Xinhua Net News | January 14, 2011 | Tang Danlu
BRASILIA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of 3G users in Brazil reached 20.6 million in 2010, approximately 50 percent higher than that of fixed broadband Internet users, according to a new survey.
The 3G network,...
Megapay | January 13, 2011 | Press Release
Megapay and MJV announce the successful launch of its Mobile Payment service in Brazil.
(PRWEB) January 13, 2011
Megapay, a division of Hong Kong based cloud computing giant Megaworld, in partership with MJV, a Brazilian company that combines technology...
Business News Americas | January 12, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
US on-demand services provider Salesforce.com's (NYSE: CRM) acquisition of compatriot enterprise application developer Dimdim coincides with a rise in Latin America's collaboration demand, Salesforce.com's Latin America president, Enrique Perezyera, told BNamericas.
Earlier this month, Salesforce.com bagged...
Wireless Grid Corporation | January 13, 2011 | Press Release
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless Grids Corporation (WGC) / Gridit, LLC announced today that it has signed an MOU today to undertake and implement a global grid for GreatLife International's leadership teams...
Bloomberg | January 13, 2011 | Sharon Smyth
Telefonica SA will carry out a 3- for-1 stock split on its American depositary receipts in order to increase liquidity, Cinco Dias reported, without saying where it got the information.
Each ADR, currently worth $68 each, will be...
Elephant Talk | January 12, 2011 | Press Release
LONDON-- Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTC.BB:ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com), an
international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial
services industries, today announced that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) agreement with Cleartech to become...
Juniper | January 12, 2011 | Press Release
Will Improve Employee Remote Efficiency and Productivity without Jeopardizing Security
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2011 — Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) today announced that Terra, a leading Brazilian online media provider, has deployed Juniper Networks® Junos Pulse network client...
Callidus | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
Latin America's Leading Supplier of Digital Satellite TV Standardizes on Award-Winning Callidus SaaS Platform
PLEASANTON, CALIF., January 10, 2011 — Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), announced today that DIRECTV Latin...
Business News Americas | January 10, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Mexico's newly appointed communications and transport minister, Dionisio Perez-Jacome, will face the task of strengthening policy in the highly politicized telecoms sector, while outgoing Juan Molinar Horcasitas can look back on achievements that include a...
RAD | January 12, 2011 | Press Release
RAD Data Communications has promoted Jose Aronson to the position of Sales Director for Latin America. The announcement was made by Dario Zipris, RAD’s Vice President of Sales.
In this position Aronson will oversee RAD sales, channels and...
Telecom Paper | January 12, 2011
Ecuador's telecoms regulator Supertel is working with the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador (AME) to develop a draft ordinance to facilitate the mobile operators' infrastructure deployment, local newspaper El Tiempo reports, citing Fabian Jaramillo, Ecuador's telecommunications superintendent. According to...
MCTEL | January 2011 | Press Release
MCTEL, a leading supplier in mobile device management, messaging and roaming solutions today announced the opening of two new offices in Mexico and Argentina. This decision enhances MCTEL strategy to address the dynamic demand coming from the Latin...
Symsoft | January 11, 2011 | Press Release
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 11th January 2011 – Symsoft, a leading supplier of charging and messaging solutions, today announced that a major telecom operator in Latin America has deployed Nobill Online Charging System for advanced charging.
Symsoft has been...
Gemalto | January 11, 2011 | Press Release
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the selection by Claro in Brazil to deploy an innovative software solution that enables significant optimization of network capacity and reduction in logistics costs. Claro is...
COMPTEL | January 11, 2011 | Press Release
Movistar Argentina Upgrades Comptel Convergent Mediation for Enhanced Performance and Greater Scalability
Flexible, high availability Comptel Dynamic OSS solution will help the communications service provider manage more than 400 million transactions daily
HELSINKI, Finland— 11 January 2011— Comptel Corporation...
Bloomberg | January 10, 2011 | Crayton Harrison
America Movil SAB, Latin America’s largest wireless carrier, won approval to delist shares of its Telmex Internacional SAB fixed-line unit as it seeks to merge mobile phones and land lines onto a single network.
Telmex Internacional shareholders voted...
CDG | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
New regulations provide for more effective use of 450-470 MHz band for fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and multimedia services to bridge the digital divide
COSTA MESA, CA — January 10, 2011 — The CDMA Development Group (CDG)...
Associated Press | January 8, 2o11 |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Felipe Calderon shuffled his Cabinet on Friday, changing the two ministers in charge of energy, communications and transportation in order make his government "the infrastructure administration."
Calderon said he wants the new Cabinet...
Livemocha | January 7, 2011 | Press Release
Partnership Offers Telefonica Customers Significantly Discounted Access to Livemocha's Award-Winning English Language Learning Course Active English, and Access to the World's Largest Online Language Learning Community
SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2011) - Â Livemochaâ„¢, the world's largest online...
Bloomberg | January 7, 2011 | Eduardo Thomson
Telefonica Chile SA, Chile’s largest telephone company, plans to invest $700 million this year, Diario Financiero said.
The company plans to invest a significant portion of that amount in broadband and fiber optic assets, the Santiago-based newspaper said,...
Reuters | January 7, 2011 | Alex Leff
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's telecoms regulator on Friday awarded licenses to Spain's Telefonica and Mexico's America Movil to become the first private firms to provide mobile service in the country's relatively...
iBasis | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
IP-Interconnect Enables Panama’s Second-Largest Carrier to Bring High Quality, Low Cost International Calling to Customers
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iBasis, a KPN company, today announced that...
TeleGeography | January 7, 2011
According to an unconfirmed report from Brazilian newspaper Estadao, the country’s state-owned telecoms company Telebras has seen its proposed BRL1 billion (USD595 million) budget for the National Broadband Plan (PNBL) slashed to just BRL590 million. Telebras director Rogerio Santanna says...
Business News Americas | January 6, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
The number of mobile phone antenna towers that are shared or leased to third parties in Latin America could expand at a 20% CAGR from 2010-15, reaching 49,000, ABI Research practice director Aditya Kaul told...
