Telefonica, the incumbent local exchange carrier for São Paulo State, began Tuesday, May 6, to offer fixed-line service in the following cities in six other states: Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), Curitiba (Paraná), Aracaju (Sergipe), Vitória (Espírito Santo), Florianópolis (Santa Catarina), and Duque de Caixas, Nova Iguaçu and São Gonçalo (Rio de Janeiro). Extending its footprint in basic public services is a condition of the permit granted by ANATEL for Telefonica to operate outside the area it was originally licensed to cover as an ILEC.
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