TIM Participacoes is holding company. Through its subsidiaries in various telecommunications markets throughout Brazil, Co. operates mobile, fixed and long distance telephony, data transmission and ultra-broadband (speeds of more than 34 MB per second, or Mbps) services. Co. offers extensive data coverage throughout Brazil, with Co.'s general packet radio services technology, or GPRS, covering 100% of Co.'s coverage area and Co.'s EDGE technology reached almost 95% of Co.'s coverage area, in addition to Co.'s 3G and 4G network covering approximately 89% and 74%, respectively, of the urban population of Brazil.