Sabrina Craide        Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – Twenty states in Brazil (out of 26), along with the Federal District, now have more cell phones than inhabitants. Overall, Brazil now has 116.5 cell phones per each 100 persons.

Brasilia (Federal District) has the highest ratio of cell phones to inhabitant (“teledensidade”), almost two per inhabitant, at 198.7 cell phones per each 100 inhabitants.

The number of cell phones in Brazil passed 227 million in September, with more than 24 million new ones going into operation just this year, an increase of over 12%, compared to 2010.

Most cell phones in Brazil are prepaid (over 81%) and around 67% of all cell phones are 3G.

The mobile phone market in Brazil is run by Vivo (29.49% of the market), Tim (26.04%), Claro (25.3%), Oi (18.84%), CTBC (0.3%) and Sercomtel (0.03%).

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

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