Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda., commonly known as Intelig Telecom, was a Brazilian telecommunications company, that offered fixed-line telephony services.[1]
It started operations on 23 January 2000, bringing for the first time concurrence on the long distance and international phone service. Local operations started in September 2003 and 2 years later, they launched a free dial-up Internet service, the InteligWeb. With an investment of R$2,8 billions, it started to build its infrastructure in 1999, even before entering operations. They have more than 16 thousand kilometers of fiber-optics in their network. Their headquarters are in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2009, it was bought by Italian-Brazilian operator TIM Brasil, joining the two codes: 23:41, with the impetus to compete primarily with national Oi, using the codes 31 and 14 (former Brasil Telecom), beyond Embratel/Claro, Vivo