NET (telecommunications)

NET was a Brazilian telecommunications company that offered services such as cable television, broadband internet and telephony. The company's NET TV service (cable TV) had around 5.4 million subscribers as of Q2 2012. NET also operated the broadband Internet service NET Vírtua, with over 9 million subscribers as of Q2 2019 and telephone over cable (under the NET Fone via Embratel name) with more than 2.5 million subscribers. It is owned by Mexican telecom giant América Móvil. On 11 July 2019, the NET brand was absorbed into the Claro brand, already used by América Móvil for its mobile business in Latin America. In early 2020, the NET brand was relaunched into the Claro NET brand, and was later discontinued in 2022. In 2011, Claro, Embratel and NET announced the integration of their networks and services. In 2014, Anatel accepted the merger of the three companies, allowing them to use the same corporate name. In January 2015, Claro incorporated the companies Embratel and NET and became a publicly-held company, with the corporate name "Claro S/A", but maintaining the companies' brands. In July 2019, NET ceased to be an independent brand and became part of Claro's portfolio, giving its name to services aimed at the residential segment. NET's pay TV, telephony and broadband services were incorporated into Claro's portfolio, consolidating the brand's multi-service offering, which was born in Brazil and is now present in several countries. Stores, websites and applications were also updated to facilitate interaction. NET's products and services aimed at small and medium-sized companies were consolidated into Embratel's portfolio. Claro TV was integrated with NET in the pay TV service, thus creating a single service called "Claro NET HD". Later, on 26 May 2022, the service was renamed Claro TV+.