Embratel

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Embratel Participações SA
Final logo used from 2007 to 2015 and until 2025 as a brand
Formerly	Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações SA (1965-1998)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	16 September 1965; 61 years ago (1965-09-16) (demerger from Telebrás)
Defunct	April 2025; 1 year ago (2025-04)
Fate	Absorbed into Claro Empresas
Successor	Claro Brasil (since 2015)
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Key people	José Formoso Martínez (chairman)
Products	Fixed & Mobile telecommunications Internet services Cable television
Revenue	US$ 9.0 billion (2013)
Net income	US$ 180.0 million (2013)
Number of employees	12,000
Parent	Claro
Subsidiaries	Embratel Star One
Website	embratel.com.br

Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações, known simply as Embratel, was a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. Originally the long distance arm of Telebras, the company was owned by American firm MCI Communications for 2.65 billion reais between Telebras' 1998 break-up and MCI's 2003 dissolution, at which point Mexican telecom giant América Móvil stepped in and renamed it Claro Brasil in 2015.

Embratel is a major player in both voice and data communication in Brazil. The company owns a fully digitized microwave communications and fiber optic networks as well as eight domestic communication satellites. The company is a member of the Intelsat and Inmarsat organizations and it owns four fiber optics submarine cable systems - UNISUR, Americas II, Atlantis-2 and Columbus III. The company was responsible for South America's first telecommunication system, Transdata.

In 2008, Embratel launched its pay TV service. It was named Via Embratel and operates in Ku Band on satellite Star One C2. The service is currently branded Claro TV+ DTH.

Embratel was a sponsor of Bruno Senna and Thomaz Bellucci. Some of the company's equipment is represented on the coat of arms of Tanguá, Brazil.

See also

• Embratel Star One
• List of internet service providers in Brazil

References

External links

• Official website

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