TIM Brasil Group
Activity area: mobile
The total number of lines at 31 December 2010 was 51.0 million. In 2010 as far as the prepaid segment is concerned Tim Brasil extended the ‘pay per call’ concept to long-distance calls. The ‘Tim Empresa Simples’ (Tim Simple Business) campaign was launched for the companies: it is a converging plan in which mobile, fixed and broadband services are included in a single invoice. The ‘TIM Wi-Fi’ plan was launched for internet access in public hot spots based on various time frames.
Revenues for the year 2010 amounted to 14,457 million reais; EBITDA amounted to 4,201 million reais.
Capex in 2010 amounted to 2,836 million reais.
Equity holding (economic interest): Telecom Italia International 66.27%
Head office: Avenida das Américas, 3434, Bloco 1, 6º andar Barra da Tijuca, 22640-102 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website: www.timbrasil.com.br
Telecom Argentina
Activity area: fixed, internet, mobile
The Telecom Argentina Group operates in fixed-line and mobile telephony, the internet and data transmission in Argentina, and offers mobile services also in Paraguay.
In Argentina in 2010 the company provided 4.11 million fixed lines and had around 16.3 million mobile customers; broadband accesses have been around 1.38 million (+ 14% compared to the end of 2009). In Paraguay the mobile customers reached 1.9 million units by year-end 2010.
Equity holding (economic interest): Telecom Italia and Telecom Italia International, by means of Sofora and Nortel Investora 21.1% as of April 2011
Head office: Alicia Moreau de Justo 50, 10th floor, Capital Federal (1107), Argentina
Website: www.telecom.com.ar/