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'''Telebrás''' was the [[Brazil]]ian state-owned monopoly telephone system. It was broken up in July [[1998]] into twelve separate companies, nicknamed the 'Baby Bras' companies, that were auctioned to private bidders. The new companies were the long distance operator [[Embratel]], three fixed line regional telephony companies and eight cellular companies. |
'''Telebrás''' was the [[Brazil]]ian state-owned monopoly telephone system. It was broken up in July [[1998]] into twelve separate companies, nicknamed the 'Baby Bras' companies, that were auctioned to private bidders. The new companies were the long distance operator [[Embratel]], three fixed line regional telephony companies and eight cellular companies. |
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The [[privatization]] process started within the democratic elected [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] government |
The [[privatization]] process started within the democratic elected [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] government, in parallel with the greater [[Plano Collor]] economic reform program. The telecom privatization, however, was only completed during the [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] government, being taken up again in 1996-97.<ref>[http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0034-71402005000200001&script=sci_arttext ''Scielo'': Os efeitos da privatização sobre o desempenho econômico e financeiro das empresas privatizadas] {{pt icon}}</ref> |
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⚫ | According to ''Instituto Teotônio Vilela'', the greatest beneficiary of this privatization program was [[Lula da Silva]] by the unprecedent tax income generation: R$ 118 bilhões (US$ 90 billion), during [[2003]]-[[2006]].<ref>[http://www.itv.org.br/site/biblioteca/conteudo.asp?id=608 At ''ITV'' official web site] {{pt icon}}</ref> In [[1998]] the telephone net yielded R$ 8 bilhões (US$ 4 billion) tax income annually; this sum is now at R$ 35 bilhões (US$ 17 billion) annually, a 337% increase. ''Telebras'' privatization occasioned huge expansion of the country's telephone net, opened it to cell phone companies and the Internet implementation <ref> [http://www2.camara.gov.br/internet/publicacoes/estnottec/tema4/pdf/102634.pdf ''Scielo''] {{pt icon}}</ref>. |
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Accoring to [[IMF]]´s director Anoop Singh<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/reporterbbc/story/2006/06/060626_lulafhcpimenta.shtml ''Lula segue política econômica de FHC, diz diretor do FMI''] {{pt icon}}</ref>, the continuity of this [[neoliberal]] program by the following presidents [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] and [[Lula da Silva]] can be exemplified, among other features, by the ''[[Embraer]]'', ''[[Vale do Rio Doce]]'' and ''[[Acesita]]'' privatization. The implementation of this process initiated one of the world´s biggest privatization program <ref>[http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0034-71402005000200001&script=sci_arttext ''Scielo'': Os efeitos da privatização sobre o desempenho econômico e financeiro das empresas privatizadas] {{pt icon}}</ref> generating public debt relief and highly eficcient multinational companies. |
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⚫ | According to ''Instituto Teotônio Vilela'' |
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==Former Telebrás fixed line companies== |
==Former Telebrás fixed line companies== |
Revision as of 00:10, 24 August 2007
Telebrás was the Brazilian state-owned monopoly telephone system. It was broken up in July 1998 into twelve separate companies, nicknamed the 'Baby Bras' companies, that were auctioned to private bidders. The new companies were the long distance operator Embratel, three fixed line regional telephony companies and eight cellular companies.
The privatization process started within the democratic elected Fernando Collor de Mello government, in parallel with the greater Plano Collor economic reform program. The telecom privatization, however, was only completed during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government, being taken up again in 1996-97.[1]
According to Instituto Teotônio Vilela, the greatest beneficiary of this privatization program was Lula da Silva by the unprecedent tax income generation: R$ 118 bilhões (US$ 90 billion), during 2003-2006.[2] In 1998 the telephone net yielded R$ 8 bilhões (US$ 4 billion) tax income annually; this sum is now at R$ 35 bilhões (US$ 17 billion) annually, a 337% increase. Telebras privatization occasioned huge expansion of the country's telephone net, opened it to cell phone companies and the Internet implementation [3].
Former Telebrás fixed line companies
(operation states between parenthesis)
- Telesp (São Paulo) - currently owned by Telefónica and rebranded as its parent
- Tele Norte Leste - later renamed Telemar and currently Oi
- Telerj (Rio de Janeiro)
- Telest (Espírito Santo)
- Telemig (Minas Gerais)
- Telebahia (Bahia)
- Telergipe (Sergipe)
- Telpe (Pernambuco)
- Telma (Maranhão)
- Telasa (Alagoas)
- Telpa (Paraíba)
- Teleceará (Ceará)
- Telepisa (Piauí)
- Telern (Rio Grande do Norte)
- Telepará (Pará)
- Telamazon (Amazonas)
- Telaima (Roraima)
- Teleamapá (Amapá)
- Tele Centro Sul - later renamed Brasil Telecom
- Telebrasília (Brazilian Federal District)
- Telegoiás (Goiás, Tocantins)
- Teleron (Rondônia)
- Teleacre (Acre)
- Telemat (Mato Grosso)
- Telems (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- Telepar (Paraná)
- Telesc (Santa Catarina)
- CRT, acquired later from Telefónica (Rio Grande do Sul, except Pelotas area)
- CTMR (Pelotas area, Rio Grande do Sul)
Former Telebrás mobile phone companies
- Telesp Celular (São Paulo) - currently owned by Vivo
- Tele Sudeste Celular - later rebranded Telefónica Celular and currently owned by Vivo
- Telerj Celular (Rio de Janeiro)
- Telest Celular (Espírito Santo)
- Telemig Celular (Minas Gerais)
- Tele Leste Celular - currently owned by Vivo
- Telebahia Celular (Bahia)
- Telergipe Celular (Sergipe)
- Tele Nordeste Celular - currently owned by TIM
- Telpe Celular (Pernambuco)
- Telasa Celular (Alagoas)
- Telpa Celular (Paraíba)
- Teleceará Celular (Ceará)
- Telepisa Celular (Piauí)
- Telern Celular (Rio Grande do Norte)
- Tele Norte Celular - later renamed Amazônia Celular
- Telamazon Celular (Amazonas)
- Telma Celular (Maranhão)
- Telepará Celular (Pará)
- Telaima Celular (Roraima)
- Teleamapá Celular (Amapá)
- Tele Centro Oeste Celular (TCO) - currently owned by Vivo
- Telebrasília Celular (Brazilian Federal District)
- Telegoiás Celular (Goiás, Tocantins)
- Teleron Celular (Rondônia)
- Teleacre Celular (Acre)
- Telemat Celular (Mato Grosso)
- Telems Celular (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- Tele Celular Sul - currently owned by TIM
- Telepar Celular (Paraná)
- Telesc Celular (Santa Catarina)
- CTMR Celular (Pelotas area, Rio Grande do Sul)