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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | Companhia de Telecomunicações do Brasil Central (CTBC) |
| Founded | February 15, 1954 |
| Founder | Alexandrino Garcia |
| Headquarters | Uberlândia, Brazil |
Key people | Jean Borges (CEO) |
| Products | Fixed and mobile telephony, Broadband Internet, Pay TV, Voice and data solutions[buzzword], IT, Outsourcing, Videoconferencing, Clear Channel, SMS, IP Traffic and consultant media. |
| Revenue |  R$ 2,2 billion (2015) |
| R$ 116 million (2015) | |
Number of employees | 3,700 (2015) |
| Parent | Grupo Algar |
| Subsidiaries | Algar Celular S/A Algar Multimídia S/A Algar TI Consultoria S/A Algar Mídia S/A CTBC Serviços de Call Center S/A |
| Website | algartelecom.com.br |
Algar Telecom is a Brazilian telecommunications company present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, and in the Federal District as well. The company is the only operator that remained private, even after the creation of Telebrás in the military regime, and it is characterized as the fifth largest company in the telecommunications segment. It serves more than one million and four hundred thousand customers - individuals, micro and small businesses, corporate customers, and carriers.