One day ahead of schedule, Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2012. The company also announced that it will cancel …
Peru’s ProInversión, which is an agency tasked with the promotion of private investments in the country, has again postponed the spectrum auction for the provision of public telecommunication services. The …
After a Brazilian court denied TIM Brasil’s request to overturn telecom regulator Anatel’s suspension of its mobile service sales, the local unit of mobile phone carrier Telecom Italia presented its 800-page action …
Peru’s telecommunications investment agency, Osiptel, has proposed a measure to promote broadband development and the construction of a national fiber optic backbone. It aims to provide high-speed Internet access to …
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. Brazilian …
The latest “State of Mobile Advertising” report from Opera Software found that business and finance generate more revenue per impression than any other publishing category. The report also shows that …
The three Brazilian telecom operators suspended from selling new mobile services by telecom regulator Anatel have to present action plans within 30 days detailing future investments to improve their services. …
More than two months after TIM Brasil CEO Luca Luciani resigned his position in the wake of allegations that parent company Telecom Italia exaggerated its customer base through irregular SIM card …
Industry observers are questioning whether Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel was too severe when it prohibited three of the nation’s largest wireless carriers from selling new lines. Starting today, July 23, Telecom Italia’s …
It was rumored on Friday that the French group Vivendi is considering selling its Brazilian telecom unit, GVT. The news service Reuters cited sources familiar with the issue, and noted that the sale …
At the Connect Americas Summit held by The International Telecomunication Union this week in Panama, leaders from Latin America and the Carribean called for a $53 billion commitment to increase …
Back in 2009, Sunbelt Rentals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashtead Group and one of the largest equipment rental companies in the United States, decided to introduce iPhones to its sales …
Fallout has begun following the decision by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel to suspend mobile line sales by a handful of carriers in some states due to poor service quality and customer complaints. …
Oracle announced plans to acquire substantially all of the assets of Skire, a provider of capital program management and facilities management applications available both in the cloud and on-premise. Terms …
The machine-to-machine market is poised for the biggest transformation in its 10-year history due to the adoption of cloud-based solutions for M2M applications, according to the latest research report from …
Changes in the leadership at big tech companies were announced this week. Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) appointed former Google executive Marissa Mayer as president, CEO and member of the board of directors. …
Brazil‘s telecommunication regulator Anatel, announced yesterday that it has suspended sales in some states by three mobile phone companies —TIM, the Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia; América Móvil’s Claro; and the …
One of the direct consequences of number portability are the benefits it provides users. Since the adoption of number portability in Chile last January, the country’s Department of Telecommunications (Subtel) said prices …
“Mobile computing offers new challenges, but they are less about infrastructure and more about people. Mobile devices can carry a huge security risk,” said RSA executive chairman, Art Coviello, at the beginning …
Thirteen Latin American mobile operators have pledged to work together across the region to block the use of stolen devices, GSMA Latin America announced. The wireless operators agreed to collaborate …
The German software giant SAP has said more than once that Latin America is one of the key regions for the company’s growth. Yesterday, SAP went a step further when it …
Mobile broadband demand will push mobile service revenue to U.S $976 billion by 2016, according to the market research firm Infonetics Research. Telecom operators in Latin America are expected to …
Millicom International Cellular, which operates in the Paraguay market under the Tigo brand name, signed a binding agreement to acquire Paraguay’s cable pay-TV services provider Cablevisión for $150 million. Follow …
A recent survey from Pyramid Research found that fiber optic access in Latin America is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44% in the 2012-2017 …
The next generation of telecommunications was launched by the Dominican Republic’s unit of Orange after a U.S.$150 million investment in 2012 to improve and double its network. The company launched …
