WEST PALM BEACH, FL | Marketwire | December 15, 2010
Popular Social Network for Latino Community Expands Reach of Its Social Media Advertising Platform to More Than 31 Million Latin American Households
Quepasa Corporation (OTCBB:QPSA), creator and operator of the popular online social network for the...
Marketwire | Dec 13, 2010
Adapter Leverages FAST Standard for FIX-Based Market Data Delivery
BEDFORD, MA--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS), a leading independent enterprise software provider that enables companies to be operationally responsive, announces the general availability of a new adapter for...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 30, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- C-COM Satellite Systems Inc.(CA:CMI 0.34, 0.00, 0.00%) ("C-COM" or the "Company") a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems today announced that it has received orders in excess of $1,000,000 from resellers in Argentina and Russia.
The...
TeleInsight | December 2010
Incumbent operator Codetel , a unit of América Móvil , aims to invest US$250-300mn in 2011, improving coverage and service quality. Investment will be spread across the company's operations, upgrading fixed and wireless operations. With such strong growth reported across all markets, Codetel...
Bloomberg | By Iuri Dantas and Matthew Bristow | Dec 16, 2010 6:29 AM CT
Brazil’s decision this month to raise banks’ reserve requirements to slow credit growth may “precede” conventional monetary policy action, the central bank said.
The central bank, in the minutes of the Dec. 7-8...
By Laurel Wentz and Aixa Rocca
Meet Brazil's Peixe Urbano, Mexico's BuzzUrbano and Argentina's Cuponica, Catering to Customers Who Don't Like to Plan Ahead
BUENOS AIRES (AdAge.com) -- Young Latin American entrepreneurs, often using experience gained from living in the U.S., are running some of the first...
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
Unified communications will be a key focus for the recently merged Enterprise unit of French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent(NYSE: ALU) and call center specialist Genesys in Latin America, Sergio Valencia, Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise director for Mexico, Central America and the...
Colombia Reports | MANUELA KUEHR
Colombia's State Council on Wednesday suspended the implementation of the European terrestrial digital TV standard DVB-T due to a "procedural error," reports Semana.
The National Television Commission board decided to adopt European digital TV standards, but according to the high court, the...
RapidTV News | Iñaki Ferreras | 12-16-2010
The Colombian government has introduced new measures to impose a tax on pay-TV operators which will be operational from 1 January 2011.
From that date, cable TV, DTH and the rest of Colombian pay-TV operators will have to pay 7%...
By Rogerio Jelmayer and Paulo Winterstein | Published December 15, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) wants to almost triple the number of Brazilian cities that have access to its third-generation, or 3G, service by the end of next year. The...
Major NGN Deal in Latin America
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RADCOM Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDCM), a leading network Service Assurance provider, today announced that it has been selected by a tier-1 telecommunications company in Latin America. This company is a major player in the Latin...
December 15, 2010 | Hughes Network Systems Press Release
Leading Digital Media Provider Chooses Hughes Managed Services For Distributing Corporate Video Content
Germantown, Md., USA, 15 December 2010?Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES),the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that its Brazilian operating unit,...
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
The Brazilian unit of satellite and services providerHughes Network Systems (Nasdaq: HUGH),Hughes do Brasil, is looking at potentially expanding services to the Southern Cone, given the boom it is seeing in the Brazilian market for backhaul, Rafael Guimaraes,...
December 6, 2010 | AppTech Corp Press Release
On December 1, 2010 AppTech Corp (Stock Symbol: APCX, www.AppTechGlobal.com) entered into a marketing agreement to develop a "Members Only" website and Smartphoneapp for a major soccer development academy located in Parana, Brazil. The new website and app will...
BroadLight | December 15th, 2010 | Santa Clara, Calif.
BroadLight, the leading supplier of fiber access processors, announced today that it has signed AlCircuits, a leading supplier of optical and semiconductor solutions for the Brazil market, as its exclusive distributor in Brazil. “AlCircuits has unique technology and logistics...
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ | CARACAS, VENEZUELA
President Hugo Chavez's government is proposing to impose broadcast-type regulations on the Internet with a law that would ban messages deemed to provoke panic or show disrespect for public authorities.
The proposed "Social Responsability Law" includes electronic media along with radio...
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1, 2010 | PRNewswire | Grupo Salinas
Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast-growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of the countries in which they operate -- founded by Ricardo Salinas(www.ricardosalinas.com) -- announced that it has received the Premio Nacional...
15 December 2010, London, UK | GSMA
The GSMA today announced that it has elected Franco Bernabè, Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Italia, as its new Chairman for a two-year term, from January 2011 through December 2012. As Chairman, he will help oversee the strategic direction...
Lima, Dec. 15 (ANDINA).
Mobile telephony penetration in Peru will reach 97 percent of Peru's population by end-2010, telecompaper.com reported Wednesday.
This represents a 17 percentage points increase from a penetration of 80 percent in 2009, said Elizabeth Galdo, director of regulatory affairs and corporate responsibility...
December 15, 2010 | Zacks
NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD - Analyst Report), a small-sized wireless services provider in several Latin American markets received yet another shot in its arm. Yesterday, the company announced that it has won wireless licenses in Brazil, which were recently auctioned by...
Press Release | December 14th, 2010 | Telefonica Peru
According to a press release by Telefonica's Movistar Peru, the carrier is releasing a new eco-friendly phone "el Aspen" by Sony Ericsson.
Features that make the phone green:
The phone and its packaging are made from recycled materials.
El...
By Alex Leff | SAN JOSE, Costa Rica | Reuters
* First bids to end Costa Rica state-run telecom monopoly
* Mexico's America Movil and Spain's Telefonica in running
Mexico's America Movil and Spain's Telefonica placed bids on Tuesday to offer cell phone service in Costa Rica, pushing the...
December 14 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mobile penetration in Chile has surpassed the 100% mark, as the country’s National Statistics Institute released a report showing that there are now 1.13 mobile devices in the South American country...
