Bloomberg | May 10, 2011 | Adam Haigh and Manuel Baigorri
Telefonica SA (TEF)’s Atento call-center unit will sell new shares in an initial public offering as the Spanish parent company seeks to reduce debt and focuses on Latin America to offset declining domestic market share.
The...
The government of Argentina plans to auction spectrum in the1890-1985 MHz blocks, according to a Dow Jones News Wire story in the Wall Street Journal.
Bidding rules are expected to become available as early as next week. The auction should take place this year,
Dow Jones reported five...
Bloomberg | May 10, 2011 | Iuri Dantas
Brazil’s government is lobbying the telecommunications regulatory agency to speed up approval of more than 1,000 permits for individual companies to offer cable TV, Internet and telephone services, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said, according to Folha de S.Paulo newspaper.
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UOL | May 10, 2011 | Press Release
Universo Online S.A. informs its shareholders and the market that on the present date Mr. Eduardo Alcaro took office as M&A Executive Officer for UOL and will take office as Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer on May...
UOL | May 10, 2011 | Press Release
Universo Online S.A. informs its shareholders and the market that on the present date Mr. Eduardo Alcaro took office as M&A Executive Officer for UOL and will take office as Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer on May...
UOL | MAy 9, 2011 | Press Release
São Paulo, May 9, 2011 – UOL, in pursuit of its growth strategy in the online means of payment market, acquired majority interest in the company Boa Compra LTDA.Boa Compra will still be managed by Christian Carneiro...
Financial Times | May 8, 2011 | Matthew Garrahan, Adam Thomson, Joe Leahy
Netflix, the film and television subscription service, is working on a push into Latin America and is close to announcing deals with three of the continent’s biggest broadcasters to begin streaming programming online...
Comverse | May 3, 2011 | Press Release
Evolution to a Single Convergent BSS Platform Can Ensure Faster Time to Market of Converged Services While Driving Efficiencies
WAKEFIELD, Mass., May 3, 2011 – Comverse, a global leader in BSS, mobile Internet, and value-added services, announced today that LIME,...
BNAmericas | May 9, 2011 | Phil Anderson
Latin America is expected to have 15 commercial HSPA+ networks by year-end, as well as two LTE networks, executives at chipset manufacturerQualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOMM) told BNamericas.
At present, the region has eight commercially active HSPA+ networks - four...
ZTE | May 4, 2011 | Press Release
Movistar to exclusively sell new tablet device from May in Spain
ZTE, the world’s fourth largest mobile phone maker, is aiming to conquer the Spanish market with a high specification tablet which will be available via Telefónica, whose...
Alcatel-Lucent | May 6, 2011 | Press Release (Highlights)
Alcatel-Lucent released it's first quarter 2011 earnings.
Key Highlights:
Alcatel-Lucent continues its momentum into 2011 with a strong start to the year: 15% top line year-over-year growth in Q1’11 & positive adjusted operating profit
KEY NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST...
MarketWatch | May 4, 2011 | Carla Mozee
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Mexican stocks dropped Wednesday, with shares of market heavyweight America Movil SAB extending losses and ending at an eight-month low following a court ruling about telecom industry fees.
Mexico’s IPC equity index XX:IPC -0.95% fell 1%...
Latin American-based telecommunications provider America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX) said it added six million wireless customers during the first quarter of this year, ending the period with 231 million total customers across its numerous wireless operations.
America Movil has wireless operations in Mexico (Telcel),...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) opened a technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the company said it will highlight LTE, video, cloud- and location-based services to help Brazilian operators respond to challenges created by increased mobile data adoption.
The 15,400-square-foot facility in Sao Paulo will cater...
America Movil | April 27, 2011 | Press Release
Mexico City, Mexico, April 27, 2011 -- América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX; Nasdaq: AMOV; LATIBEX: XAMXL), announced today that its General Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, resolved, among other things, to elect and ratify the members...
Ericsson | April 28, 2011 | Press Release
Porto Seguro and Datora choose Ericsson as their partner for its quality, flexibility and innovation track record
Ericsson will provide Managed Services, alongside with all software, hardware, implementation and systems integration services involved in the first Mobile Virtual...
RCR Wireless News | April 16, 2011 | Matt Kapko
An RCR Wireless interview at Oppenheimer Offices in NYC with Ron Vidal, Hal Hess (EVP International Operations and President Latin America and EMEA, American Tower) and Tim Horan (Telecom Services Equity Analyst, Oppenheimer & Co). This...
Accenture | April 27, 2011 | Press Release
RIO DE JANEIRO; April 27, 2011– According to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) research across eight countries, Brazilians have the highest consumer electronics ownership and spending in 15 product categories. More than half (55 percent) of Brazilian consumers have...
ChinaTel | April 19,2011 | News Release
By News Blog
As seen on BNamericas
Monday, April 18, 2011-ChinaTel – a Chinese-US joint venture focusing on WiMax investments in Latin America and Asia – expects to set up a beta market in Peru opening in July to get a...
Business News Americas | April 27, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Dominican Republic WiMax operator Wind Telecom sees no contradiction in developing both WiMax and LTE networks in the future to ensure it can cover pent-up demand for broadband, company executive VP Damián Báez told BNamericas.
At...
MercadoLibre | April 27, 2011 | Press Release
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, April 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq:MELI) (http://www.mercadolibre.com) intends to release financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 on May 4, 2011 after the close of the day's...
