Policy

The Brazilian unit of Spain’s Telefónica aims to be the biggest and best telecom provider in Brazil — and that consumers recognize it as such. That might not be easy, because Telefónica Brazil faced serious problems with its Internet broadband service Speed in 2008, and it took some time to recover from the brand damage. However, the current scenario is brighter: Little more than one year after the mobile carrier Vivo’s acquisition, all Telefónica’s products will be rebranded under the Vivo name.

In case of spectrum allocation beyond 4.4 MHz and up to 6.2 MHz to GSM operators, the service provider should have covered at least 50% of the district headquarters or any other town in lieu thereof, according to Indian telecom regulator’s recommendations for assignment of additional spectrum.

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Subtel, Chile’s secretary of telecommunications, will disclose on Dec. 16 the new award conditions for the 4G auctions in the band of 2.6 GHz. The auction of three 20 MHz blocks of frequency is set for the first half of 2012.

Verizon Wireless (VZ) bolstered its spectrum war chest today by announcing plans to acquire 122 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum licenses (also known as AWS spectrum) covering 259 million potential customers for …

Colombian telecom UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones has installed the country’s first antenna signal transmission to LTE commercial operations ahead of schedule.

Technology upgrades and spectrum management are a fact of life for mobile operators that are having to constantly update networks and rearrange spectrum assets in order to continuing serving growing …

Although LTE trials are under way in 11 countries, there are currently no commercial launches of LTE anywhere in Latin America.

Nextel’s plan to deploy 3G voice and push-to-talk services in Mexico, which was expected by the first half of 2012, may be in trouble after a Mexican court ordered the Ministry of Communications and Transportation to revoke the mobile concession awarded in October 2010.

Puerto Rico may become a pioneer in LTE networks in the Caribbean, thanks to planned offerings from AT&T and Open Mobile. AT&T has said it will launch its LTE services in six new markets Nov. 20.

One of the most developed countries in Latin America, Chile faces very similar telecom challenges to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Its mobile penetration surpassed one device per habitant, reaching 120.8% …

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Revised recommendations by India’s telecom regulator on spectrum management and licensing framework are expected to facilitate consolidation in the industry, credit rating agency ICRA said.

A special court Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to give Subramanian Swamy a copy of a file which contains all the correspondence between India’s Home Minister P Chidambaram and former Telecom Minister A Raja.

Modern handheld spectrum analyzers include tools that make them well-suited for tracking down interfering signals. This webinar will discuss the process of interference hunting starting with signal monitoring using a …

The special CBI court on Monday said it would hear the petition to make Union Home Minister P Chidambarm a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case on November 8.

“The draft policy aims to provide to the people of India, secure, reliable, affordable and high quality converged telecommunication services anytime, anywhere,” the policy document states.

India’s National Frequency Allocation Plan – 2011 (NAFP), released by Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal, came into effect from October 1, 2011.