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05/30/2025

Fixed Telephony: Statistics of Accesses

This page: Evolution of Fixed accesses installed and in service in Brazil. Source: Anatel.

Net Revenue of Fixed Telephony

R$ Million	1Q24	2Q24	3Q24	4Q24	1Q25	∆Qter	∆Year
Vivo	617	598	580	562	544	-3.1%	-11.8%
Claro	853	843	857	835	868	3.9%	0.3%
TIM	166	169	167	164	159	-2.9%	-4.1%
Oi	663	699	646	603	483	-19.9%	-27.2%
Competitives	341	327	335	322	306	-5.0%	-10.3%
Total	2,652	2,657	2,585	2,485	2,360	-5.1%	-11.0%

Statistics about Fixed Telephony in Brazil

Fixed Telephones

	Mar/24	Dec/24	Feb/25	Mar/25
Fixed Telephones in Service	24,551,924	22,491,104	21,927,636	21,529,327
Density*	11.3	10.3	10.1	9.9
Month Growth	-420,657	-741,643	-397,358	-398,309
Month Growth	-1.7%	-3.2%	-1.8%	-1.8%
Annual Growth	-903,133	-2,963,953	-563,468	-961,777
Annual Growth	-3.5%	-11.6%	-2.5%	-4.3%
Growth in 1 year	-2,237,585	-2,963,953	-3,044,945	-3,022,597
Growth in 1 year	-8.4%	-11.6%	-12.2%	-12.3%

Fixed Telephones in Service by Technology

Thousand	1Q24	2Q24	3Q24	4Q24	Feb/25	1Q25
Fiber	50.2%	51.8%	53.1%	53.1%	53.5%	53.4%
Metallic Cable	31.2%	29.8%	28.9%	28.5%	28.0%	27.8%
Coaxial Cable	15.4%	15.2%	14.9%	15.1%	15.1%	15.2%
Radio	3.2%	3.2%	3.1%	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%
Total	24,552	24,038	23,556	22,491	21,928	21,529

Thousand	1Q24	2Q24	3Q24	4Q24	Feb/25	1Q25
Fiber	12,320	12,442	12,508	11,938	11,741	11,499
Metallic Cable	7,672	7,173	6,810	6,408	6,132	5,994
Coaxial Cable	3,781	3,657	3,518	3,397	3,320	3,276
Radio	779	767	720	747	735	760
Total	24,552	24,038	23,556	22,491	21,928	21,529

Fixed Telephony Net Revenue

Fixed Telephones in Service

Thousands	1Q24	2Q24	3Q24	4Q24	Feb/25	1Q25
Incumbents	10,965	10,512	10,099	4,383	4,287	4,262
CLECs	13,587	13,527	13,457	18,108	17,641	17,267
Total	24,552	24,038	23,556	22,491	21,928	21,529

Source: Anatel

Thousands	1Q24	2Q24	3Q24	4Q24	Feb/25	1Q25
Incumbents	44.7%	43.7%	42.9%	19.5%	19.5%	19.8%
CLECs	55.3%	56.3%	57.1%	80.5%	80.5%	80.2%
Total	24,552	24,038	23,556	22,491	21,928	21,529
Density*	11.3	11.1	10.8	10.3	10.1	9.9

Thousand	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Incumbents	16,129	49.9%	12,955	11,348	4,383
CLECs	14,330	50.1%	14,153	14,110	17,829
Total	30,459	28,722	27,107	25,458	22,212
Density*	14.4	13.4	12.6	11.8	10.2
CLECs' Participation	47.05%	50.10%	52.21%	55.43%	80.27%

Annual Evolution of the Number of Accesses in Brazil (Millions)

Fixed accesses are classified in:

Installed Accesses is composed by fixed accesses that have what is necessary to be in service.
Accesses in Service are installed accesses that are available to the users, including the pay phones

The following table presents the evolution of fixed accesses installed and in service in Brazil. Including incumbents accesses and new fixed telephony authorizations.

Year	Installed Accesses	Accesses in Service	Accesses in service/100 inhab.
2023	-	25.4	11.8
2022	-	27.1	12.6
2021	-	28.7	13.4
2020	-	31.1	14.6
2019	-	33.5	15.9
2018	-	37.5	17.9
2017	-	40.8	19.6
2016	-	41.8	20.2
2015	-	43.7	21.3
2014	-	45.0	22.1
2013	70.0**	44.9	22.2
2012	68.3	44.3	22.2
2011	64.7	43.0	21.7
2010	62.0	42.0	21.7
2009	59.6	41.5	21.4
2008	57.9	41.2	21.4
2007	52.7	39.4	20.7
2006	51.2	38.8	20.6
2005	50.5	39.8	21.4
2004	50.0	39.6	21.5
2003	49.8	39.2	21.6
2002	49.2	38.8	21.6
2001	47.8	37.4	21.1
2000	38.3	30.9	17.7
1999	27.8	25.0	14.7
1998	22.1	20.0	12.0
1997	18.8	17.0	10.3
1996	16.5	14.8	9.1
1995	14.6	13.3	8.3
1994	13.3	12.3	7.8

*Density is being calculated based on the revision of 2013's projection of the Brazilian population made by IBGE

** Estimated by Teleco

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