Untitled Document

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 

For the month of September, 2009

Commission File Number 1-14493

VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
VIVO Holding Company
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 
Av. Roque Petroni Jr., no.1464, 6th floor – part, "B"building
04707-000 - São Paulo, SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.  Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  

Yes _______ No ___X____

 

VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-held Company
CNPJ 02.558.074/0001-73   NIRE 35.3.0015879-2


NOTICE TO THE MARKET

3G LICENSE PAYMENT

Vivo Participações S.A. (Vivo) hereby communicates that its subsidiary, Vivo S.A., on this date settled the amount owed to Anatel referring to the following Authorization Instrument and areas listed in the table below.

Instrument Nº

Band

Width MHZ

Region (States)

Authorization Period
(years)

17/2008/SPV-ANATEL

J

10+10

PR and SC

15+15

The effective payment to the regulatory agency, in this date, in the amount of R$ 235,127,988.36, added to the payments already done, settles the majority of the Terms of Authorization, which were signed on April 29, 2008, corresponding to 88.8% of the total value of the 3G licenses.

São Paulo, September 25th, 2009.

Cristiane Barretto Sales
Investor Relations Officer

Av. Chucri Zaidan, 860 – Morumbi – SP – 04583-110
Telephone: +55 11 7420-1172
e-mail: ir@vivo.com.br

 

Information available from website:  http://www.vivo.com.br/ri 

 

 

SIGNATURE
   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 28, 2009

 
VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
By:
/S/ Cristiane Barretto Sales
 
Cristiane Barretto Sales
Investor Relations Officer
 
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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