NET (telecommunications)

NET
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded12 December 1991 (1991-12-12)
Defunct11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)
FateAbsorbed into Claro in 2019 and later relaunched into Claro NET in early 2020
SuccessorClaro NET
Headquarters,
Brazil
Key people
José Félix, (Chairman)
ProductsCable television, broadband internet, VoIP
Number of employees
12,000
ParentClaro (América Móvil)
Websitenet.com.br

NET was a Brazilian telecommunications company that offered services such as cable television, broadband internet and telephony. The company's NET TV service (cable TV) had around 5.4 million subscribers as of Q2 2012.[1] NET also operated the broadband Internet service NET Vírtua, with over 9 million subscribers as of Q2 2019[2] and telephone over cable (under the NET Fone via Embratel name) with more than 2.5 million subscribers. It is owned by Mexican telecom giant América Móvil. On 11 July 2019, the NET brand was absorbed into the Claro brand, already used by América Móvil for its mobile business in Latin America. In early 2020, the NET brand was relaunched into the Claro NET brand, and was later discontinued in 2022.

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