Telebrás
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Telebrás was the Brazilian state-owned monopoly telephone system. It was broken up in July 1998 into twelve separate companies, nicknamed the 'Baby Bras' companies, that were auctioned to private bidders. The new companies were the long distance operator Embratel, three fixed line regional telephony companies and eight cellular companies.
[edit] Former Telebrás fixed line companies
(operation states between parenthesis)
- Telesp (São Paulo) - currently owned by Telefónica and rebranded as its parent
- Tele Norte Leste - later renamed Telemar
- Telerj (Rio de Janeiro)
- Telest (Espírito Santo)
- Telemig (Minas Gerais)
- Telebahia (Bahia)
- Telergipe (Sergipe)
- Telpe (Pernambuco)
- Telma (Maranhão)
- Telasa (Alagoas)
- Telpa (Paraíba)
- Teleceará (Ceará)
- Telepisa (Piauí)
- Telern (Rio Grande do Norte)
- Telepará (Pará)
- Telamazon (Amazonas)
- Telaima (Roraima)
- Teleamapá (Amapá)
- Tele Centro Sul - later renamed Brasil Telecom
- Telebrasília (Brazilian Federal District)
- Telegoiás (Goiás, Tocantins)
- Teleron (Rondônia)
- Teleacre (Acre)
- Telemat (Mato Grosso)
- Telems (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- Telepar (Paraná)
- Telesc (Santa Catarina)
- CRT, acquired later from Telefónica (Rio Grande do Sul, except Pelotas area)
- CTMR (Pelotas area, Rio Grande do Sul)
[edit] Former Telebrás mobile phone companies
- Telesp Celular (São Paulo) - currently owned by Vivo
- Tele Sudeste Celular - later rebranded Telefónica Celular and currently owned by Vivo
- Telerj Celular (Rio de Janeiro)
- Telest Celular (Espírito Santo)
- Telemig Celular (Minas Gerais)
- Tele Leste Celular - currently owned by Vivo
- Telebahia Celular (Bahia)
- Telergipe Celular (Sergipe)
- Tele Nordeste Celular - currently owned by TIM
- Telpe Celular (Pernambuco)
- Telasa Celular (Alagoas)
- Telpa Celular (Paraíba)
- Teleceará Celular (Ceará)
- Telepisa Celular (Piauí)
- Telern Celular (Rio Grande do Norte)
- Tele Norte Celular - later renamed Amazônia Celular
- Telamazon Celular (Amazonas)
- Telma Celular (Maranhão)
- Telepará Celular (Pará)
- Telaima Celular (Roraima)
- Teleamapá Celular (Amapá)
- Tele Centro Oeste Celular (TCO) - currently owned by Vivo
- Telebrasília Celular (Brazilian Federal District)
- Telegoiás Celular (Goiás, Tocantins)
- Teleron Celular (Rondônia)
- Teleacre Celular (Acre)
- Telemat Celular (Mato Grosso)
- Telems Celular (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- Tele Celular Sul - currently owned by TIM
- Telepar Celular (Paraná)
- Telesc Celular (Santa Catarina)
- CTMR Celular (Pelotas area, Rio Grande do Sul)
