The story of the financially troubled, Honduran government-owned telecommunications company, Hondutel (also known as Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones), is not finished. While seeking new investments to be competitive in the …
Nextel Communications’ 3G network launch in Brazil, which has been expected for some time, may happen before the end of this year. The company confirmed to RCR Wireless News that “Nextel is …
After acquiring Haiti’s Voilà last April, Digicel released it plans to complete the integration of the network by Oct. 15, which will include the elimination of the Voilà brand. Be …
Major leadership changes were announced this week at the Colombian telecommunications regulator (CRC) and the Spanish telecom operator Telefónica. CRC’s executive director, Carlos Andrés Rebellón, has resigned his position. He …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. We …
Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SelectMinds, a provider of cloud-based social talent sourcing and corporate alumni management applications. This acquisition follows Oracle’s previous asset …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Latin America …
Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, signed a law that creates incentives for technological innovation, establishes programs to support broadband network installation and restores digital inclusion projects in the country’s public schools. …
With the proliferation of mobile devices in the workplace, IT teams need to set policies to address employees’ use of personal smartphones, tablets and computers as corporate devices. The increasing …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. According to the Criminal Intelligence …
Azteca Comunicaciones Colombia tapped Alcatel-Lucent to help with the installation and operation of a national fiber optic telecommunications network designed to benefit people in 753 municipalities. Financial terms of the …
Following recent investments in the machine-to-machine space, mobile advertising and in a fund to detect and finance new businesses, Spanish mobile phone operator Telefónica is now jumping into augmented reality …
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Columbus International Inc. announced that it has officially obtained approval to acquire TeleBarbados Inc. and enter the Barbados telecommunications market. With this approval, Columbus aims to introduce two services to …
“By 2020, there will be chips everywhere because chips will cost a penny. After 2020, it will be the post-silicon era, with quantum computing.” This is how theoretical physicist and …
Smartphones are hot in Brazil. While the total mobile phone market dropped 16% in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period of 2011, smartphone sales rose 77%. …
Increased smartphone and tablet penetration is enhancing social business usage as people can communicate from wherever they are, according to social business system provider Jive Software. “There is a transformation …
Big data has reached telecom operators, and wireless carriers have to look to adding intelligence in their networks, going beyond the traditional business intelligence systems. However, in Latin America, carriers …
Worldwide enterprises have been impacted by the bring-your-own-device trend. Of course, Apple’s new devices are not the only cause, but the company has definitely contributed substantially to the phenomenon. When …
The telecommunications world is not without the phenomenal power of marketing, especially if the models being promoted are located thousands of miles away. It is for this reason that in private,
Internet penetration in Chile reached 53.61% of all households, according to the secretary of telecommunications (Subtel). The agency also announced that Internet penetration per capita jumped from 13% in December …
Chilean mobile telephone operator Entel announced on Tuesday that it has received a $400 million loan from a syndicate of international banks led by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi with the …
The Spanish group Telefónica has taken one more step to develop the machine-to-machine (M2M) business. The telecom operator announced a joint investment with La Caixa in addFleet, a company specialized …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In today’s world of high …
Latin American mobile network operators (MNOs) have joined together to launch a data roaming transparency plan that will provide consumers greater visibility of their roaming charges and mobile data usage …
