By Rogerio Jelmayer 
 

SAO PAULO--The volume of active mobile phones dropped in Brazil in September compared with the previous month while market leader Telefonica Brasil SA (VIV, VIVT4.BR), also known as Vivo, lost market share during the period, telecommunications regulator Anatel said late Wednesday.

The total number of mobile phone users in Brazil declined to 268.27 million in September from 268.44 million in August, Anatel said. In the period, a total of 173,600 mobile phones were deactivated.

Vivo, which is controlled by Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC), lost market share in the period. Vivo's market share ended September at 28.56%, down from 28.71% in the previous month.

TIM Participacoes, the second-largest company in terms of clients, kept its market share at 27.17%. TIM is the local unit of Telecom Italia SpA (TI, TIT.MI).

In the meantime, Claro, the local unit of Mexico's America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX), was the only one to gain ground during the period. It ended September with a share of 25.14% compared with 25% in August.

Local company Oi SA (OIBR4.BR) remained fourth with 18.64%.

Write to Rogerio Jelmayer at rogerio.jelmayer@dowjones.com

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