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Anatel revealed today (08) that between December 2017 and December 2018, 7.2 million cell lines had been disconnected in Brazil. According to data from the regulator, 18.9 million prepaid lines were disconnected during the period, a decrease of 3.08%, which may seem minimal, but mainly has an impact on the prepaid market.
a decrease of 12.7%. At the same time, the postpaid service sector gained 11.6 million new customers, up 13.2%. This movement, however, was not enough to contain the loss of active lines.
Only four Brazilian states recorded an increase in the total number of clients: Amapá (+ 2.72%); Amazonas (+ 1.93%); São Paulo (+ 1.03%) and Espírito Santo (+ 0.31%). The balance was negative in all other units of the federation.
Vivo remained the same as the largest mobile operator in the country
Among the large companies, Vivo remained as he maintained it. the country's leading mobile operator, with 73.1 million active lines (31.91% of the market) in December 2018. Claro is far behind, with 56.4 million customers (24.61% of the market); third, Tim, with 55.9 million customers (24.39% of the market); and fourth, Oi, with 37.7 million (16.44% of the market).
The technologies used by these mobile lines have also been badyzed. The 4G is already used by 56.64% of all mobile customers in Brazil, with more than 54.7 million active users. 3G, in decline, has 23.8% of active lines and the 2G remains the network most used by 10.8% of Brazilian customers. We also have more than 19.7 million mobile lines dedicated to machine-to-machine (M2M) communication.
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