Algar Telecom

Algar Telecom
Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1954
Headquarters Uberlândia, Brazil
Key people
 Jean Carlos Borges (CEO)
Products Fixed/mobile telephony, Data/internet, IT/outsourcing, Video conference, Broadband internet, Mobile, Pay TV, Fixed telephony, Clear channel, SMS, IP Traffic, Structure sharing
Revenue Increase R$ 2,2 billion (2015)
Increase R$ 116 million (2015)
Number of employees
 3.700 (2015)
Parent Grupo Algar
Subsidiaries

Algar Celular S/A Algar Multimídia S/A Algar TI Consultoria S/A Algar Mídia S/A

CTBC Serviços de Call Center S/A
Website algartelecom.com.br

Algar Telecom, formerly known as CTBC, is a Brazilian telecomunications company. The company offers advanced services on landline and mobile phone (GSM and 3G), broadband, and cable TV (DTH). Currently it is present in parts of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo for consumers, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Distrito Federal for business companies.

History and services

CTBC was founded in February 15, 1954, by Alexandrino Garcia, which acquired the Companhia Telefônica Teixeirinha. It is one of the companies from the Algar Group. Algar Telecom is headquartered in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais.

The mobile phone service uses technologies like AMPS, TDMA and GSM (including services like GPRS, EDGE and 3G). The broadband service offers the following speeds: ADSL (200 kbit/s, 500 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 4 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 15 Mbit/s and 20 Mbit/s), Wi-Fi (up to 11 Mbit/s) and Fiber-optic (1 Gbit/s, only available for Uberlândia and within a distance of 1 km from the company's headquarters).[1]

In September 2011 CTBC reached 93,000 TV subscribers (60.000 using satellite (DTH) and 33,000 Cable), a 38.6% increase compared to the previous year.[2]

It spend R$ 470.000 to obtain a license from the Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications in 2010, which grants the possibility to offer the satellite television service in the entire country.[3]

In 2014 Algar Telecom acquired the 700Mhz 4G license in an Anatel auction, the company has entrusted Nokia Networks with the responsibility of enabling LTE services in the 700 MHz band, upgrading its 3G network and deploying a new 4G network.[4]

In October 2014, Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola), Antel (Uruguay) and Google announced plans to build a new undersea fiber-optic cable connecting the key cities of Santos and Fortaleza in Brazil with Boca Raton, Florida in the United States. The cable will be called Monet

See also

References

  1. ↑ Correio Uberlândia. "CTBC lança internet 50 vezes mais rápida". Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  2. ↑ http://revistahometheater.uol.com.br/site/tec_noticias_02.php?id_lista_txt=7206
  3. ↑ http://oglobo.globo.com/economia/depois-da-oi-ctbc-vai-oferecer-tv-por-assinatura-em-todo-pais-3173054
  4. ↑ http://networks.nokia.com/news-events/press-room/press-releases/nokia-networks-algar-telecom-deploy-lte-network-and-telco-cloud-in-brazil

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