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 July, 2016
Commission File Number 001-14491
 

 
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 
Avenida João Cabral de Melo Neto, nº 850, Torre Norte, 12º andar – Sala 1212,
Barra da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 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____

TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 02.558.115/0001-21
Corporate Registry (NIRE): 33 300 276 963

NOTICE ABOUT RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. ("Company") (BMF&BOVESPA: TIMP3; NYSE: TSU), in compliance with CVM Instruction nº552/14, hereby informs that on July 27, 2016 it was celebrated the related party transactions as below:


Name of the Related-Party: Italtel Brasil Ltda. 
Transaction Date: 07/27/2016  
Value Involved (Reais): R$2,599,840.59
Balance Remaining (Reais): N/A            
Total (Reais): N/A          
Duration: 07/01/2016 until 12/31/2016 
Loan or another type of debt: N/A        
Interest rate charged: N/A        
Contract object: Development and implementation professional services, for the treatment of operational demands from network and interconnection services associated to the structures of mobile and fixed networks from TIM Celular with specialized platforms under production.
Warranty or insurance: Bank guarantee letter: N/A
Financial guarantee on contract:  N/A
Insurance: The Agreement provides that the contractor must maintain compulsory insurance that ensure and protect from risks inherent to the services under the contract, against any kind of damage and/or injury caused to the contractor and/or third parties, whether to order material and/or personnel and/or legal and/or financial which shall have effect until the completion and/or issuance of the Final Acceptance Agreement by the contractor, whichever occurs last. Insurance must meet the rules of Brazilian law.
Rescission or extinction: The agreement provides various dissolution possibilities, among which, assignment of rights, bankruptcy, acts that affect the reliability and morality of TIM, among others. In any termination event the hired company shall only be entitled to payment for services actually rendered, not being owed any compensation.
Nature and reason for the operation: The hiring of this supplier is necessary in view of the fact that the present solution is proprietary and of his technological domain.
Relationship with the issuing: Company has business relationships with other companies from Telecom Italia group.


Name of the Related-Party: Italtel Brasil Ltda. 
Transaction Date: 07/27/2016  
Value Involved (Reais): R$511,237.14
Balance Remaining (Reais): N/A            
Total (Reais): N/A          
Duration: 07/01/2016 until 06/31/2017 
Loan or another type of debt: N/A        
Interest rate charged: N/A        
Contract object: Specialized professional services supply, that aim to optimize the characteristics of resilience and security applied to Backbone IP.

Warranty or insurance: Financial guarantee contract: Not applicable
Insurance: The Agreement provides that the contractor must maintain compulsory insurance that ensure and protect from risks inherent to the services under the contract, against any kind of damage and/or injury caused to the contractor and/or third parties, whether to order material and/or personnel and/or legal and/or financial which shall have effect until the completion and/or issuance of the Final Acceptance Agreement by the contractor, whichever occurs last. Insurance must meet the rules of Brazilian law.
Rescission or extinction: The agreement provides various dissolution possibilities, among which, assignment of rights, bankruptcy, acts that affect the reliability and morality of TIM, among others. In any termination event the hired company shall only be entitled to payment for services actually rendered, not being owed any compensation.
Nature and reason for the operation: Italtel is one of the key integrator partners of CISCO IP solutions in Brazilian market.
The hiring of this supplier is necessary in view of the fact that the present solution is a CISCO property and of its technological domain.
Relationship with the issuing: Company has business relationships with other companies from Telecom Italia group.


Name of the Related-Party: Italtel Brasil Ltda. 
Transaction Date: 07/27/2016  
Value Involved (Reais): R$4,467,206.00
Balance Remaining (Reais): N/A            
Total (Reais): N/A          
Duration: 07/01/2016 until 06/31/2017 
Loan or another type of debt: N/A        
Interest rate charged: N/A        
Contract object: Services and material supply to meet the demand of regulatory requirements (related to the 9th digit implementation) and decommissioning of NORTEL and CISCO MGX 8880 platforms in view of technological obsolescence condition, regarding mobile and fixed networks structures.
Warranty or insurance: Financial guarantee contract: Not applicable
Insurance: The Agreement provides that the contractor must maintain compulsory insurance that ensure and protect from risks inherent to the services under the contract, against any kind of damage and/or injury caused to the contractor and/or third parties, whether to order material and/or personnel and/or legal and/or financial which shall have effect until the completion and/or issuance of the Final Acceptance Agreement by the contractor, whichever occurs last. Insurance must meet the rules of Brazilian law.
Rescission or extinction: The agreement provides various dissolution possibilities, among which, assignment of rights, bankruptcy, acts that affect the reliability and morality of TIM, among others. In any termination event the hired company shall only be entitled to payment for services actually rendered, not being owed any compensation.
Nature and reason for the operation: The hiring of this supplier is necessary in view of the fact that the present solution is proprietary and of his technological domain.
Relationship with the issuing: Company has business relationships with other companies from Telecom Italia group.

Rio de Janeiro, July 28, 2016.

TIM Participações S.A.
Rogério Tostes
Investor Relations Officer


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.

  TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.  
       
Date: July 28, 2016 By: /s/ Rogério Tostes  
 
    Name: Rogério Tostes  
    Title: IRO  

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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