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14-610: The city is the seat of the Government Region of Itapetininga, made up of twelve other municipalities: Alambari , Angatuba , Boituva , Campina do Monte Alegre , Capela do Alto , Cerquilho , Cesário Lange , Guareí , Quadra, São Miguel Arcanjo , Sarapuí and Tatuí , which together have more than 520 thousand inhabitants. It is situated in the southern part of the state, and is known as cidade das escolas , meaning city of schools in Portuguese . Itapetininga developed along with

28-427: Is famous for working on the tabletop RPG "O Círculo de Fogo", as concept artist and illustrator. He also works as a freelancer, and is possibly part of the group "Os The Boys", that is commonly mistaken for the terrorist group. This geographical article relating to the state of São Paulo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alambari Alambari is a Brazilian municipality located in

42-479: The Sorocaba town - 12 leagues - that was corresponding to a journey of a troop. About 1760, a group of Portuguese, led by Domingos José Vieira, left the first nucleus (today, district of Porto) and formed another, in a high place and surrounded by two streams. At this time there was an argument between two nucleuses that wanted to be elevated to the condition of town. The results: on April 17, 1770, Simão Barbosa Franco

56-454: The "tropeirismo" (Trooping), as a resting point of the cattle dealers, who were mounting groups and villages for the landing, before they travel towards the South. The first nucleus of cattle dealers in the region of Itapetininga appeared in 1724, when it was discovered that the pasture in the region was abundant and the land was fertile for planting. To these factors there was added up the distance to

70-467: The city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo . In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable). Influent illustrator and comic artist from Itapetininga, he

84-506: The joint venture New operations in the Northeast region The Vivo brand was launched on 13 April 2003, as a mobile phone service provider. It's the largest provider in Brazil with over 76 million users. It originated from the merger of several Brazilian mobile phone operations under a joint-venture owned equally by Portugal Telecom (PT) and Spain's Telefónica . Until 2006, the group

98-404: The new parish, Priest Inácio of Araújo Ferreira. It is in this date that was agreed to commemorate the anniversary of the municipality. Besides Simão Barbosa Franco and Domingos José Vieira, an Itu town citizen. Salvador de Oliveira Leme (-nicknamed Sarutayá )- has been included among the historical founders of the municipality, since he was the second captain-mor of Itapetininga (the first one

112-512: The only CDMA network. For some years, GSM and CDMA networks coexisted. In the second half of the 2000s, the CDMA network was gradually converted to CDMA2000 in the major cities. The CDMA network was discontinued in November 2012. In 2012, the fixed services in the state of São Paulo were rebranded from Telefónica to Vivo, unifying the brands for fixed and mobile services since then. Vivo owns

126-537: The state of São Paulo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vivo (telecommunications company) Vivo ( Portuguese for 'Live', as in Live Broadcasting, or 'Alive'), known as Vivo Brazil, is a brand of Telefônica Brasil , a subsidiary of Telefónica and the largest telecommunications company in Brazil. It is headquartered in the Brooklin Novo neighborhood of São Paulo . The company

140-604: The state of São Paulo . It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba . The population is 6,129 (2020 est.) in an area of 159.60 km . The municipality was established in 1993. In telecommunications, the city was served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo . In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable). This geographical article relating to

154-550: Was Domingos José Vieira). The emancipation of the Town of Itapetininga happened in 1852, through the Law nº 11, on July 7, 1852. The law granted judicial autonomy, thus creating to judicature of Itapetininga. The town, however, only became a municipality, in fact, on March 13, 1855 with the name of Itapetininga. The holy patron of Itapetininga is Our Lady of the Pleasures . In telecommunications,

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168-558: Was composed of six holding companies which, as announced in November 2005, merged into a single holding company, "Vivo Participações". The operation was concluded on 22 February 2006. In July 2010, Telefónica bought PT's shares. Today Vivo operates an UMTS , 3G networks and bands 1, 7, 3, 28 4G LTE in most Brazilian cities. Initially, the network was based on analog AMPS ( IS-95 ) and parts (resulting from acquisition of other companies), using TDMA ( IS-136 ). These were all converted to GSM beginning in 2006, when, after years being

182-406: Was nominated to establish and administering the new village, and so was left to him the choice of the principal nucleus. Historians tell that a "marching" mule, offered as a present to Simão Barbosa Franco, guaranteed the victory to Domingos José Vieira. The town of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres de Itapetininga was officially created on November 5, 1770, when a solemn mass was celebrated by the vicar of

196-620: Was originally formed as part of Telebrás , the state-owned telecom monopoly at the time. In 1998, Telebrás was demerged and privatized . Telefónica bought Telesp, the São Paulo division, and rebranded it to Telefónica. On 15 April 2012, all Telefónica services were rebranded again to Vivo, using the same strategy of unifying all its services in a unique brand, like Movistar (Hispanic America and Spain) and O 2 (rest of Europe). The following operators merged to form Vivo: Owned by Telefónica Owned by Portugal Telecom Acquired by

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