Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
After reaching the second position in the Brazilian mobile market last August, TIM Brasil reached another...
Telecom Italia’s TIM Brazil led the Brazilian wireless market for growth in April with 808,000 net additions, according to Brazilian telecom agency Anatel. Rival Oi posted the second strongest growth for the month with 507,000 new lines, followed by Telefonica’s Vivo (481,000 net additions)...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
In January 2012, Anatel opened the LTE-spectrum auction rules for public consideration. The rules included details...
Brazil's telecom regulator Anatel reported that the country has surpassed 250 million mobile subscribers in March, reaching a penetrations rate of 128%. Of the country’s 250.8 million active mobile lines, 52 million are 3G connections, which was a 10.11% increase compared with the previous...
On April 12, the Brazilian National Telecom Agency Anatel approved bidding documents for the frequency bands 2.5 GHz (to be destined for fourth generation mobile telephony and LTE) and 450 MHz (to be dedicated for improving coverage in rural areas). Anatel said the auction...
The LTE implementation in Brazil has been at the heart of several telecom market discussions, since Brazilian telecom agency Anatel might put the 450 MHz and 2.5 GHz frequency spectrum bands out to bid in June – eyeing LTE deployment in the country. The consulting...
A couple of days before the Brazilian national telecom agency Anatel’s intended announcement of the final auction framework of the radio frequency in the 450 MHz, 2.5 GHz bands, mobile carrier TIM released a statement warning of risks in what the telecom operator calls...
The board of Brazil's telecom agency Anatel said regulators will carry out studies on the 700 MHz band regarding the use of this spectrum for digital television (check out the presentation - in Portuguese). By 2016, all analog TV, which is on the 700...
Despite a lack of commercial launches, Brazil's mobile virtual network operator  space seems to be cooking. At this point security insurance company Porto Seguro and Virgin Mobile Latin America, are both planning to launch MVNO services using Datora Telecom's network at some point this year....
Brazil’s recently passed Conditioned Access Service law, which was passed last September, or the new Brazilian pay-TV law seemed to diminish market rumors that femtocell adoption would be encouraged by Brazilian Regulation in 2011, due to a regulatory change on femtocell-related taxes.
Brazil ended February with nearly 247.6 million active mobile lines, which represents a mobile teledensity of 126.45 lines per 100 inhabitants, according to a new report from Brazilian telecom agency Anatel.
Mobile broadband connections totaled 47.2 million, including more than 8.2 million 3G connections and...
Brazil’s plans to auction radio frequencies in the 450 MHz and 2.5 GHz band has again been pushed back from the end of April until at least June. Brazil's telecom regulatory agency Anatel, confirmed to RCR Wireless News that bidding documents must be submitted...
Telefónica Group's Brazilian operations announced plans to cut 1,500 jobs. The announcement followed a pair of government decisions ordering the group to pay fines for not meeting service quality agreements.
The job cuts are part of the group's integration process that began in mid-2010, and...
The Brazilian telecommunications market will over the next two years will face its best time since its opening to private initiatives. Here are eight issues, facts or trends, that deserve attention.
Brazilian regulatory agency Anatel released the country's latest cellphone numbers showing that at the end of January the country reached 245.2 million mobile lines, which was a 1.22% increase compared to December. However, Anatel said the absolute number of new customers (2.9 million) was...
Brazilian carrier Oi announced that it has started tests in the 450 MHz band for broadband services in rural areas. The tests, conducted in cooperation with government regulator Anatel and the Ministry of Communications, will initially be in the city of Morriston, 74 kilometers...
Brazil’s 4G spectrum auction that was expected to happen in April, might not take place before May. Brazilian communications minister Paulo Bernado said during last week’s Campus Party technology event in Brazil, that the auction’s framework may be published on April 16 and then...
Mobile lines registered in Brazil's São Paulo area, which includes 64 municipalities, will have one digit added starting June 29, 2012, the Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel announced. The measure aims to expand the numbering resources to meet the growing demand.
Telecom operators are responsible for...
Brazilian Communication Ministry (Minicom)'s annual budget for 2012 has been pushed up to US $3 billion (R$ 5.49 billion). The amount includes the budget for Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel and State-owned Brazilian telecom Telebrás. This year's budget is US $628 million (R$ 1.1 billion)...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
Brazilian Picture
The number of mobile broadband capable accesses in Brazil grew 82.18% last year, totalizing 18.6 million new devices, according...
Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel's board of directors approved the potential framework  for the auction of radio frequency in the 451 MHz to 458 MHz band; 461 MHz to 468 MHz band and 2.5 GHz to 2690 MHz band. The tender is expected to be...
Brazil closed 2011 with 242.2 million mobile subscribers –most of them prepaid and on GSM connections – with Vivo ending the year as the country's largest carrier by market share, according to the latest data released by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel.
Brazil added a record...
Brazil closed November with 236.1 million mobile subscribers, reaching teledensity of 120.81 connections per 100 people. Prepaid continued to account for the largest portion, 81.7%, and the trend may remain like that for a while.
According to data released by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel, the...
