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Dow Jones Newswires reports that the Brazilian division of Spanish giant Telefonica will consolidate its entire product portfolio under the Vivo brand of its mobile arm, by the end of March 2012. The head of the group’s operations in the country, Antonio Carlos Valente, told reporters: ‘There's a fixed date for the change, and that's the end of the first quarter of 2012.’ Recent changes to Brazil’s regulatory playing field now allow telcos to merge their fixed and mobile operations. Telefonica says it is close to realising this goal, after more than twelve months of corporate restructuring [More]

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