IBM (NYSE: IBM) yesterday announced it will acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based firm that helps large organizations access and analyze enterprise data. IBM also announced that its big data platform will now run on Cloudera’s distribution of Hadoop. The announcements …
Google yesterday unveiled Google Drive, a cloud-based file storage, management, and sharing service. Its use in the workplace is inevitable and could present advantages, but it could also present some headaches to chief information officers …
Adobe Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ADBE) is moving to change its lifetime license model to a monthly subscription-based offering. Adobe launched the effort this week around the globe with Creative Cloud, a …
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. In …
If up to this year companies only investigated enterprise mobile solutions, 2012 might prove to be a milestone year for companies to finally include them in their IT strategy, Paulo …
Gemalto announced it has been selected as the technology provider for Transfer, the service resulting from a joint venture between América Móvil/Telcel, Citibank´s Mexican unit Banamex, and Banco Inbursa. Launched …
After offering mobile Internet access using a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model, Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) has added mobile voice to its offering. ETB will …
In late February, I participated in a panel session at the Mobile World Congress event titled “Mobile Enterprise: Maximizing Workforce Productivity in the Age of Consumerization.”
U.S.-based RCR Wireless News and Brazil’s ICT media firm Convergência Digital agreed to enhance their respective news coverage through a licensing and syndication agreement. Since 1982, RCR Wireless News has …
Caribbean wireless operator Lime, owned by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), announced it has launched IPTV services in Barbados. The pay-TV over broadband product was dubbed “Lime TV.” According to …
Several Latin American telecom operators are already launching LTE services or trials, and more auctions are scheduled, but LATAM still lags behind some other markets. That’s why the mobile broadband …
Mexico‘s wireless telecommunications sector is dominated by the domination of América Móvil’s Telcel, which controls about 70% of the market. That domination by a single carrier had pushed government regulators …
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Brazilian telecom operator Oi is expanding its Wi-Fi service offerings. The carrier closed a deal with global Wi-Fi services provider iPass (NASDAQ: IPAS). Under the agreement, Oi will provide its …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Puerto Rico now has a second LTE player as Open Mobile launched LTE commercial services this week following U.S.-based AT&T, which unveiled LTE last November as part of a national roll out. The …
RIO DE JANEIRO – With a population of 3.25 million, Uruguay had a mobile phone penetration of 141% in December 2011, but its broadband penetration lagged at only 36% (14% fixed, …
RIO DE JANEIRO – There will not be a unique frequency band for deploying LTE in Latin America. However, planned auctions and current LTE trials suggest that AWS (1700/2100 MHz) …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Wireless carriers are losing revenue to over-the-top (OTT) players that offer competing services for free over the carriers’ own networks, such as text messaging and voice. To …
Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel reported that the country has surpassed 250 million mobile subscribers in March, reaching a penetrations rate of 128%. Of the country’s 250.8 million active mobile lines, …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian carrier Oi has conducted LTE trials in five cities located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Oi’s technology consultant Alberto Boaventura said the trials …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Colombia’s public telecom operator UNE EPM will start providing LTE services first in Bogota and Medellín, and then expand to other big cities. Although Dorian Guillermo …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Chilean operator Entel PCS is using its 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to conduct trials of LTE services. The primary focus is …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Telecom infrastructure, affordable devices, quality of service (QoS) and coverage are the main issues hindering LTE deployment in Brazil, according to Vivo’s planning and technology director …
RIO DE JANEIRO – The next evolution of telecommunications so-called fourth generation will enhance user experience by improving Internet capacity. “It brings the same experience to the mobile environment as the …
RIO DE JANEIRO – Back in September 2007, Venezuelan pay-tv company Movilmax started to provide WiMAX access to people in Caracas, the country’s capital. After having attracted 10,000 subscribers to …
