By Abigail Wilkinson | Business News Americas | Thursday, December 9, 2010
French enterprise communication solutions company Orange Business Services cannot be choosy about partners in Latin America because of limited connectivity infrastructure in the region, according to the company's CEO Vivek Badrinath.
"In Latin America in...
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
The introduction of number portability (NP) in Chile in mid 2011 will oblige not only operators to up their game to retain customers but also device suppliers to re-orient their product portfolio to suit new services, Aldo Vidal, Samsung...
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
A Focus on Context, Ubiquity, Privacy and Security Takes Center Stage at Inaugural MEF Americas Event
Held earlier this month, MEF Americas 2010: Mobile Content & Commerce connected over 200 North and Latin American influencers from the...
By Juan Pedro Tomás | Business News America
Bolivian telecoms cooperative Cotel expects to deploy a fixed wireless network during 2011, Cotel planning manager Delfin Mejia told BNamericas.
Cotel is in talks with Korean firm Seah for this project, Mejia said, but he was unable to provide information...
Acision Press Release | 09 December 2010
Following the success of the Acision Mobile VAS Monitor (MAVAM) in Brazil, Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announces the launch of its first edition for Latin America. MAVAM LATAM, which will provide analysis on regional...
The Gleaner Jamaica | Sunday December 12, 2010
LIME Jamaica, in an exclusive launch last Thursday that was open only to the invited, became the first to offer mobile TV to Jamaica and the Caribbean.
The service will roll out in Kingston and St Catherine initially,...
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You wake up in the morning and one of the first things you do is pick up your Smartphone to check for messages and missed...
TeleGeography | Monday, 13 December 2010
Serbia’s Ministry of Finance has announced that seven companies have applied to participate in a tender for the 51% stake in Telekom Srbija being sold by the government. The seven are Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telekom Austria, America Movil,...
NTT Press Release:
NEW YORK, Nov 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, announced today its participation in the 2nd annual Capacity Central America 2010 conference...
TeleGeorgraphy | December 2010
Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel has rejected petitions to allow existing mobile operators to participate in the upcoming auction of H Band 3G mobile spectrum, BNamericas reports. In early November this year, Telemar Norte Leste (Telemar, or Oi) and SindiTelebrasil, an association...
Peter Elstrom| Bloomberg
America Movil, Latin America’s largest wireless carrier, will offer financial services to about 50 million people in Mexico who have mobile phones and no bank accounts, Chief Financial OfficerCarlos Garcia Moreno said.
That population is part of an “enormous” number of Latin Americans who...
comScore | Press Release
comScore Releases Study on Latin American E-Commerce Landscape
Bogotá, Colombia, December 1, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study of the e-commerce landscape in Latin America. The study, which surveyed...
comScore Offers Complimentary Webinar: State of the Internet Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia, December 9, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from its latest study on Internet usage in Colombia. The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing...
Highlights:
Claro Brazil is offering the churn-reducing Claro Messenger IM Service to their more than 48 million-strong customer base.
The launch in Brazil is the fourth successful roll-out of Synchronica's IM solution, which will ultimately be deployed across all 17 América Móvil subsidiaries.
The agreement with América Móvil provides Synchronica with...
Dec 13, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --
Credicard, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., and Elavon, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and global payments provider, have signed a binding agreement to establish a joint venture creating a merchant services company that will offer a full suite of...
60 Minutes | CBS | December 12, 2010 5:20 PM
As the U.S. and most of the world's countries limp along after the crippling recession, Brazil is off and running with jobs, industry, and resources. Steve Kroft reports.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7143554n#ixzz180amO6Uc
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TeleGeography | Friday, 10 December 2010
Brazil’s national telecoms regulator Anatel says that six groups have submitted proposals to bid for the country’s final 3G mobile frequencies – the so-called H Band. Valor Online reports that the six are domestic operators Vivo, Claro, TIM Brasil, Oi,...
Telefonica recently announced their new on demand service through broadband connection available to their customers in Argentina. The "On Video" service will be available to their subscribers through their televisions and computers. It will have visual quality similar to HD and will have around...
ITU | Press Release
Focus on international regulations for spectrum management and satellite orbits
Geneva, 6 December 2010 - The ITU World Radiocommunication Seminar 2010 (WRS-10) opened in Geneva today to discuss international regulations on the use of radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. Discussions during the...
Sprint News Release | 08 December 2010
4G Customers Traveling Abroad Will Soon be Able to Roam on 4G Networks in Jamaica and Taiwan
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 08, 2010 - Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel...
Company enters into partnership with Vostu, one of the biggest designers of social games for Orkut in Latin America, relying on more than 32 million players, to market items through 36 regional carriers
SAO PAULO, Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Movile (www.movile.com), the most complete company offering cell...
Reuters | Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:32am ES
Strong China import, export data cheer investors
* Bovespa up 0.31 pct, IPSA rises 0.13 pct
* Bovespa 200 day moving average could provide support
By Luciana Lopez
SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Latin American stocks slipped in early trading...
Oslo, Norway - November 29, 2010 - Opera Software today announced a partnership with Entel Chile that will put a customised version of the Opera Mini mobile browser with widgets, developed exclusively for Vodafone, on handsets sold by the Chilean operator.
(Media-Newswire.com) - Oslo, Norway...
Vivendi | Press Release | Paris, December 10, 2010
Vivendi: Final settlement with the CVM
Vivendi announces that it reached today a final settlement with the Brazilian Commisao de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM), in which Vivendi has agreed to pay the CVM approximately EUR67 million. This concludes...
