BNAmericas | March 24, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Costa Rica is likely to reach mobile penetration of 100% in three years, boosted by the entrance of new competitors América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) and Telefónica, which won licenses for the newly liberalized market this year, Maryleana...
SKN Vibes | March 23, 2011
BASSETERRE St. Kitts, March 23rd, 2011 (SKNIS) - Government’s effort to provide greater e-services and boost efficiency within the public sector is being assisted by a team from the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) who are undertaking a three month...
Wall Street Journal | March 23, 2011 | Anthony Harrup
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MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Mexico's largest mobile phone operator, America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX) unit Telcel, said Wednesday that it has filed complaints with the country's antitrust regulator against broadcasters Grupo Televisa SAB...
BNAmericas | March 23, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Latin American telcos will help ensure that satellite surpasses cable by 2015 in terms of high definition pay TV subscribers, but the long-term migration path for telcos is still IPTV, Carlos Blanco, analyst with Argentine telecoms consultancy...
Telcordia | March 22, 2011 | Press Release
Telcordia expands its Business and Solutions Development center for the Communications Sector in the CALA region
ORLANDO, Fla., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CTIA WIRELESS 2011 -- Telcordia (Booth 2407), a global leader in the development of mobile,...
Appia | March 23, 2011 | Press Release
Store Offers Free and Paid Mobile Apps to Over 64 Million Subscribers
Telcel, the largest mobile operator in Mexico, today announces the availability of the Telcel Mobile Application Store, Ideas APPSTORE, powered by Appia. The store provides Telcel...
YellowPepper | March 21, 2011 | Press Release
YellowPepper, the leading mobile financial services company in Latin America, announced today that it has completed the certification and integration ...
Over-The-Air Dynamic SIM Card Activation Platform -
NANTERRE, France, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oberthur Technologies, the world's second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, has been selected by Vivo (BM&FBovespa: VIVO3, VIVO4; NYSE: ...
The Jamaica Observer | March 20, 2011
LIME Jamaica has said that given the significance of the Digicel/Claro merger to the Jamaican telecommunications industry, the Government, the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) should carefully assess the deal, before approval...
Go Jamaica | March 22, 2011
Telecommunications giant Digicel has announced it is currently working on its plans to 'seamlessly' integrate the Claro Jamaica business, including the 3G service, into the Digicel Jamaica business.
On March 11, Digicel announced that it had signed an agreement to...
Forbes | March 20, 2011 | Kerry A. Dolan
Eike Batista, the world’s eighth richest man, expressed his desire last November for Apple to build a plant in Brazil, in part so Brazilians wouldn’t have to pay such high taxes on iPhones and iPads.
Now Brazilian...
NetBoss | March 21, 2011 | Press Release
NetBoss Technologies Expands Its Global Reach
SEBASTIAN, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NetBoss Technologies, Inc., an established supplier of network management software and service assurance solutions to network operators around the world, has announced that it has signed both a strategic reseller...
Business News Americas | March 21, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
The 1,800 MHz band is looking increasingly attractive as an option for LTE deployments, and Latin America could be one of the regions to take advantage of it, Alan Hadden, president of the Global mobile...
Business News Americas | March 17, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Emerging markets will be the biggest growth opportunity for US chipset maker Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOMM) in the next 3-4 years, as the company invests in microprocessor technology to help bring down the price of handsets,...
Reuters | March 18, 2011 | Cesar Bianconi
* Telefonica buys 10.63 million common shares of Vivo
* Spanish telecom group pays 118.97 reais per Vivo share
* Vivo voting stock fall sharply after tender offer
SAO PAULO, March 18 (Reuters) - Telefonica (TEF.MC) bought 1.27 billion reais...
Pace | March 17, 2011 | Press Release
SALTAIRE, England, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Pace set to help NET's Transition to Advanced Digital Services;Partnership Marks One Million Set-Top Box Milestone
Pace plc today announces that it has signed a deal to expand its two year...
Business News Americas | March 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Certain countries in the Caribbean are implementing an advanced communications system called Common Alerting Protocols (CAP), which allows automatic, multimedia distribution of information in the case of tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters, Bernardo Aliaga,...
American Banking News | March 16, 2011
Equities research analysts at Standpoint Research upgraded shares of Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO) from a “hold” rating to an “accumulate” rating in a research note to investors on Tuesday. The analysts currently have a $27.00 price target on...
Business News Americas | March 16, 2011 | Christian Molinari
Undefined infrastructure issues and business development plans for near field communications (NFC) mean that the technology will not be readily available in Latin America in the near term, Bill Morelli, director of the mobile technologies...
Indy Star | March 16, 2011
Indianapolis-based wireless device provider Brightpoint announced today its wholly-owned Miami-based subsidiary, Brightpoint Latin America Inc., will invest $15 million and contribute certain existing Latin America operations in exchange for an approximate 23 percent interest in Miami-based competitor Intcomex.
The deal...
Wall Street Journal | March 14, 2011 | Giada Zampano
ROME—Telecom Italia SpA's controlling shareholders have agreed to a reshuffle at the helm of Italy's largest phone operator that will see Chief Executive Franco Bernabe moving to the role of executive chairman at the end...
Wall Street Journal| March 16, 2011 | Anthony Harrup
MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Mexico's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday that it has settled a dispute on interconnection rates between Mexico's leading mobile phone operator, America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX) unit Telcel, and fixed-line phone company Alestra, setting...
Wall Street Journal | March 16, 2011 | Carla Canivete
LISBON (DJ Bolsa)--Portugal Telecom (PT, PTC.LB) said Tuesday that Brazilian peer Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE, TNLP4.BR), or Oi, currently owns 3% of its share capital.
In a regulatory filing, Portugal Telecom said the transaction...
YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release
March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....
