Telefônica Brasil (VIV)

• Market cap: $20.2B
• 1 day: -0.47%
• 5 days: 11.06%
• 1 month: 7.2%
• 3 months: -4.82%
• 6 months: -23.66%
• Year to date: 4.81%
• 1 year: 4.55%
• 5 years: 56.37%
• 10 years: -6.92%
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Telecom Services

About: Telefonica Brasil, known as Vivo, is the largest wireless carrier in Brazil with 103 million customers, which is equal to about 38% market share. The firm is strongest in the postpaid business, where it has 72 million customers, or about 40% share of this market. Wireless services and equipment contribute about 70% of total revenue. Vivo is the incumbent fixed-line telephone operator in Sao Paulo state and also owns an extensive fiber network across the country. The firm provides internet access to 8 million households on this network. The firm also sells pay-TV and phone services to its fixed-line customers. Finally, corporate data and IT services, including cloud computing support, contribute about 10% of total revenue.

Employees: 35,010