Carlos Raimar Schoeninger
Investor Relations and M&A Director
Mr. Schoeninger holds a master degree in Management from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and has also a post degree in Marketing. He is an expert in the Brazilian telecom industry, with more than 8 years of experience. Actually, Mr. Schoeninger is the Investor Relations and M&A Director of Vivo S.A. and is Board Member of INI – Investors National Institute. He was financial planning and strategic planning Director of Vivo and, before that, of Telefónica Celular.
Company Release - Vivo
Brazilian market leader in cellular telephony, Vivo is the brand of a joint venture between Portugal Telecom and Telefonica, which started in 2002. Covering 2.3 thousand municipalities, the company has the country’s largest network. This coverage reaches 91.4% of the population. Vivo is the only cell phone operator in Brazil to offer a broad range of technological platforms to its customers: CDMA and its 1XRTT and EV-DO, GSM/EDGE and its W-CDMA.
In June 2007, Vivo’s customer base reached more than 40 million customers with a 30.4% market share. The company’s shares are listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and in the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa), and included in the Itel, Ibrx50 and Bovespa Indexes.
VIVO goal is to strengthen its leadership by following a sustainable growth and increased profitability strategy. The Company seeks to implement such strategy as from the selective growth of its customer’s base, the development of new services and taking advantage of growth opportunities. VIVO also benefits from the competitive advantage offered by its wide customers base, recognized brands and skilled executive team.