Former type Private company Founded 2000 Headquarters Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Industry Telecommunications Defunct 2010 Revenue R$ 740 million (2007) | |
Intelig Telecom 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 headquarters are in Rio de Janeiro.
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In 2010, it was bought by Italian-Brazilian operator TIM Brazil, 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 Embratel/Claro, Vivo/Telefónica, GVT and Nextel, both also multinationals.
Operation
Intelig started as a mirror of Embratel on long distance and international phone service after the privatization of the Telebrás system. With the opening of long distance market in 2002, they implemented their product list with data service (VPN, DIP, ATM, etc.), local services, and hubbing for other telecommunication companies. Their current focus is the comparative market.
Acquisition by Telecom Italia/TIM Brazil
On 16 April 2009 Telecom Italia, through TIM, announced the negotiation to buy Intelig. The negotiation have the objective to boost the TIM data infrastructure, that was suffering from the growth in users of its 3G services, On 6 August 2009 ANATEL granted authorization for the merge.