Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda., commonly known as Intelig Telecom, was a Brazilian

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, that offered fixed-line telephony services. It started operations on 23 January 2000, bringing for the first time concurrence on the long distance and international phone service. Local operations started in September 2003 and 2 years later, they launched a free dial-up Internet service, the InteligWeb. With an investment of R$2,8 billions, it started to build its infrastructure in 1999, even before entering operations. They have more than 16 thousand kilometers of fiber-optics in their network. Their

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are in

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. In 2009, it was bought by

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-Brazilian operator

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, joining the two codes: 23:41, with the impetus to compete primarily with national Oi, using the codes 31 and 14 (former Brasil Telecom), beyond

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, GVT, and

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, both also multinationals.

Operation

Intelig started as a mirror of

on long distance and international phone

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after the

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of the Telebrás system. With the opening of long distance market in 2002, they implemented their product list with data service (

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, DIP, ATM, etc.), local services, and hubbing for other telecommunications companies. Their current focus is the comparative market.

Acquisition by TIM Brasil

On 16 April 2009

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, through

, announced the negotiation to buy Intelig. The negotiation have the objective to boost the TIM

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, that was suffering from the growth in users of its 3G services, On 6 August 2009 ANATEL granted authorization for the merge.

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* {{Authority control TIM Group Telecommunications companies of Brazil Telecommunications companies established in 2000 Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Internet service providers of Brazil Brazilian subsidiaries of foreign companies

Operation

Acquisition by TIM Brasil

See also

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