What Local SIM card for Brazil

[nicofars]

Can you recomend any local Sim card to buy once I arrive to Brazil,
I want to avoid expensive roaming specially as I will have to call Brazil-to-Brazil landline and to Brazil-mobiles to,
thanks for any tip.

[samaron]

Try teleco.com.br, onze you are there.
You can find it in every shops or minstores.
How long you are staying there?

[vicobh]

There try Claro or TIM (telecon italia mobile), depends where are you going...

[jubanet]

TIM - www.tim.com.br (I think the best option)
CLARO - www.claro.com.br

[nicofars]

in Rio Grande du Sul, then Salvador,
I know I may get 2 different ones as the cost between region is a lot.

[vicobh]

I don't know if Claro is present in Salvador. You can use TIM in the whole country.

[jubanet]

the best choice is TIM

Salvador http://www.timmaxitel.com.br/

Rio Grande do Sul http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O5,00.html

Coverage Map
http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O10O1230,00.html

for Salvador, choose BA in ESTADO
for Rio Grande do Sul, choose RS in ESTADO

then you get the cities

Claro coverage (in english)
http://www.claro.com.br/portal/popRoamingInternacional.jsp

[beangraff]

I had no trouble with Vivo but the big problem for me was finding someone with a Brazilian national ID number to register the numbers for me. Also the prepaid was pretty expensive something like 2 Rias per minute. I would recommend getting a monthly agreement for prepaid.