Yearly Archives: 2011

Mobile enterprise battle: Could Microsoft/Nokia threaten RIM’s leadership?

Research in Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry still leads in the enterprise market across Latin America region, but that position could be threatened by upcoming smartphones...

Latin America challenges to develop mobile advertising market

Across Latin America, smartphones and mobile broadband subscribers are growing at a high rate and have in turn driven the mobile strategies of wireless...

India Telecom tracker – Oct. 20, 2011

US-based Qualcomm Inc will be granted an Internet service license, India's Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said. This paves the way for the US company to launch broadband services in the country.

Analyst Angle: Embedded SIMs: hype or threat?

Mobile phones today are virtually unrecognizable from when they were first commercially released 30 years ago. Throughout this incredible period of innovation, the SIM card, the removable card placed in the mobile phone with a chip enabling operators to provide access to their network, has remained virtually unchanged.

RIM unveils PlayBook in Brazil, focused on enterprise market

Six months after its launch in the United States and Canada, the Research In Motion unveiled its PlayBook tablet in Brazil. The company began...

Will Mobile Reinvent Advertising?

At the MMA Forum Latin America RCR Wireless News asked the question "what will the next wave of mobile marketing be?". Check what specialists...

Google gobbles up 21 companies so far this year

Search engine giant Google has been looking for deals in more ways than one this year. The company has made 21 acquisitions, and several...

MMA Forum: Check all stories about Latam edition

At the MMA Forum Latin America RCR Wireless New's Roberta Prescott explored what the next wave of mobile marketing will be. The event took...

Alcatel-Lucent to sell Genesys

Alcatel-Lucent has a binding offer to sell it Genesys business for $1.5 billion in cash to a company owned by Permira, a European private...

Apple posts strong Q4 results, stock slides

Apple saw its position as the world’s most valuable company slip following release of its fourth fiscal quarter financial results that posted significant year-over-year...

TTL unveils growth strategy; integrates all brands under DoCoMo‎

The company has declared that it would leverage its wide range of products and services and reach out to customers with one common brand – Tata DoCoMo – cutting across the CDMA and GSM platforms.

Software startups find favor with venture capitalists in Q3

Investments in software startups dominated the venture capital landscape in the third quarter of 2011, according to data from Thomson Reuters compiled in the...

C Spire to offer iPhone

Rural wireless operator – and recent name changer – C Spire Wireless said it would begin offering Apple’s recently launched iPhone 4S “in the...

Mobile advertising must be content-based

SãO PAULO – The mobile advertising market is expected to see tremendous growth in the coming years, with global revenues expected to increase from...

Zootechnical company Tortuga going mobile to support its growth

Brazilian animal nutrition provider Tortuga has seen a strong response to its mobile initiatives that have helped the company better manage its daily operations....

Tata Tele selects NEC for mobile broadband traffic backhaul

India's Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTL) selected Japanese company NEC's iPasoLink platform for backhauling its mobile broadband traffic.

Motorola pulls name from the past for new Verizon Wireless LTE device

Motorola’s LTE partnership with Verizon Wireless keeps expanding as the device maker today unveiled its latest smartphone that includes a nod to the company’s...

Sprint Nextel scrambles to support iPhone 4S, faces another debt downgrade

Sprint Nextel is betting billions on the iPhone 4S, and now the No. 3 U.S. carrier is answering complaints that the massive data traffic...

América Móvil buys DLA to expand video offer

Carlos Slim's América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) said it had entered into an agreement with Argentina-based Claxson Interactive Group Inc. to acquire content...

Megacabe launches MVNO in Mexico, becomes quad-play

Mexican cable operator Megacable Holdings SAB (MEGA.MX) launched its mobile virtual network operation service through an agreement with the local unit of Spain's Telefonica SA....

NSN launches Facebook app to connect customers to operators

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched its set of self-care applications that uses social media for customers to manage personal telecom services. Taking into account...

Domestic carriers could see iPhone-fueled Q3 lull

With wireless scheduled to start releasing third quarter results in the coming days, analysts have begun to place their cards on the table as...

Broadcast supporters claim new plan will raise $125B for government by 2026

The wireless industry’s attempts to shake loose additional spectrum assets from the federal government could run into a stumbling block as the Coalition For...

Reliance Globalcom boosts capacity to meet ‘bandwidth revolution’

Reliance Globalcom, the Global telecommunications services arm of Reliance Communications, upgraded capacity on Flag Europe Asia and FALCON Cable Systems to over 500 gigabytes....

Carriers agree to alert customers in real time

The Federal Communications Commission says it will require carriers to alert customers who are about to exceed limits on their data or calling plans,...
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