SAO PAULO, Brazil-South American carrier Vivo announced a series of new partnerships with vendors including Convergys Corp., Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. Vivo is a joint venture of Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles SA and counts 28 million customers in Brazil.
Vivo announced it would use equipment from Motorola and Nortel to expand its CDMA 1x and EV-DO network throughout its coverage area. Separately, the carrier also announced a deal with Convergys for professional and consulting services. Convergys will provide software configuration, development, integration and subscriber data migration.
