Wavion, a global provider of Wi-Fi solutions, and the integrated solutions company Leadcom have OK'd a cooperation agreement for Africa and Latin America. Wavion expects to more than double its sales in the region in 2012, coming from both operators (carriers and ISPs) and government projects such as education.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has bought $10.7 billion worth of common stock in IBM (NYSE: IBM) this year. Berkshire now owns 5.4% of Big Blue, but the 81-year-old billionaire has said he doesn't intend to buy any more shares.
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Recently authorized by Anatel, the Brazilian Telecommunications Government Agency, the two pioneer mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), Porto Seguro Telecomunicações...
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Smartphones were the fastest-growing handset category across Latin America, with sales of 31 million units sold and U.S. $6 billion in revenue, continuing the trend of the region's increasing share of the global market, according to a report by consulting firm Pyramid Research.
Atos, a European information technology services company and the worldwide IT partner for next year's Olympic Games in London, and the Chinese management software solutions Ufida International Holdings have invested U.S. $7.8 million to create Yunano, a joint venture to offer cloud services.
In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Eduardo Levy, executive director of telecom union SindiTelebrasil, evaluates the effect of Rio de Janeiro's new rules on towers on Brazil's telecom landscape.
Qualcomm is looking to take advantage of Latin America’s relatively modest 3G penetration rates to boost its influence and revenues in the region.
As part of this, Qualcomm said it was also looking to participate in the Brazilian semiconductors value chain and does not discard installing...
Global Tower Partners, a U.S.-based provider of outsourced antenna site facilities, announced the purchase of 250 towers from Centennial Towers CR, SRL. The towers were constructed and are currently occupied by the major wireless telecommunications operators in Costa Rica. GTP also acquired a significant...
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay launched HSPA+ commercial networks during the first week of November, bringing Latin America's total of HSPA networks in the region to 66, with 25 now upgraded to HSPA+ technology, which is available in 17 countries, industry group 4G Americas reported.
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Latin American telecoms are gearing up to upgrade their infrastructure to support IPv6 as the supply of IPv4 addresses nears its end. For instance, mobile operator TIM has spent $740,000 on its networks in Brazil to prepare for the migration to the newer protocol.
Paraguay's government has launched an ambitious National Telecommunications Plan aimed at increasing broadband access nationwide, among other goals, in part by calling for investment of $150 million a year until 2015.
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Over the past two decades, I’ve seen many telecom companies define their geographic reach as encompassing the...
With Brazil growing into prosperity, is the country of the future finally arriving? Yes, say experts, but Brazil must make more progress to become more competitive.
Brazil's information and communications technology market could reach U.S. $400 billion by 2022, according to Brasscom, thanks to several major factors boosting the country's telecom transformation.
In Brazil, the city of Rio de Janeiro has new rules for installing radio base stations sites. The city is establishing a series of stricter rules for telecoms towers, both in public and private.
Among the main features, carriers will have to share their towers...
Chile’s secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) is set to schedule an auction of 4G spectrum, which will enable LTE deployment in the country. Subtel has yet to spell out its requirements for the bidding, which is expected to happen in next year's first quarter, but...
Ask chief information officers about their enterprise resource planning system, and they will probably refer to it not as ERP, but as SAP, using the name of German enterprise software giant SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). CIOs often use SAP as a synonym for ERP,...
Nearly 9 in 10 Latin American companies recognize the growing importance of mobile technologies, and almost 70% plan to increase their spending on such technology, according to a recent Motorola Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MSI) survey of the region's purchasing decision makers.
According to the study,...
The Brazilian government named João Batista de Rezende to a two-year term as president of Anatel, the country’s telecommunications regulator. Rezende will replace Ronaldo Sardenberg, Anatel’s president since 2009.
Among other challenges, Rezende faces a controversial April auction of 2.5 GHZ spectrum, which will allow...
Thanks to its growing subscriber base, Brazil's second largest wireless carrier, TIM, saw its profit double in the third quarter from the same period a year ago.
TIM Participações S.A. (BOVESPA: TIMP3; and NYSE: TSU), which controls directly TIM Celular S.A. and Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda.,...
