From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – A total of 1.2 million new lines were enabled in Brazil in February, according to data supplied by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). The figure represents an increase over the 469,000 new lines enabled in the same month of 2007.
It was the best month of February in the last eight years. Subscribers to the Personal Mobile Service (SMP) in Brazil total 124 million, which represents growth of 1.03% compared with January. Prepaid subscribers account for 80.87% of that total, whereas post paid customers amount to 19.13%.
In the last 12 months, there were 22 million new subscribers in Brazil, growth of 22.67%. The expansion in teledensity has been maintained. Expansion rate in February compared with the same month of 2007 was 0.9%. Teledensity rate in Brazil is 65.09. Teledensity shows the number of telephones in use per 100 inhabitants.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
