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COMPANY PROFILE

TIM Participações S.A. is a holding company, in Brazil to offering mobile cellular service throughout the Brazilian territory, by means of its subsidiaries TIM Celular S.A. and TIM Nordeste S.A..

TIM Participações ended the 1Q09 with 36.1 million clients and a market share of 23.5%.

Consolidated Operating Data

  1Q09 4Q08 3Q08 4Q07 Chg Chg
QoQ YoY
Estimate Population in the Region (million) 190.9 193.1 192.4 190.5 0.34% 1.37%
Municipalities Served - GSM  2,772 2,768 2,765 2,655 0.11% 4.26%
Brazilian Wireless Subscriber Base (million) 153.7 150.6 140.8 121.0 7.00% 24.52%
Estimated Total Penetration  80.5% 78% 73% 64% 4,86 p.p. 14,50 p.p.
Market Share  23.49% 24.16% 25.01% 25.83% -0,84 p.p. -1,67 p.p.
Total Lines  36,096 36,402 35,206 31,254 3.40% 16.47%
   Prepaid  29,923 29,832 28,386 24,483 5.09% 21.85%
   Postpaid  6,174 6,571 6,820 6,771 -3.66% -2.95%
Gross Additions 3,836 4,674 4,573 4,576 2.21% 2.14%
Net Additions  -306 1,196 1,392 2,094 -14.05% -42.89%
Churn  11.4% 9.8% 9.4% 8.5% 0,44 p.p. -1,33 p.p.
TOTAL ARPU  R$ 26.0 R$ 29.9 R$ 29.7 R$ 34.5 0.83% -13,23%
TOTAL MOU  70 86 101 106 -14.40% -18.92%
Investment (R$ million) 194 782 511 1,007 53.21% -22.31%
Employees  10,212 10,296 10,173 10,043 1.21% 2.52%

TIM Participações’ shares are traded at São Paulo (Bovespa) and at New York Stock Exchanges (NYSE), the control of which pertains to TIM Brasil Serviços e Participações S.A., a company of Telecom Italia Group.

Its current corporate structure was originated after the merger of TIM Celular shares into TIM Participações, approved in Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 16, 2006.

TIM Participações operates under a segmented approach, developing tailored products in accordance with its clients’ needs and achieving a superior performance on client acquisition, focusing on high-value users.

Last Update on June 25, 2009.

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