Our history

• We won Exame magazine’s Best Company of the Year award.
• Our B2B and B2C customer structure now has 82,300 km of optical fiber in 367 cities 16 states and the Federal District.
• Our franchise program reached 79 cities.
• We adhered to the 10 commitments of the Forum on Companies and LGBTI+ Rights.
• Our launch of Web Protection (digital security solution for SMEs) got 5,000 activations in the period.
• We officially adopted our hybrid Remote Work Policy for all regions in which we operate.

• We expanded Algar Franquias operations to reach 65 localities and 9 clusters in our concession area.
• Algar Franquias was Brazil’s first telecom company to franchise end-to-end operations.
• We acquired Smart Telecomunicações’ assets in Recife.
• We splited off the Telecom and Tech – BPO/IT Managementbusinesses.
• We expanded BRAIN’s performance by opening branches in São Paulo and Recife.
• We started our Estação project for disruptive solutions to be developed in a more agile manner.
• We acquired assets from Cemig Telecom to drive our geographic expansion, mainly in the Northeast.
• We started operating in Brazil’s Northeast region and built a metro-region network in Fortaleza (CE).
• We started operations for the Monet submarine cable connecting Praia Grande (Brazil) to Boca Raton (USA).
• We brought in Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund (GIC) as a new shareholder.
• We adhered to the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative.
• We participated as founding member of the BRAIN private science and technology institute.
• We launched our 4G service (700 MHz frequency). We partnered with Nokia to expand the offer of 4G mobile services on the 1800 MHz frequency.
• In 2015, we acquired Optitel, which covers 237 cities in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
• We bought the 700 MHz frequency band to provide 4G/LTE services.
• We expanded Band

• We changed our company name from CTBC to Algar Telecom.
• We went public and placed our first public debenture issue.
• We purchased our 3G license and launched the service.
• We renewed our concession awards for another 20 years.
• We acquired a metro region network in the city of São Paulo (SP).
• We started offering Internet access.
• We were authorized to expand landline telephony and data services nationwide.
• We added long distance calls to our portfolio.

• We built our first optical fiber network.
• We launched mobile telephony in our coverage area.
• We started offering paid TV in Araguari (MG) and Uberlândia (MG).
• We started Contact Center operations in Uberlândia (MG). We invested in multimedia.

• We expanded our offer of services to cover Brazil’s heartland.

• We retained private control at a time when most telephony service providers were under Brazilian government control.

• We expanded our business to one thousand lines in Uberlândia (MG).
• We set up the intercity service with 24 channels via radio.
• The phone company of Patos de Minas (MG) was merged into our company.
• We pioneered the use of microwave systems in the countryside of Brazil.

Our history started in 1954, at Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, when Alexandrino Garcia founded CTBC, now Algar Telecom.