The software giant Microsoft announced it will invest U.S.$98.24 million (R$200 million) focused on research, development and innovation in Brazil. The company said it will boost national competitiveness, while unveiling a series of planned initiatives to establish an advanced technology laboratory (ATL) located in Rio de...
At the end of the second quarter, Spanish telecom giant Telefónica cancelled payment of all remaining dividends and share buybacks for this year, citing the current instability of the economy as prompting the move; now for the third quarter, the telecom operator announced that...
Mexican telecom operator Telcel announced late yesterday that it has launched LTE services in nine cities, with plans to expand to 26 markets during the first quarter of next year. That expansion will see the country's largest wireless operator and unit of América Móvil...
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Three Group has often been ahead of the curve when it comes to taking innovative services...
Chilean telecommunications group Entel's revenue rose 15% in the third quarter of 2012, principally driven by mobile, data (including IT) and network rental services. Entel's total mobile customers also increased to 9,890,178 in the third quarter of 2012, a 15% expansion compared to the third...
The digital unit of Spanish group Telefónica is expanding its cloud computing services. The company announced the launch of an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, named “Instant Servers.” The new service aims to deliver on-demand, high performance cloud computing for developers, digital businesses and large enterprises....
NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, is facing hard times. The company, which recently delayed the launch of its 3G services across Latin America markets, announced it will cut about 20% of its workforce at its headquarters in...
The Brazilian IT service market has good momentum. Brazil's market represents the majority (49%) of the total U.S.$32 billion IT service market in Latin America. With a positive and promising GDP, global appetite for new growth, open culture, and a dynamic and diversified economy, Brazil...
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Ah, Brazil! The legendary sun-drenched beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro are full of young people sunning...
Colombia's LTE auction has been postponed again. The government announced that it will take place in February next year, and América Móvil's Claro will be allowed to bid in the 2.5 GHz. The main reason for so many delays was the polemic debate over the...
The board of directors of Brazil's telecommunications agency, Anatel, has approved the General Plan for Competition (PGMC—the acronym in Portuguese), aimed at encouraging and promoting free competition in the telecommunications industry, as well improving regulation.
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The PGMC establishes rules for sharing, interconnection...
Andrea Mangoni, TIM Brasil’s CEO, opened the third quarter conference call with analysts by highlighting that growth in data and smartphone base has driven an 8% net revenue growth for the company to U.S.$2.326 billion (R$4.722 billion) year over year. It also helped create...
After releasing positive third quarter results, the giant Latin American telecom group América Móvil released its forecast of U.S.$10 billion in investments during 2013—an amount similar to the amount in 2012.
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The last carrier to release the names of its LTE providers, TIM, announced that it has chosen Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks as partners to provide the next generation of telecommunication networks in Brazil.
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TIM said it has...
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Even with flattening growth rates and price pressure from increasing competition, voice is still a very...
Analytics and business intelligence solutions are back at the top of Latin American CIOs’ list of priorities. Last year, this topic was ranked fifth, but over the previous six years it was the first priority. This aligns with the worldwide trend, since globally it...
Gartner forecasts that information technology spending in Latin America in 2012 will be a little less than the amount predicted for 2011. Last year, Gartner forecasted that IT spending in Latin America would reach U.S.$303 billion by the end of 2011. However, during this week's Gartner Symposium (read all...
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Much was said in September this year about the arrest of Fábio Coelho, Google Brazil's CEO. To understand his arrest,...
By the first quarter of next year, Brazilian carrier Oi will start to offer LTE services in the state of São Paulo. The state is not included in the telecom agency Anatel’s coverage obligations (according to the agency's rules, carriers need to cover all...
Mexican telecommunications giant América Móvil reported good performance for its third fiscal quarter, with net profits up 67% year-over-year thanks to foreign exchange gains. According to its report, a foreign exchange gain of $691.34 million in the quarter led to a comprehensive financing income...
The Spanish group Telefónica is looking to add video chatting to its services. Through its unit Telefónica Digital, the company acquired U.S.-based TokBox with the goal of driving innovation in its core communications business with capabilities that now extend beyond voice and messaging to...
All Brazilian mobile line numbers will have one more digit by December 2016. The digit "9 "will be added to the left of the current eight digit numbers of each mobile phone, according to the implementation roadmap released by the telecom agency Anatel yesterday.
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Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) is ready to provide LTE equipment that is locally manufactured in Brazil, in line with LTE auction rules, to wireless operators that will launch the next generation of telecommunications, starting in the first quarter of 2013. The Brazilian carrier Oi has...
Claro Brazil has made a different move: it has partnered with Magazine Luiza, one of Brazil's largest retail companies in terms of revenue and stores, to launch "Chip Luiza," a co-branded chip targeting prepaid customers.
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