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Ecuador‘s national telecom regulator, Conatel, announced that the country will adopt the 700 MHz spectrum band, also known as the digital dividend, to deploy the next generation of telecommunication services using …

Mobile and fixed broadband, the LTE roll out, tax breaks and infrastructure sharing were some of the highlights of Futurecom (read all pieces). The trade show is Latin America’s largest telecom …

A few days before the announcement that Japan’s Softbank will purchase a controlling interest in Sprint Nextel, RCR Wireless News talked to two C-level executives from the telecom company about Sprint’s …

Puerto Rico is about to gain another wireless player. Aeronet, a broadband service provider, has entered into a long-term, de facto lease agreement on the wireless broadband spectrum which covers Puerto …

How are new technologies impacting the wireless market? During last week’s Futurecom event (check out all stories), RCR Wireless News interviewed Nicholas Carr, an American writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist, who …

Colombia telecom regulators seem to be moving toward enabling spectrum in the 700 MHz band, internationally known as the digital dividend, to enhance high-speed mobile Internet benefits in rural areas. …

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. Mobile …

RIO DE JANEIRO—Panelists who debated m-health in Brazil agreed that the lack of connectivity is the greatest challenge to developing the market. Security, culture and legislation were also pointed out …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. A few months back, I …

Brazil’s mobile operators face heavy bureaucracy and many regulations when deploying mobile sites. Many municipalities’ laws are impacting tower and mobile coverage in Brazilian cities. “There are big challenges for …

Spain’s Telefónica has agreed to sell its call-center business Atento to Bain Capital for about U.S.$ 1.34 billion (€ 1.039 billion). Industry observers say the company wants to raise cash …

RIO DE JANEIRO—“Ninety percent of all the data that telecom carriers have are not used in an intelligent way to generate new revenues,” Frost & Sullivan senior market analyst Fernando …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Ruckus’ president and CEO, Selina Lo, who has been chosen by RCR Wireless News as one of the Top 10 Women in Wireless for 2012. is …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian telecom operator Oi announced it has tapped Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Ericsson as suppliers for its next LTE networks. Oi said it will …

RIO DE JANEIRO – To meet data traffic growth, wireless carriers in Brazil are deploying Wi-Fi hotspots in places with high concentrations of people. During this week’s Futurecom event, Lucas …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Telecom operators have to secure partnerships to make the machine-to-machine market take off across Brazil. During a panel held at this week’s Futurecom event, executives from …

RIO DE JANEIRO – TIM Brasil, which belongs to Telecom Italia, and Brazilian state-owned telecommunications provider Telebras have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on providing fiber optic capabilities …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Infrastructure vendor Alcatel-Lucent is looking to get back into the Brazilian market, having sat out the 3G evolution. The company was a significant player in deploying …

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Latin America region is expected to grow from 130 million mobile broadband connections today to 300 million by 2015, according to GSMA Chairman Franco Bernarbè. …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian operator Claro is looking to get the upper hand in its battle with over-the-top players by rolling out a streaming movie service that offers on-demand …

RIO DE JANEIRO – It has not been an easy year for TIM Brasil, the Brazilian wireless unit of Telecom Italia. Earlier this year its (now) former CEO, Luca Luciani, …

RIO DE JANEIRO – One of the biggest challenges facing LTE deployments in Brazil is the large number of sites required to provide coverage bumping up against laws restricting the …

RIO DE JANEIRO – While Chinese telecom equipment vendors hit a snag this week in the United States with the House Intelligence Committeeadvising American companies not to buy network gear from …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s public authorities claimed this is the right time to deploy LTE and move onto the next telecommunication technology, during the opening session of the Futurecom …

Looking to tap into the growing mobile enterprise landscape, which is predicted to surge from an average of 2.8 devices per worker this year to 3.3 devices by 2014, Verizon …