Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota has set for Jan. 19 the commercial launch of its mobile telephony services under mobile virtual network operator. ETB first started offering data …
It has been more than a year since Orange Business Services decided on a new go-to market strategy. The company, which is a unit of France Telecom, is looking to …
Aakash, touted as world’s most inexpensive tablet, has a new competitor. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management has launched Classpad, an tablet running on Google’s Android 2.2 operating system.
The new telecom operators have argued that since the established players have already cornered maximum spectrum and subscriber bases, the new players should be given more concessions in view of the limited market.
With technology having become ubiquitous, consumerized, cheaper and more equally available to all, the second half of the Information Age will be focused on the exploitation of technology and the …
Mexican electric power utility company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is conducting a smart grid project to use wireless data radios to monitor and control crucial electric power applications. After …
A month-wise list of important developments in the Indian telecom sector in 2011.
The number of social media users in India will reach 45 million in 2012, up from about 30 million in 2010, according to market research firm Research and Markets.
Brazilian carrier Oi said it has improved its network capacity to meet the growth in voice and data mobile traffic during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Oi has turned over 15 …
Internet penetration in Ecuador is poised to reach 37.9% — nearly 5.5 million users — in December, an increase of 37% compared with 2010, when the country had 28% penetration …
India’s telecom sector has seen an increase of 17% investment in 2010-11 over the previous fiscal year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its annual report. Capital employed in the sector increased from $53.5 billion in 2009-10 to nearly $63 billion in 2010-11.
While referring to media reports that nearly 3,000 mobile towers operating in India’s capital of Delhi were set up without the required approvals, the parliamentary standing committee on information technology expressed serious doubts over the efficacy of the telecom authority’s vigilance and monitoring mechanism.
The Costa Rican unit of Spanish telecom giant Telefónica filed a complaint Dec. 20 with Costa Rican telecom regulator Sutel against state-owned operator Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). Telefónica, which …
In Peru, the price of phone calls made from Telefonica del Peru landlines to any mobile phone will decrease 58% starting Dec. 30. Peruvian telecommunications regulator Osiptel announced a resolution …
Over the next few years, the number of online shoppers in Latin America is expected to grow 20% a year, and business-to-consumer e-commerce revenue is expected to increase to U.S. …
Colombian telecommunications regulator CRC published a set of resolutions to foster the digital ecosystem, including so-called net neutrality, the promotion of content and applications, infrastructure, user protections. They aim to encourage the growth of Vive Digital Plan, which is to bring broadband to 8.8 million homes.
GSM telephony, a popular communication technology spanning most countries and connecting more than 4 billion devices, is vulnerable to widespread attack, a German security expert said today.
Hailing the country’s telecom sector as an international success story, the Indian government said that with an overall subscriber base of 914.6 million and teledensity of 76%, the sector continues to grow from strength to strength.
Third-generation networks in Latin America are evolving, and the needs of wireless carriers are evolving along with them. One of the major trends in the industry, particularly in Latin America, …
The number of fixed and mobile lines in Cuba are now similar, with a total of 2.4 million lines in service — 1.2 million of each type — which is …
Nearly 2.2 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2011, according to a report by research firm Berg …
Micromax, an Indian mobile brand, in its endeavor to further firm up its leadership position in the market, Tuesday announced appointment of key positions to further strengthen its management team in India.
India’s Telecom Commission has accepted the recommendations of industry regulator TRAI to relax mergers and acquisitions rules in the sector. The decision paves the way for spectrum-sharing among telecom operators. This will lead to consolidation in market with over a dozen telecom companies.
Non-computer devices (including mobile phones, tablets and other connected devices) accounted for an average of 2.6% of all web browsing activity across ten Latin American markets included in a recent …
Global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from 130 exabytes to reach a total of 1.6 zettabytes annually by 2015, which means a 66% compound annual growth rate, according to …
