Eletropaulo Telecomunicações Ltda. provides telecommunications services and infrastructure in the Greater São Paulo area. In the beginning the company was a part of the energy distribution company AES Eletropaulo, then it realized it could succeed providing telecom services for the general market. The company was founded in 1998 and was based in São Paulo. In 2010, it was merged with AES Com Rio de Janeiro to create AES Atimus . AES Atimus was sold to TIM Brasil in 2011 for $1 bi.