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Brazil Cellular Company Revenues TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.- Seen by industry analysts as the most attractive of the cellular companies on offer, covers a population of close to 34 million in the country's wealthiest state, Sao Paulo. It says it has tapped four percent of the potential market. Customers: 1.3 billion in Q1. Net operating revenues: 642.2 million reais by May 31. TELEMIG CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Operates in Minas Gerais state, considered by industry analysts among most efficient companies of Telebras system. It says it has tapped 3 percent of the potential market. Current customers: 452,593. Net operating revenues: 514.9 million reais by May 31. TELE CELULAR SUL PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Groups three cellular telephone companies in the southern states of Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul with an estimated population of 14 million. It says it has tapped 3.4 percent of the potential market. Customers: 484,396. Net revenue: $332.4 million by December 1997. TELE SUDESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Groups two cellular companies in Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo states. It says it has tapped 3.73 percent of the potential market. Customers: 598,011. Net revenue: $558.4 million by December 1997. TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Groups six cellular telephone companies in the center-west, covering the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Mato Grosso, Rondonia, Acre and the Federal District. It says it has tapped 2.82 percent of the potential market. Customers: 382,143. Net revenue: $395.3 million by December 1997. TELE NORDESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Groups six companies in the Northeast in the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara and Piaui. It says it has tapped 1.81 percent of the potential market. Current customers: 466,784. Net revenue: $453.5 million by December 1997. TELE NORTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Groups five companies in the northern states of Amazonas, Roraima, Para, Amapa and Maranhao. It says it has tapped 1.51 percent of the potential market. Customers: 207,980. Net revenue: $205.6 million by December 1997. TELE LESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A. - Groups companies in the states of Bahia and Sergipe. It says it has tapped 1.4 percent of the potential market. Customers: 211,673. Net revenue: $209.6 million by December 1997. ((Flavia Pardini, Sao Paulo newsroom +55 11 248 55324, fax 55 11 248 5570, saopaulo.newsroom@reuters.com)) REUTERS *** end of story *** Brian $^)