Vivo (telecommunications) region Vivo owns the following brands: Vivo (telecommunications) Vivo (, Portuguese for "alive"), is a brand of Telefônica Brasil, the largest telecommunications company in Brazil. It is headquartered both in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The company was originally formed as part of Telebrás, the state-owned telecom monopoly at the time. In 1998, Telebrás was demerged and privatized. Telefónica bought Telesp, the São Paulo division, and rebranded it to Telefónica. On 15 April 2012, all Telefonica services were rebranded again to Vivo, using the same strategy of unifying all its services in a unique brand, like Movistar (Hispanic America
Restaurant Brands Restaurant Brands Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited, trading as Restaurant Brands is a New Zealand fast food company. Restaurant Brands operates and owns the master franchising rights for the Carl's Jr., KFC, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks brands in New Zealand. Restaurant Brands operates most of New Zealand's stores for the brands they own rights to and provides management and support services to New Zealand's independent franchisees of the remaining stores. Restaurant Brands was formed to acquire shares in KFC and Pizza Hut from PepsiCo. It acquired KFC in 1989 and Pizza Hut in 1995. The company originally purchased 122 stores,