71%	23.99%
Brasil Telecom	-	61.66%	-	17.86%
Oi (Telemar)	52.84%	-	1.33%	17.16%
Tim	9.39%	6.37%	5.18%	6.90%
GVT	-	5.62%	-	2.46%
Others	8.41%	5.73%	7.33%	4.17%

Source: Anatel

LDN Revenue Share

Gross Revenue*	1Q08	2Q08	3Q08	4Q08	1Q09	2Q09	3Q09
Oi/BrT	40.3%	42.0%	38.9%	38.2%	38.5%	37.5%	38.0%
Embratel	36.8%	36.2%	38.1%	37.5%	37.3%	38.1%	38.8%
Telefônica	22.9%	21.8%	23.0%	24.3%	24.2%	24.4%	23.1%
Total (R$ millions)	4,134	4,067	4,228	4,136	4,099	3,919	4,044

*Do not include VC2 and VC3, except Teleofonica for calls from fixed telephones

Source: Operators

Market Share of charged Minutes - LDI

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Embratel	76.48%	58.85%	54.09%	56.73%	54.20%	54.30%
Telefônica	-	16.30%	16.35%	16.52%	20.57%	20.66%
Oi (Telemar)	-	11.84%	13.21%	10.26%	9.20%	8.85%
Intelig	21.22%	11.31%	8.15%	5.30%	3.74%	3.35%
BrT	-	-	-	-	4.61%	5.10%
Others	2.30%	1.70%	8.20%	11.19%	7.68%	7.74%

LDN and LDI in Brazil (National and International)

Following below Long Distance National (LDN) and Long Distance International (LDI) which have concession or authorization that allows national operation with Operator's Selection Code (CSP) and recommended cellular operators.

Operator	CSP Operator Code	Cellular Operators which recommends it
Embratel	21	Claro *
Intelig	23	-
Telemar	31	Oi
Brasil Telecom	14	BrT Móvel
Telefonica	15	Vivo
TIM	41	Tim
CTBC	12	CTBC Cel.
GVT	25	-
Transit	17	-
IDT	26	-
Fonar	13	-
Aerotech	27	-
Alpamayo	28	-
T-Leste*	29	-
Epsilon	19	-
Teledados	34	-
Easytone	35	-
Viper*	38	-
GT Group *	42	-
Global Crossing (Impsat)	45	-
BT Communications*	47	-
Plenna	48
51 Brasil	51	-
LinkNET	52	-
Ostara	53
Telebit	54	-
Espas	56	-
Stellar	58	-
Nexus	61	-
Hello Brazil	63	-
Redevox	69	-
Dollarphone	71	-
Sermatel	81	-
BBT Brasil	84	-
Falkland	91	-
Amigo	96	-
Alpha	98	-
Cambridge	49	-
CGB VOIP	65	-
Convergia	32	-
DSLI	36	-
E1 Informática	67	-
Hoje	46	-
Itavoice	57	-
Konecta	89	-
Locaweb	72	-
Nebracam	95	-
Neotelecom	64	-
OTS	62	-
Primeira Escolha	24	-
Sercomtel	43	-
Spin	18	-
Trinn	34	-
Viacom	16	-
Vipway	75	-

Note: The cellular user, as international visitor, doesn't need to use CSP. The visitor can make calls using "+" followed by the country code or area code.