Telecom Italia's Brazilian unit announced that its second quarter net revenue grew 7% year over year to U.S.$2.23 billion(R$4.547 billion). Total gross revenues were U.S.$3.28 billion (R$6.7 billion), 10.2% more than 2Q11 and 2.6% more than 1Q12. However, the carrier’s net income fell 0.9% to U.S.$170...
There is no deadline set for ending the suspension of three Brazilian carriers that have been prohibited from selling new mobile services since July 23. Both the minister of communication (Minicom), Paulo Bernardo, and the president of Brazilian telecom regulator agency Anatel, João Rezende,...
A Brazilian company, controlled by the private equity investment group Apax Partners, is betting on a new business model—one which does not require end users to access their data plan each time they make a transaction—to develop the m-payment market in Brazil. Dubbed PagCell, the solution...
Almost one year after acquiring the Wi-Fi company Vex, Brazilian telecom carrier Oi announced that it has integrated both companies’ networks. As part of the integration, Oi changed the name of Vex's service to Oi WiFi, and it is expanding Oi’s services to Vex customers,...
A recent survey from Grant Thornton U.K., prepared by Experian, placed Brazil among the top most attractive countries for information and communication technology (ICT) business investment and expansion. “The huge potential consumer market, which is increasing due to the advancement of the middle class, and...
Spanish Telefónica said it will make a multi-million-euro investment to kick start mobile advertising in Brazil, using the O2 media model that was successful in the U.K. as a blueprint. The announcement was made July 5 at a London event, where Telefónica Digital revealed...
The Brazilian unit of Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB), a company that has been focused on the telecommunications market, is looking to expand beyond that market, as Fernando Capella, Tellabs Brazil sales director, told RCR Wireless News, during Ciab—a conference and exposition focused on IT...
The Brazilian market for tablets was warm during the first quarter of 2012. According to IDC, 370,000 tablet units were sold in this period. The advisory firm predicts that by the end of this year, 2.5 million tablets will be sold, which means a growth...
Vivo, the Brazilian unit of Spain-based Telefónica, said it has increased its machine-to-machine accesses by 2.5-times in a period of one year (from May 2011 to May 2012). Although M2M applications are just starting to be adopted in the Latin American region, including in...
The total amount of government taxes is one of the biggest barriers to widespread adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) in Brazil. According to current laws, telecom operators have to pay the same taxes for either a mobile line or an M2M application. “Reducing taxes will...
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Anatel, the Brazilian regulator, concluded its spectrum auction on June 12, offering 4G services in the...
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The week of June 10 was one of the most eagerly awaited in the history of Latin America's telecommunications industry....
Device manufacturer HTC Corp. is closing its Brazilian operations four years after it launched its presence in the country and after unveiling HTC Ultimate, the first Windows Phone 7.5 device, in Brazil.  “After careful analysis of our lines of business, HTC is closing our office...
Even though Brazilian telecom operators and financial institutions have not reached agreement about who should be responsible for each part of the mobile payment process, IT providers are working toward launching m-payment solutions.
Vendors are looking forward, developing solutions to be prepared for when demand arrives....
There is no going back when telecom operators move to become integrators of information and communication technology (ICT) , since carriers are seeking ways to avoid becoming just dumb pipe. "They aim to increase revenue through ICT by adding services to their business-to-business (B2B)...
Making financial transactions with mobile devices is not considered new in Brazil. However, the service is far from being heavily used. During this week’s Ciab (check all stories) —a conference and exposition focused on IT for financial institutions held in São Paulo—banks and vendors are...
Brazilian telecommunication service providers invested $2.29 billion (R$4.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2012, according to TeleBrasil, the Brazilian association of telecommunication companies. The amount represents the total investment made in fixed and mobile telephony, broadband and pay-TV from January to March this year...
Founded in 2002 in Germany, Tyntec is set to launch services in Brazil. The company is a mobile interaction specialist which provides solutions that enable enterprises to integrate mobile telecom services for a wide range of uses. During an exclusive interview, business development director Sven...
The president of Brazil's telecom regulatory agency Anatel, João Rezende, said investments for the deployment of next-generation telecommunications services could reach $1.93 billion (R$4 billion) over the coming years.
In an interview posted by Convergência Digital, a RCR Wireless News syndicate partner, Rezende noted Anatel...
The first step to a national LTE deployment in Brazil began yesterday with the beginning of spectrum auctions conducted by government regulator Anatel. There were few surprises among first-day winners – the country's big-four carriers, but the results pave the way for the start...
Brazil's auction of LTE spectrum produced no surprises as the country's largest operators secured spectrum assets in the 2.5 GHz band designed for the rollout of mobile broadband services. Brazil's regulatory body Anatel noted that carriers bid a total of $1.314 billion (R$2.72 billion)...
China Telecom do Brazil, which is directly managed by China Telecom Americas, announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes international private leased circuits, IP access, IP VPN and fully managed data services. The company said it plans to introduce Internet...
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In two short years, the FIFA World Cup soccer games will descend on Rio de Janeiro, drawing thousands of attendees—tourists...
