Across Latin America, smartphones and mobile broadband subscribers are growing at a high rate and have in turn driven the mobile strategies of wireless operators. Today, Brazil is No. 5 in the world in number of Internet users and is second to China in...
Six months after its launch in the United States and Canada, the Research In Motion unveiled its PlayBook tablet in Brazil. The company began rolling out the device across Latin America last month. “Brazil is very important to RIM; we have 37% of market...
At the MMA Forum Latin America RCR Wireless News asked the question "what will the next wave of mobile marketing be?". Check what specialists said in the video story about the event.
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At the MMA Forum Latin America RCR Wireless New's Roberta Prescott explored what the next wave of mobile marketing will be. The event took place in São Paulo, on 18 October, 2011.
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SãO PAULO – The mobile advertising market is expected to see tremendous growth in the coming years, with global revenues expected to increase from $3.5 billion in 2010 to $24 billion in 2015, according to Informa Telecoms & Media.
But, what will drive this growth?
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Brazilian animal nutrition provider Tortuga has seen a strong response to its mobile initiatives that have helped the company better manage its daily operations. The company noted that its mobile operation, dubbed PedMobile, now accounts for 80% of its $564 million annual revenue stream,...
Carlos Slim's América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) said it had entered into an agreement with Argentina-based Claxson Interactive Group Inc. to acquire content distributor DLA Inc. DLA is focused on the development, integration and delivery of entertainment products made for digital distribution in...
Mexican cable operator Megacable Holdings SAB (MEGA.MX) launched its mobile virtual network operation service through an agreement with the local unit of Spain's Telefonica SA. The move allows Megacabe to offer wireless services alongside its existing package of television, Internet and fixed-line telephony.
The MVNO service,...
The Colombian National Police is investing millions of dollars to modernize its radio communications system. The five-month update program has begun in the state of Cundinamarca, where an expected $4 million of investments is to be spent. Further investments are expected in the country’s...
Though most people know the importance of protecting their phones, research conducted by security vendor Eset showed that 80% of smartphone users do not have a security solution, or even consider it necessary. "We see an increase in the attacks against mobile platform, especially...
The company that manufactures the Apple iPad will start manufacturing in Brazil, said the Science and Technology Minister Aloizio Mercadante. Yesterday the Brazilian government reported that president Dilma Rousseff had a meeting with Foxconn president Terry Gou. The company expects to invest an estimated...
The future of Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) seems to be uncertain. It is the phone company for the city of Bogota, and one of the largest telephone operators in Colombia, with about 2 million lines. It is first in subscribers for Internet...
As Dell was hosting its annual Dell World convention in Austin, news broke that China's Lenovo has overtaken Dell to become the world's number two personal computer maker for the first time. According to Gartner and IDC, HP grew 5.3%, faster than the industry...
As a mobile operator across 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific, Digicel Group Limited was facing a growth that its in-house CRM(customer relationship management) system could not support. To meet this increase and be prepared for future demand growth, Digicel’s IT...
The wireless distributor and supply-chain management firm Brightstar Corp. signed a multi-year service agreement with MTN South Africa (SA), through which Brightstar will be able to expand its operations and services into the African region. Africa is the latest in a series of overseas...
As phones are getting smarter, they are also becoming more vulnerable. Mobile threats that have existed for years are becoming more common, and a new report shows that Android phones are among those most at risk. Russian firm Kaspersky Lab, in its monthly malware...
The Mexican telecom sector grew 11.2% during the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, reported Cofetel, the country's telecom regulator. The rate is a little bit higher than 2010's average growth of 10.5%.
Satellite television was the sector which registered...
América Móvil SAB is teaming up with Citigroup Inc.'s Banamex and the financial services Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB in a $50 million mobile banking joint venture. Called Transfer, the joint venture will store and manage bank accounts associated with a cell number across the...
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The Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications (Anatel) will conduct a public consultation about the proposal to amend the regulation on sharing infrastructure with providers of telecommunications services. The proposal aims to regulate the provisions of article 10 of Law No. 11.934/2009, which provides for limits...
Brazil is creating jobs and keeping its unemployment rate stable this year. But the country may not achieve the government’s goal, which is to create about 3 million new jobs in 2011. From January to the end of August, Brazil has created 1.82 million...
Corporate mobility, increased adoption of cloud computing and “green” IT are highlights of a recent survey from Accenture entitled: “Brazil Infrastructure Maturity X-Ray.”The survey, which was conducted in partnership with IDC, showed the maturity level of IT infrastructure management. Brazilians firms were touted to...
The day after América Móvil’s three Brazil-based operations – Net, Embratel and Claro – launched a range of integrated services, Telefônica Brazil announced its first products package integrated with Vivo, the Brazilian mobile carrier it acquired last year. The service launch was a fixed-telephone...
Cable & Wireless Communications’ Lime subsidiary has launched HSPA+ services in the Cayman Islands. Lime had first announced plans for the HSPA+ launch in May as part of its strategy to upgrade its networks in the Caribbean.
Cable & Wireless has worked with HSPA+ in...
