Sales of optical networking equipment could reach $20 billion by 2017, a 5% compound annual growth rate, driven by new data center demands, said Ovum. The firm forecasts that Latin …
Following its holding company’s rebranding strategy, the CTBC name will be changed to Algar Telecom in the near future. It will be a very delicate move, and the most challenging thing the …
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. As mobile data and voice …
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. Much is made of cloud …
Headquartered in Uberlândia, a city with 600,000 residents in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Algar Telecom is the biggest part of the Algar Group, a private, family-owned company that …
Anatel is lifting the ban on new sales that it imposed last month on three carriers whose service was found to be unacceptable. The agency says it will keep a close eye on service quality, and that fines or a new suspension could result if quality does not improve.
Colombia’s public telecom operator, UNE EPM, has secured a loan of up to approximately U.S.$224 million (400 billion COP). The carrier signed a 10-year credit with a disbursement period ending January …
There are thousands of Internet service providers (ISPs) across Brazil. Many of them focus on providing inhabitants of small cities with Internet access. Their job is huge, since Brazil is …
Alcatel-Lucent has long claimed that femtocells and metrocells can boost wireless networks, but this time, it seems that carriers are also betting on the technology. According to Osvaldo di Campli, Alcatel-Lucent’s president …
The Brazilian telecom Grupo Oi reported a second-quarter drop in its net income of U.S.$31.23 million (R$64 million) in 2Q12, which is much less than the U.S.$169.2 million (R$346 million) …
Spanish telecom giant Telefónica could move its Latin American headquarters from Madrid to São Paulo. Although rumors say the move is planned, a Telefónica Brazil spokesperson explained to RCR Wireless …
Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit announced that its second quarter net revenue grew 7% year over year to U.S.$2.23 billion(R$4.547 billion). Total gross revenues were U.S.$3.28 billion (R$6.7 billion), 10.2% more than 2Q11 …
There is no deadline set for ending the suspension of three Brazilian carriers that have been prohibited from selling new mobile services since July 23. Both the minister of communication …
Brazilian NET Serviços, owned by América Móvil, plays an important role for the company by selling triple play services (fixed broadband, pay-TV and wireline phone). América Móvil attributes its Brazilian …
Chile’s Secretary of Telecommunications (Subtel) announced that carriers paid about $12.26 million to buy licenses to deploy LTE across the country. Subtel made 120 megahertz in the 2.6 GHz band …
The municipal-owned company Empresas Municipales de Cali (Emcali) has been granted the concession and license to provide subscription TV service. With this license, Emcali will join the so-called “triple play” …
MIAMI — During last week’s NetEvents Americas Press & Summit, two North American vendors said that the recent decision by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel to suspend three wireless carriers from selling new …
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While TIM Brasil has been facing a challenging time since Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel suspended the company from selling mobile services in 19 states, Franco Bernabè, the CEO of Telecom Italia, TIM’s parent …
After Spain-based Telefónica released its financial results and canceled dividends, its biggest competitor in the Latin American market, América Móvil, (AMX) reported a 45.5% drop in second-quarter net income compared to 1Q211. América …
Although mobile virtual network operators were launched in Latin America about four years ago, they have become hot topics again since Brazil released new regulations, and Virgin Mobile announced—and actually …
MIAMI — “After the classical network and the Internet, we need a third network that combines the best of both PSTN and the Internet,” said Nan Chen, the president of …
MIAMI – Software-defined networking (SDN) has been around for a while, but its future was as a hot topic during this week’s NetEvents Americas Press & Summit, held in Miami. …
Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware (NYSE: VMW), announced this week that it will pay $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million in assumed unvested equity awards to acquire Nicira, …
As near field communications becomes standard, the NFC retail payments market is expected to exceed $180 billion globally by 2017, more than a seven-fold increase over 2012, according to a new …
