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Telemar Norte Leste SA engages in providing telecommunications services. It operates through the following segments: Fixed Telephony/Data, Mobile Telephony, and Other. The Fixed Telephony/Data segment offers local and long distance voice transmission and data communication services. The Mobile Telephony segment consists of mobile voice, 3G data communication, and additional services, which include messaging services and interactivity. The Other segment covers pay TV services, internet service provider, means of payment, and call center. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BRT Holding 1 SA is engaged in financial investment and shareholding activities. Its interests focus on the telecommunications infrastructure industry. The company was founded on December 29, 2007 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social SA engages in the provision of financing solutions to corporate clients, as well as micro-, small-, and medium-scale enterprises. Through its lending and investment subsidiaries, it is active in the non-reimbursable energy, agricultural, industrial, and civil infrastructure sectors. The company was founded on June 20, 1952 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tele Norte Leste Participações SA offers a range of integrated telecommunication services, whicih include fixed-line and mobile telecommunication services, data transmission services, including broadband access services, ISP services and other services for residential customers, small, medium and large companies, and governmental agencies. The company operates in the following segments: Fixed-Line Services, Mobile Services and Other. The Fixed-Line Services segment includes its local fixed-line services, including public telephones, long-distance services, fixed-line data transmission services, and interconnections to its fixed-line network. The Mobile Services segment includes voice, mobile data communications and other value-added services, and interconnections to its mobile network. The Other segment includes its television services, ISP services, Internet portal, mobile phone payment system and call center. Tele Norte Leste Participações was founded on May 22, 1998 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

GP Investimentos Ltda (GP Investimentos) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of GP Investments Ltd. founded in 1993 by Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira and Roberto Moses Thompson Motta. The firm is headquartered in Milan.