Net Serviços de Comunicação

Net Serviços de Comunicação SA, (abbreviation: Net) is the largest cable television company in Brazil, based in São Paulo. The company is listed on the financial index IBOVESPA.

Net Serviços de Comunicação has around 6.7 million customers (as of August 2008). The company also operates the Internet service provider Net Virtua 630,000 customers (2006).

The company was founded in 1991, started by the family TV Globo, which is part of the Brazilian family, Roberto Marinho. In March 2005, the company took over Embratel, a subsidiary of the Mexican company Telmex, the majority control of Net Serviços de Comunicação.