Two analysis firms, MarketsandMarkets and IDC, have released their forecasts for the big data market.
According to a report from MarketsandMarkets, the big data market will be worth $46.34 billion by 2018. The global big data market is estimated to be $14.87 billion and expected to grow...
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Latin America combines a number of favorable conditions on the demand side for the emergence of...
Cisco has opened a center of innovation in Rio de Janeiro. The center will integrate Cisco’s portfolio with technology from local players to create solutions that meet the needs of the Brazilian market. During the ceremony, Robert Lloyd, Cisco’s president for development and sales,...
A survey from Informa Telecoms & Media showed impressive numbers of big data adoption among telecom companies. According to the study conducted with approximately 120 operators in June 2013, 48% of carriers said they are already implementing big data projects.
However, Informa notes that the...
With increased competition in the telecommunications market, Latin American carriers should be worried about improving customer experience. According to James M. Artimez, Accedian Networks'Â vice president of sales for Latin America, carriers should be proactive instead of waiting for telecom regulators to punish them for...
Redknee Solutions announced that a tier 1 operator in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is launching its latest policy management solution, PCS-5000. A provider of billing and charging software and solutions for communication service providers, Redknee Solutions didn't name the operator but did state that the solution will...
A new carrier was announced in Brazil last week. On Telecom will begin its operations backed by billionaire financier George Soros. The new competitor, which is targeting a niche in the Brazilian market, Â will offer home and office connections over TD-LTE. On Telecom is...
NII Holdings announced a deal to sell approximately 2,790 towers in Brazil and 1,666 towers in Mexico to American Tower for approximately $811 million. The deal calls for NII, which operates under the Nextel brand across it Latin American properties, to lease back the...
How should carriers engage customers using an analytics platform? RCR Wireless News interviewed Nice Systems director of innovation and solutions, Matthew Storm, to find out. Earlier this year, Nice Systems announced a new customer engagement analytics platform that allows organizations to capture and analyze...
While TIM posted a 12% rise in its second-quarter profit, beating forecasts on strong cost controls, NII Holdings’ Nextel operations presented a consolidated net loss of $386 million.
TIM, Brazil's second-largest wireless telecom operator, said its postpaid base grew 13.9% year-over-year. During a conference call, Rodrigo...
When it comes to customer experience management, it is critical for telecom operators to understand their clients and how they consume services. In a video interview with RCR Wireless, Larry Lenhart, CEO of Carrier iQ, explained how carriers can get data by putting software on devices...
Oracle announced that many telecom operators such as British Telecom and the Canadian SaskTel are using its Customer Experience (CX) solutions. According to Oracle, the momentum of CX solutions continues to grow at a rapid pace with recent adoption by numerous global organizations.
SaskTel, a telecom firm...
U.S. Cellular has signed an agreement with Acxiom to use data and analytics for customer recognition, data enhancement and analytics services to meet consumer needs. The Chicago-based carrier will use Acxiom's data to build a 360-degree view of its customers and markets to deliver...
Last week, the international telecom standards regulator, 3GPP, completed the standardization of LTE technology for the 450 MHz spectrum band. This is an important step, especially for Brazilian operators that acquired this band
The advanced wireless services (1.7/2.1 GHz) spectrum band auction in Peru is scheduled for July 22. ProInversión announced that four carriers have qualified to bid in the auction that will enable LTE deployment in the country. The participating telecom operators are: Telefónica Móviles (Movistar),...
It wasn’t an easy week for U.S.-based American Tower, as a report from Muddy Waters accused the company of a $250 million discrepancy between the price American Tower said it paid for towers in Brazil ($585.4 million) and the actual sale price, which, according...
Carriers today are facing the problem of managing over-the-top players and transforming this threat into opportunity. It will not be easy, but by using some analytics tools, telecom operators could create new revenue streams and work better with OTT services to deliver the next generation...
Over-the-top messaging players are capturing new users at high speed, benefiting from network effects and thus eroding SMS revenues, once a very relevant money stream for mobile players. OTT services are
Recent shifts in how companies are buying customer relationship management software illustrate the speed with which mobile apps are changing the enterprise IT landscape. Increasingly, many enterprises see mobile- and cloud-based CRM apps playing a
The U.S. espionage scandal has touched Brazil. Citing documents leaked by Edward Snowden, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported that the United States maintained a satellite spy base in Brazil, the only one in Latin America, until at least 2002. The article, which was published on...
