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Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A.
Rua Humberto De Campos
425-8 Andar Leblon
Rio De Janeiro, RJ 22430-190
Brazil - Map
Phone: 55 21 3131 1314
Fax: 55 21 3131 1155
Web Site: http://www.telemar.com.br

DETAILS   
Index Membership: N/A
Sector: Technology
Industry: Telecom Services - Foreign
Full Time Employees: 9,936


BUSINESS SUMMARY   
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services primarily in North America, Europe, Asia, and Brazil. It operates in two segments, Fixed-line Telecommunications and Mobile Telecommunications. The Fixed-line Telecommunications segment provides fixed-line telecommunications services, including local services, intraregional long-distance services, inter-regional and international long-distance services, and fixed-line to mobile network services. This segment also provides traffic transportation, network usage, public telephone, and data transmission services, including asymmetric digital subscriber line, transmission, dedicated line service, Internet service provider, Internet protocol, switching packs and frame relay, and other data transmission services. The Mobile Telecommunications segment offers mobile telecommunication services under the �Oi' brand name primarily in Region I, which comprises the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara, Piaui, Maranhao, Para, Amazonas, Roraima, and Amapa in Brazil. Tele Norte Leste also engages in the sale of mobile handsets and accessories. It primarily serves residential, corporate, and mobile customers. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
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