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Our Story

Our story started in 1954, when Alexandrino Garcia founded CTBC, now Algar Telecom. His idea was to facilitate communications for people living in regions considered remote at the time. As time went by, the Company grew, acquired municipal concessions in neighboring cities and eventually became a Telecom services provider, covering the whole country. Some more details on our story.

Year of 1954

  • Our story began in 1954, in the city of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, when Alexandrino Garcia founded CTBC, now Algar Telecom.

Decade of 1960

  • We expanded operations to 1,000 lines in Uberlândia (MG);
  • We set up an intercity service, with 24 channels via radio;
  • We incorporated the phone company of Patos de Minas (MG);
  • We pioneered the use of a microwave system in the countryside of Brazil.

Decade of 1970

  • We remained under private control at a time when most telephony companies were taken over by the Brazilian government.

Decade of 1980

  • We expanded the range of our services in the countryside of Brazil.

Decade of 1990

  • We built the first fiber optic network;
  • We launched the mobile telephony in our operating segment;
  • We began offering paid TV in Araguari (MG) and Uberlândia (MG);
  • We invested in multimedia;
  • We started the contact center operations in Uberlândia (MG).

Decade of 2000

  • We added long-distance calls to our portfolio;
  • We received an authorization to expand our landline services countrywide;
  • We started providing internet access;
  • We started offering data center services;
  • We purchased a metropolitan network in the city of São Paulo (SP);
  • We renewed our concession agreements for a further 20 years;
  • We purchased a 3G license and started providing services;
  • We became a listed company with our first public issue of debentures;
  • We changed our name from CTBC to Algar Telecom.

Years of 2010-2014

  • Algar Tech became international, expanding in Latin America;
  • We launched satellite TV;
  • We introduced the H Band (3G) into 19 more cities in Minas Gerais and expanded our retail operations;
  • We acquired Synos and Asyst;
  • We launched our Big Data offer;
  • We purchased the 700 MHz frequency to provide 4G/LTE services;

Year of 2015

  • We acquired Optitel, giving us coverage of 237 cities in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul;
  • We have partnered with Nokia to expand the 4G mobile services offer at the frequency of 1800 MHz;
  • We were the first company to have a data center in Latin America powered by photovoltaic solar energy.

Year Of 2016

  • We launched the 4G service (700 MHz frequency);
  • We launched our prototype project Cidades Conectadas (“Connected Cities”), an initiative intended to foster ideas, solutions and innovations related to public services;
  • We started BPO/IT operations in Mexico.

Year Of 2017

  • We were a founding member of Brain, a private institute of science and technology;
  • We joined the Global Compact, an initiative of the United Nations.

Year of 2018

  • We welcomed GIC (Singapore Sovereign Fund) as shareholder of the Company;
  • We began operations with a submarine cable, connecting Praia Grande (Brazil) to Boca Raton (USA), which we started to build in 2014;
  • We started operating in the Brazilian Northeast and established a metropolitan network in Fortaleza (CE);
  • We acquired Cemig Telecom’s assets, contributing to the geographic expansion, mainly in the Northeast;
  • We started the project ‘Estação’ to foster a faster development of disruptive solutions.
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