Vivo leads mobile growth for the 9th month consecutively
May 2010 showed the continuity of the trends observed in the previous months with Vivo leading in net adds, followed by Tim and Claro. Oi, in the 4th position, is the only one whose growth was lower the growth gotten in 2009.
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Vivo's leadership is even bigger when considered the postpaid segment, which accounted for 34% of the net adds accumulated in the year.
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This is the 9th consecutive month in which Vivo leads mobile growth in Brazil.
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Operators' performance in Regions I and II along may keeps the trend presented for Brazil.
Thousands | Region I |
Region II |
Region III |
Brazil |
Vivo | 696 |
204 |
187 |
1,086 |
Tim | 510 |
189 |
202 |
902 |
Claro | 429 |
174 |
29 |
633 |
Oi | 47 |
66 |
208 |
322 |
In Region III (São Paulo), the situation was is reversed, with a Oi reaching the leadership in net adds. Oi got 82% of its net adds from São Paulo in area code 11 (metropolitan region).
Thousands |
Vivo |
Claro |
TIM |
Oi |
11 |
83.9 |
-9.2 |
85.5 |
171.0 |
12 |
9.5 |
7.8 |
31.0 |
14.1 |
13 |
7.2 |
3.0 |
8.5 |
8.2 |
14 |
20.1 |
1.7 |
8.6 |
0.7 |
15 |
19.6 |
0.8 |
5.5 |
0.9 |
16 |
3.8 |
9.7 |
13.4 |
3.2 |
17 |
7.9 |
5.1 |
12.7 |
0.4 |
18 |
18.4 |
0.1 |
6.9 |
-0.1 |
19 |
16.1 |
10.2 |
30.4 |
10.0 |
Total SP |
186.5 |
29.0 |
202.2 |
208.4 |
Claro, which is leader in 4 area codes, presented the worst performance inside the state in the month with net adds of 29 thousand mobile accesses.
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