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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The National Telecommunications Council in Ecuador (Conatel) did not award a new personal communications services (PCS) license to the consortium headed by Andinatel as expected last week. The …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The third cell-phone operator in Colombia will start cellular telephone service before the end of the year. Colombia M

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Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as well as time frames and what …

Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as well as time frames and what …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The two major cell-phone operators in Colombia, which operate on TDMA technology, announced they are migrating their networks to different technologies. In the case of BellSouth, the company …

After talking with several operators from North and South America last week at the CDMA Americas Congress, it seems they have similar to-do lists heading into 2003. As 1x uptake …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Chilean branch of Nextel received a hard blow when the 29th Civil Judge of Santiago declared the 18 licenses granted by the government for mobile digital service …

The wireless industry’s shift from focusing on growth at any expense to an emphasis on growing profitably has been reinforced recently with a number of operators deciding it will take …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Last week, a day before the personal communications services (PCS) auction in Ecuador was due to take place, a civil judge in Guayaquil accepted a protection document presented …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-BellSouth Latin America saw income of US$495 million in the third quarter of 2002, a decrease of 31 percent compared with the same period last year. “Revenues reflected …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed two separate mobile network contracts in Latin America. The value of the contracts was not released. Ericsson signed a contract to supply GSM/GPRS …

MIAMI-BellSouth Corp. asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida to dismiss Supra Telecom’s bankruptcy filing, saying the company’s recent public statements suggest it is financially solvent. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Movicom BellSouth was the only operator that presented the prequalification documents to participate in the spectrum auction that will take place on 18 November in Uruguay. As it …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Christian Nicolai, Chilean under-secretary for telecommunications, said this year the investments in the telecommunications sector will fall 40 percent in comparison to last year to around US$600 million, …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Alvaro Uribe’s Colombian government has decided to postpone the national-level auction of three regional personal communications services (PCS) licences until January and has added to the conditions of …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Kyocera Wireless entered the Chilean cellular market as a terminal provider for the Smartcom PCS network. Smartcom is the first South American operator outside Brazil to launch a …

SAN DIEGO-The agenda for the 2002 CDMA Americas Congress, to be held December 3-5, 2002, in San Diego, has been released. Confirmed speakers include Ralph de la Vega, president of …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After a year of successive postponements, the Regulatory Unit of the Uruguayan Communications Services (URSEC) announced that on 18 November, there will be an auction of personal communications …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A strong discussion has started in Argentina about what platforms will prevail in Latin America. On the one hand, the 3G Americas organization maintains that GSM will be …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) has decided to delay the auction of a national personal communications services (PCS) license, which was supposed to take place on 26 …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Colombian Communications Ministry announced that with the increase of 320,000 new cellular phone users in the second quarter of this year, the current market of cell-phone owners …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth’s Panama affiliate with a cdma2000 1x overlay for the operator’s nationwide TDMA network, including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets. The news …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth’s Panama affiliate with a CDMA2000 1x overlay for the operator’s nationwide TDMA network including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets. The news …