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Argentina to hold spectrum auction this year

The government of Argentina plans to auction spectrum in the1890-1985 MHz blocks, according to a Dow Jones News Wire story in the Wall Street Journal. Bidding rules are expected to become available as early as next week. The auction should take place this year, Dow Jones reported five...

Netflix pushes into Latin America

Financial Times | May 8, 2011 | Matthew Garrahan, Adam Thomson, Joe Leahy Netflix, the film and television subscription service, is working on a push into Latin America and is close to announcing deals with three of the continent’s biggest broadcasters to begin streaming programming online...

2nd UPDATE: Tel Italia Confirms View Despite Suffering At Home

Wall Street Journal | May 6, 2011 | Giada Zampano ROME (Dow Jones)--Telecom Italia SpA (TI) Friday confirmed its full-year targets despite a sharp fall in first-quarter net profit, as a strong performance in Brazil and Argentina failed to offset continued weakness in its domestic...

NII Holdings Announces Strong Results for First Quarter 2011

NII Holdings | April 28, 2011 | Press Release Company achieves record level of Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization - Net subscriber additions of 403,000 - Consolidated operating revenues of $1.62 billion - Consolidated operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) of $431 million - Consolidated operating income...

WSJ: Argentina Takes Greater Control Over Private Companies

Wall Street Journal | April 13, 2011 | Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES --Argentina's government increased its sway over dozens of companies through a presidential decree on Wednesday, a move that will grant the administration a larger influence in some of the key sectors of the...

Motorola Mobility Launches Motorola XOOMâ„¢ in Argentina Through Personal

Motorola Mobility | April 14, 2011 | Press Release The pre-sale of the world’s first device running Android™ 3.0 (Honeycomb) that delivers a powerful tablet experience on a 10.1-inch widescreen HD display starts tomorrow through Personal’s website BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Motorola Mobility, Inc. today announced...

Arianespace to launch Argentina's Arsat-2 satellite

Arianespace | March 15, 2011 | Press Release ARSAT has once again selected Arianespace for its commercial launch services - this time to orbit the Argentinean satellite operator's second satellite, Arsat-2. Participating in this week's Satellite 2011 conference in Washington, D.C., Arianespace today announced that it...

Arianespace to launch Argentina’s Arsat-2 satellite

Arianespace | March 15, 2011 | Press Release ARSAT has once again selected Arianespace for its commercial launch services - this time to orbit the Argentinean satellite operator's second satellite, Arsat-2. Participating in this week's Satellite 2011 conference in Washington, D.C., Arianespace today announced that it...

Intel and Lenovo present the new Classmate+ laptop for kids in developing countries

Tech Digest | March 10, 2011 | ShinyJess Together Intel the chipmaker and Lenovo the PC maker will deploy 158,000 laptops to students in Argentina. What started out as a reference design for affordable laptops for the developing world from Intel, will now be given a proper launch with Lenovo...

Tekelec to deploy policy management solution in 6 countries

Business News Americas | March 9, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Broadband data management company Tekelec (Nasdaq: TKLC) expects to deploy its policy and charging rules function (PCRF) for an additional six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (CALA) by midyear, Federico Navarro, Tekelec's CALA sales...

NII gains most in 10 months on record subscriber growth

Bloomberg | February 24, 2011  | Crayton Harrison NII Holdings Inc., the wireless carrier that uses the Nextel brand in Latin America, gained the most in 10 months in Nasdaq Stock Market trading after reporting record subscriber additions in the fourth quarter. The mobile-phone company rose...

Crossgate offers AFIP-integrated e-Invoicing solution for SAP customers in Argentina

Crossgate | February 2011 | Press Release Fully Integrated Solution Will Help SAP Customers Meet Upcoming New Regulatory Requirements for Real-Time Import and Export e-Invoicing ATLANTA--Crossgate Inc., the global expert in business-to-business integration (B2B), is offering a new e-invoicing solution that provides real-time integration with Argentina’s...

Global Crossing Genesis Solutions expands broadcast and media services across its Latin American network

Global Crossing | February 8, 2011 | Press Release FLORHAM PARK, N.J., /PRNewswire/ --Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading IP solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network, today announced that the broadcast and media services offered by its Global Crossing Genesis Solutions...

Research and Markets: Argentina telecommunications report Q1 2011: Argentina Conectada aims to provide 75% of the population with internet access by Mid-2011

Business Wire | February 4, 2011 | Press Release Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Argentina Telecommunications Report Q1 2011" report to their offering. Business Monitor International's Argentina Telecommunications Report ...

Argentina vows to force Grupo Clarin to roll back cable prices

Wall Street Journal | February 2, 2011 | Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina's government plans to force multimedia company Grupo Clarin SA (GCLA.BA) to roll back a recent price hike on more than 3 million of its cable television customers. The move comes just hours...

Argentina, Brazil sign energy, internet, transportation deals

Wall Street Journal | January 31, 2011 | Taos Turner BUENOS AIRES—The presidents of Argentina and Brazil signed a broad range of agreements Monday to cooperate on everything from nuclear power development to broadband expansion and regional pharmaceutical standards. In her first state visit abroad, Brazilian...

Cableco awarded mobile network operator licence

TeleGeography | January 26, 2011 Argentina’s telecommunications ministry, Secretaria de Comunicaciones (SeCom), has granted a mobile network operator licence to triple-play provider Telecentro. According to a report by local daily La Nacion, the cable company will be able to bid for frequencies to provide wireless...

Lack of regulatory clarity holding back LTE in Latin America – GSA – Regional

Business News Americas | January 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon LTE is the fastest-developing system in the history of mobile telecommunications, with 180 operators around the world investing in the technology, but a lack of regulatory clarity is the main obstacle holding back Latin America,...

MCTEL expands in Latin America with opening of Mexico and Argentina offices

MCTEL | January 2011 | Press Release MCTEL, a leading supplier in mobile device management, messaging and roaming solutions today announced the opening of two new offices in Mexico and Argentina. This decision enhances MCTEL strategy to address the dynamic demand coming from the Latin...

Movistar Argentina upgrades Comptel Convergent Mediation for enhanced performance and greater scalability

COMPTEL | January 11, 2011 | Press Release Movistar Argentina Upgrades Comptel Convergent Mediation for Enhanced Performance and Greater Scalability Flexible, high availability Comptel Dynamic OSS solution will help the communications service provider manage more than 400 million transactions daily HELSINKI, Finland— 11 January 2011— Comptel Corporation...

Internet growth presents opportunities, challenges for Exceda in 2011 – Brazil

Business News Americas | December 30, 2010 | Josh Miller Brazilian IT services provider Exceda grew 100% in 2010 and, as the company expands regionally, aims for annual increases of at least 70% in 2011 and 2012, founder and CEO Claudio Marinho told BNamericas. Exceda will...

Price alert for Telecom Argentina S A (TEO) posted

Market Itellisearch | December 28,2010 | Leo Goldman NEW YORK (Market Intellisearch) -- Telecom Argentina S A options saw heavy call activity today. A total of 114 call and 73 put contracts were traded raising a three month record high call volume alert. Today's traded...

Sprint Nextel extends iDEN deal with Motorola through 2013

December 21 2010 - 1:02 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Motorola announced the extension of its iDEN support for NII Holdings Inc. in October. That deal runs through 2014 and covers the supply of hardware, software and services to NII...

Telefonica De Argentina Sees 45% Jump In Lines Next Year

By Shane Romig | Published December 16, 2010| Dow Jones Newswires BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica de Argentina, the local unit of Spain's Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) expects a sharp 45% jump in its number of fixed, Internet and cell phone lines in service next year,...