MOBILE TELEPHONY BASE in BRAZIL in JANUARY BACK UP 3% OVER a year earlier, SAYS FCC

The Brazil hung up 7.2 million mobile phone lines in the past 12 months, ending January with 236.2 million of active connections, said on Thursday the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). In comparison with December the national base fell 0,11%, or 258,700 lines. With addition of 977,400 lines in January compared with a year earlier, the saw base grow in your Living 1,32% to access 74,873,000. Hi, already in reorganization, turned off 3 million lines, what did your shrink base 7,2% in the same period, to 38,935,000. TIM had 7% indentation, with 4.4 million lines unless in January over a year earlier, and of course closed 1.2 million mobile connections, reducing the base in 1,94%, according to Anatel. The Agency said that the post paid lines, more profitable for carriers, advanced 11,5% in January over a year earlier, to 88,786,000. Prepaid connections already fell 10% to 147,443,000.