Real-time traffic and passenger information management systems in development for LatAm market
Networking giant Ericsson is partnering with Volvo’s Latin American business unit that sells buses for public transit to bring electronic intelligence to traffic and passenger management systems.
Ericsson will develop, deploy, support and maintain...
The Colombian agencies for spectrum and communications regulation, the ANE and CRC, have posted a draft to auction spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands. The agencies will accept comments on the draft until June 12. The document can be...
CANCUN, Mexico – To make mobile financial services succeed requires a win-win partnership between banks and mobile network operators, because assets from each one are needed.
On one side, banks contribute with regulatory compliance, an existing financial network and infrastructure and strong recognition, while mobile...
CANCUN, Mexico – The telecom industry is going through an extremely difficult period of change. As it moves to the digital experience, companies need to have the ability to leverage data in order to differentiate themselves. This was the main thrust of comments from...
CANCUN, Mexico—Having a superior customer experience is believed to be a key source of sustainable competitive advantage. According to Amdocs Customer Experience Spotlight, while 59% of Latin American customers would recommend their telecom service provider, 56% have been with their service provider for less...
The Brazilian IT industry invested $60 billion in 2104, according to an IDC survey commissioned by the Brazilian software company association ABES.
Brazil is the seventh-largest IT market in the world and the biggest in Latin America. The country accounts for 46% of the region's total investment of...
Brazilian carriers Oi and NII Holdings posted losses for the first quarter of 2015. During a conference call about the results, Oi President Bayard Gontijo asked analysts and investors to trust the carrier’s reorganization plan and claimed Oi will return to profitability. The company has laid off thousands of employees, including some...
During a May 6 conference call discussing TIM Brasil's latest financial results, the operator's President Rodrigo Abreu said he’s satisfied with the telecom operator’s performance in the first quarter of 2015. Abreu said he expects that the operator's future growth will be supported by 4G service...
New antenna law expected to speed network deployments
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff approved a new antenna bill (law nº11.116) laying down new rules for the installation of antennas used by mobile operators. The law aims to speed deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in the country, which has been delayed by the shear...
The Brazilian telco market had total revenue of $77.24 billion in 2014, an equivalent of 4.2% of the country's GDP.
All together, telco operators invested $9.57 billion last year; if the acquisition of spectrum licenses is concluded, the total rises to $11.42 billion.
The country ended 2014...
Argentina first to experience Telefónica's end-to-end customer experience solution
Telefónica has tapped Accenture and Alcatel-Lucent to implement an end-to-end customer experience solution for a range of services for its European and Latin American operations, including mobile data, voice, IPTV, high-speed Internet, cable and satellite. The goal is to allow...
Two major telecommunications vendors announced they have been selected by Telefónica to deploy part of the carrier’s infrastructure. Huawei will complete a software-defined networking-based IP/optical field trial with Telefónica Peru, while several units of the Spanish telco will use Cisco ASR series routers for converged metro Ethernet...
Brazil's antitrust agency, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, gave Telefónica the green light to acquire GVT on March 25. Following the approval, the local unit of the Spanish group announced changes in executive leadership. GVT CEO Amos Genish will take the helm as president and CEO...
Brazil is the fourth-largest market in the world for machine-to-machine technology with an annual growth of 25%, according to the GSMA. In 2014, there were 9 million M2M connections in the country. Brazil, along with the rest of the world,  is expected to push forward the...
Movistar Chile, which belongs to the Spanish group Telefónica, signed an agreement with Chinese provider Huawei to deploy LTE technology in the 700 MHz band across 13 regions. The deployment is planned to start in March and continue through 2016. The use of LTE in the 700...
BARCELONA, Spain – Alcatel-Lucent continues to focus on being a leading provider of high-speed mobile broadband services using small cell technologies across Latin America. In a meeting with journalists at this week’s Mobile World Congress, Osvaldo di Campli, president of the Caribbean and Latin America...
Brazilian telecom operator Oi has begun a project to implement an optical transport network aimed at a 57-times increase in its backbone data transmission capacity. The OTN project covers 30,000 kilometers reaching 12 cities, including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Vitória. Oi said...
BARCELONA, Spain — The growth in smartphone penetration and adoption of 3G services benefited logistics company Celistics. The company, which is focused on Latin America, said it managed 192 million device units last year, which was a 50% increase compared to 2013, and helped...
BARCELONA, Spain — Latin America's upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction and the expected expansion of LTE deployments and coverage is set to drive discussion about the region. With operators having invested almost $8 billion in spectrum licenses over the past three years, mostly tied to...
BARCELONA, Spain — While the expansion of LTE is expected to be a major topic this year in Latin America, vendors who do business with local carriers expect the fourth generation of telecommunications to boost their operations. Two of those companies are Cambridge Broadband...
Many opportunities for LTE despite emphasis on 5G
BARCELONA, Spain – Industry trade association 4G Americas singled out broadband spectrum access as the major driver of advancements in current LTE networks and as a key part of evolving potential 5G standards.
4G Americas President Chris Pearson,...
BARCELONA, Spain — Telecommunications giant Telefónica said it's confident about the future growth potential of most of its operations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, coming on the heels of celebrating 25 years of operations in those markets.
Speaking to a group of Latin American...
