Telesp

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Telesp - Telecomunicações de São Paulo S.A. (Telesp - São Paulo Telecommunications in English) was the telephony operator of the Telebrás system in the Brazilian state of São Paulo,^[1] successor to the CTB,^[2] later incorporating the Companhia de Telecomunicações do Estado de São Paulo (COTESP) and other smaller companies. It remained active from May 1973 until the privatization process in July 1998, when it was acquired by the Spanish company Telefónica, forming Telefônica Brasil,^[3] which in 2012 adopted the Vivo brand for its fixed-line operations.^[4]

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Company type	Sociedade Anônima
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	April 12, 1973 (1973-04-12)
Defunct	July 29, 1998 (1998-07-29)
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Products	Fixed line
Subsidiaries	Telesp Celular (sold to Portugal Telecom in 1998)
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