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Encyclopedia > Brasil Telecom

Brasil Telecom S.A. is a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia. The company is one of three fixed line telephone companies in Brazil that emerged from the break-up of Telebras. Originally the company was called Tele Centro Sul, because its service covered the states in the central and southern parts of Brasil, namely Acre, Rondônia, Goiás, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, as well as the Brazilian Federal District. BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunications is the communication of information over a distance. ... Bras lia is the capital city of Brazil and is located in the center of the country in a federal district created in the state of Goi s. ... Telebras was the Brazilian state-owned monopoly telephone system. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ... Flag of Rondônia See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Velho Largest City Porto Velho Area 238,512. ... Flag of Goiás See other Brazilian States Capital Goiânia Largest City Goiânia Area 341 289 km² Population   - Total   - Density 4 848 725 14. ... Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil. ... Flag of Mato Grosso See other Brazilian States Capital Cuiabá Largest City Cuiabá Area 906,806. ... Flag of Mato Grosso do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Campo Grande Largest City Campo Grande Area 358,158. ... Flag of Paraná See other Brazilian States Capital Curitiba Largest City Curitiba Area 199,544 km² Population   - Total   - Density 9,150,000 48 inh. ... Flag of Santa Catarina See other Brazilian States Capital Florianópolis Largest City Joinville Area 95,442. ... Rio Grande do Sul (pron. ... The Brazilian Federal District (in Portuguese, Distrito Federal) is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil. ...


The Brazilian investment bank Opportunity, together with Telecom Italia and some Brazilian pension funds, paid 2.07 billion reais in June 1998 to buy Tele Centro Sul when it was sold by the Brazilian government. Brasil Telecom started up a wireless service in 2004. Telecom Italia is a formerly partially state-owned Italian telco. ...


Brasil Telecom's stock is traded on Bovespa, where it is part of the Ibovespa index, as well as on the New York Stock Exchange. Sao Paulos stock market, the Bovespa Bovespa (Bolsa de Valores do Estado de São Paulo) State of Sao Paulo Stock Exchange Located in the heart of the biggest Brazilian city, São Paulo (city), the Bovespa is the largest stock exchange in Latin America. ... The Bovespa Index (Índice Bovespa) is an index of about 50 stocks that are traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa: BOlsa de Valores dE São PAulo). ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is by far the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ...


External links

  • The company's home page (in Portuguese)
  • The company's web page in English

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NOVELL CUSTOMER SHOWCASE: Brasil Telecom (1543 words)
Six years after the privatization of the telecommunications industry, Brasil Telecom is the result of the integration of 10 telecommunications companies spread throughout 10 Brazilian states.
Brasil Telecom spent eight months researching and refining the technical requirements to meet its challenges.
Brasil Telecom can now get new employees up and running with the right access to e-mail and applications in just a day, rather than three weeks, helping them be productive from their first day on the job.
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The goal of Brasil Telecom's GIS project was to incorporate geotechnology into the analysis of the telecommunications market in Brazil.
The geographic analysis environment for Brasil Telecom was designed to meet the needs of various departments in the company, be incorporated in a variety of business tasks, and integrate different technologies.
Using GIS tools, Brasil Telecom has acquired knowledge of its service area and customers that is enhancing its network planning and creating investment opportunities in new technologies, which will generate more attractive products that will attract and hold customers.
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