Vivo, also known as Telefonica Brasil, is a publicly owned company headquartered in Brazil. It is part of the Telefonica Group, a Spanish multinational telecommunications conglomerate. Founded in 1998, the company employs approximately 33,090 individuals and reported $10.5B in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as one of Brazil's telecommunications providers, Vivo specializes in offering a wide range of services including mobile and fixed-line telephony, broadband internet, and television services.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1998

Headcount

35,010

Headquarters

Brazil

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

On October 9, 2026, Brazilian telecommunications regulator Anatel conditionally approved an expanded Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing agreement between TIM Brasil and Vivo. This approval extends 2G network sharing until December 31, 2030, in 2049 municipalities, and grants 4G expansion for 265 new cities until May 2030, with a condition that parties must not deactivate their own infrastructure in locations where they hold a market share above 5 percent. Previously, on September 24, Vivo was among 11 winners, including Claro and TIM, in a Brazilian health connectivity tender to connect 1307 public health clinics, expanding telemedicine and electronic records. Earlier, on September 22, Vivo partnered with Pomerwasser to digitalize sanitation management in Pomerode, a project that will replace approximately 12,000 conventional water meters with smart devices connected to Vivo’s network. This followed Anatel's decision on September 17 to extend Vivo’s license for testing phones that communicate with satellites until April 22, 2029, utilizing Vivo’s own frequencies.

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Vivo (Telefonica Brasil) offers 6 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)'s product portfolio comprises of consumer electronics, telecoms and media and TV services.
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Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)'s revenues were $10.5B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)'s revenue into 6 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services, which represents 58% of Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)'s revenue.
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Examples of Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)'s suppliers include Amdocs, Ericsson and Netcracker Technology.

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