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SONDA Offers Innovative Cloud Computing Service in Latin America with VCE's Vblockâ„¢ Infrastructure Platform

EMC Press Release New Services will Maximize SONDA Customers' IT Investments to Enable Business Innovation and Reduce Costs Santiago, Chile - December 6, 2010 SONDA, a Latin American leader in IT services with a presence in nine countries, today announced with VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment formed...

Millicom Selects Huawei to Deploy International Long-Distance Network in Central America

Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has been selected by Millicom, a mobile phone network provider in Latin America and Africa, to deploy an international long-distance network in Central America....

Volantis drives Latin America expansion with CenturyTech Solutions partnership

Volantis Press Release Focus on new market led by senior sales director for region London, December 3 2010 Mobile internet specialist Volantis, has announced a partnership with Brazilian systems integration company, CenturyTech Solutions, as part of a new focus on Latin American market opportunities. Mobile internet traffic in Latin America has...

Don't Go to Brazil for a Deal on an iPad

The $985 cost of an iPad in Brazil provides a strong example of how high tariffs and protectionist policies hurt the nation's consumers By Lucia Kassai and Cecilia Tornaghi for Business Week On the night of Dec. 2, almost 500 gadget-crazy Brazilians in São Paulo lined up outside...

Fitch Affirms Telefonica Chile's IDRs at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable

MONTERREY, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings for Telefonica Chile S.A.: --Local Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB+'; --Foreign Currency IDR at 'BBB+'; --National scale IDR at 'AA(cl)'; --National scale short-term IDR at 'F1+(cl)'; --Local bonds series L, F, N and M at 'AA(cl)'; The Rating Outlook...

SHARES OF TELEFONOS DE MEXICO RANK THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES INDUSTRY (TMX, Q, CHT, VZ, T)

Dec 01, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Integrated Telecommunication Services industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential...

ANATEL approves MVNO regulation

December 08 2010 International Law Office Newsletter The National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) has approved the Regulation on the Exploitation of Personal Mobile Services via Virtual Networks, thus enabling the supply and resale of mobile telecommunications services through mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). In accordance with the...

ZTE, Perusat Sign Contract for Supply of Wireless Communication Solutions Broadband Equipment and Services

Monday, November 29,2010 By News Blog By Kunal Vahalia, TMCnet Contributor ChinaTel Group, Inc., revealed that its subsidiary Perusat S.A (Perusat) signed a contract for ZTE Corporation to provide Perusat services and equipment for deploying its wireless broadband services in Peru. Perusat signed a contract with ZTE to...

Equity Research on America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. and NII Holdings Inc. — Wireless Surging in Latin and South America

Wednesday December 01, 2010 - 08:30 AM EST Marketwire News Release JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/01/10 --www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the wireless communications industry and has completed analytical research onAmerica Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) and NII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD). Register with us...

Colombia Internet Audience Increases 31 Percent in Past Year to Rank as Fastest-Growing Market in Latin America

BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from its latest study on Internet usage inColombia. The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing Internet market in Latin America, growing 31 percent in the past year to...

Tango Telecom expands presence in Latin America

Tango Telecom| Limerick, Ireland 2nd December 2010: Tango Telecom, the leading provider of Policy Control, Real-Time Charging & Advanced Messaging solutions, has expanded its presence in Latin America with the opening of a new larger premises in Mexico City and the announcement of a new...

Slim's America Movil gets into TV programming

(Reuters) - Leading Latin American wireless operator America Movil has begun producing programing for Colombian television, appearing to signal a first step into regional media from its owner, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. The company is a telecommunications giant in Latin America, but was not known...

Improving Mobile Network Efficiency – Telefónica España and Bytemobile

From: Bytemobile08 | September 02, 2010 Telefónica España's Fidel J. Fernandez, Head of Data Services and Mobile Connectivity Development, discusses the utilization of Bytemobile's traffic optimization technology in the Telefónica network

Telecom Argentina Breaks Above 3-day Trading Range at $25.15 (TEO)

Written on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 9:18am By Julie Ruggirello Telecom Argentina (NYSE:TEO) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $24.86 to a high of $25.58. Yesterday's high of the day pierced the 3-day high of $25.15 on volume of 327,000 shares. Shares of Telecom...

Telefonica's Venezuela unit pays roaming debts-reports

Reuters | Thu Dec 9, 2010 10:55am EST * Movistar cancels $600 mln in roaming charges * State provided currency eventually Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan subsidiary of Spanish telecom company Telefonica (TEF.MC) has paid $600 million in debts to foreign roaming providers, according to media...

Mexico's Telecom Regulation Update

Yesterday, COFETEL, Mexico’s telecommunication regulatory agency, announced in a press release their approval of criteria that would make it easier for subscribers to take advantage of their right to number portability. Such modifications include reinforcing that a customer has the right to number portability...

NEC Participates in LTE Field Trial with Telefonica Moviles Argentina S.A.

First AWS band Field Trial in Latin America *** For immediate use December 1, 2010 Tokyo, December 1, 2010 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today its participation in an LTE (Long Term Evolution) field trial with Telefonica Moviles Argentina S.A., the largest mobile carrier...

America Movil's Claro Launches Synchronica Mobile IM Service

Highlights: Claro Argentina's launch represents the third deployment of Synchronica's Mobile IM service by the América Móvil Group to date Synchronica has a group-wide framework agreement - emanating from its acquisition of Colibria's IMPS IM business - to deploy the service across all 17 América Móvil...

KPN AND TELEFONICA SIGN A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR MULTINATIONAL CUSTOMERS

KPN and Telefonica will support the delivery of global services within each other markets to their respective multinational customers   The agreement underpins the strategic importance of the MNC segment to both organisations  KPN and Telefonica further enhance their managed mobility solutions for multinational customers Madrid, The Hague – November 25,...

America Movil Raises Capital Expenditure Plans;Gets Mixed Reviews

By Amy Guthrie, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Reactions to America Movil's (AMX, AMX.MX) annual investor day ranged from delight to disappointment as Latin America's largest communications company reaffirmed expectations of strong cash flow growth, while increasing its capital expenditure plans and dashing...

YellowPepper, Latin America's Mobile Financial Solutions Leader joins Samsung Mobile Innovator Program

November 29th, 2010 – MIAMI, FLORIDA -- YellowPepper, Latin America's mobile financial services leader, announced today that it has joined the Samsung Mobile Innovator Program (SMI) as a core member. The core membership is an invite-only program which provides exceptional benefits including the virtual...

Lowest Latin American Yields Spurring Peru Corporate Sales, Benavides Says

Peruvian companies will step up bond sales in international markets after a record year in 2010, taking advantage of the government’s sale of $1 billion of 40- year debt at the lowest long-term yield in Latin America, Finance Minister Ismael Benavides said. Mining companies will lead...

Is Mexican Billionaire In Negotiation With Troubled Brazilian Group

Mexican billionaireRicardo Salinas, owner of one of Mexico’s largest electronics retailers, is reportedly negotiating buying a chain of stores belonging to the troubled Grupo Silvio Santos, according to Brazilian media reports. Grupo Silvio Santos’ woes are recent. In November Brazil’s Central Bank launched a fraud probe...

Contracts: America Movil chooses ALU for backhaul; and Huawei wins Aero2 contract

November 23 2010 - 6:00 am ET | RCR Wireless Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Latin America: With America Movil to provide an IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution to support next-generation mobile broadband services in 11 countries. Value: Undisclosed Huawei Poland: With Aero2 to supply an...