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
Power Corporation of Canada in 2000 with the acquisition of Canada Life, Mackenzie Financial and Putnam Investments. Power Corporation owns 100% of Square Victoria Communications Group and 65.6% of Power Financial Corporation. While it was originally established as an electric utility holding company, the company became a conglomerate with major interests in the finance industry, as well as interests in other business sectors such as communications and renewable energy. The Co-Chief Executive Officers are Paul Desmarais, Jr. and André Desmarais. As a holding company, the officers run the companies through the various Boards. Responsible management has long been a corporate value at Power Corporation.