Brazilian telecom agency Anatel said that six telecom groups have submitted bids for Brazil's upcoming frequency tenders in the 2.5 GHz and 450 MHz bands. The bidding events are intended to help roll out LTE technology throughout the country.
The participating telecom groups are Claro...
Another player looking to grow in the Brazilian mobile virtual network operator market is the French mobile virtual network enabler Sisteer. The company was granted a license to operate as an MVNx by Brazilian telecommunication regulator Anatel last December.
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China's Huawei Technologies expects its Brazilian unit’s revenues to reach $5 billion by 2016, with its enterprise business making up $1.5 billion of the total. This would be a jump compared to its 2012 forecasted revenue for Brazil of $2 billion. Sales estimates were...
The Brazilian business-to-business communication service provider TESA Telecom has requested a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license from the regulatory agency Anatel, as it looks forward to launching machine-to-machine (M2M) services.
The whole M2M project includes partnership with Algar Telecom as an MNO, Transtelco as...
Although no mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) have launched in Brazil yet—due to the  bureaucracy in getting approvals, according to some sources—the country is still very attractive, as many delegates noted at this week's MVNO Industry Summit Latam (check all stories). Companies that are evaluating...
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After reaching the second position in the Brazilian mobile market last August, TIM Brasil reached another...
Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) expects to launch mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in Colombia and Brazil over the next 18 months, according to Jeffery Buckwalter, VMLA's senior vice president for business development, speaking at this week's MVNO Industry Summit Latam (chek all stories).
The company has...
Latin America has become a target for many companies because of the potential wireless growth driven mostly by an increase in data traffic, plus the healthy economic and political environment across many countries in the region. The Canadian Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. (YFI; TSX.V) moved...
One of the most wrestled with subjects in the Brazilian ICT industry is network neutrality regulation in the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark, a legislative project which defines principles, guarantees, rights and duties on Internet use in Brazil.
In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%. Argentinians still lead when it comes to how often they use their smartphones to access the Internet with 67% of...
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)...
The Brazilian information and communication technology (ICT) market topped $197.56 billion in 2011, which is a growth of 10.9% over the previous year, according to a study commissioned by the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication (Brasscom) for the International Data Corporation (IDC).
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MIAMI - The Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia is preparing the launch of its ultra high-speed broadband service using VDSL networks. Branded with an English name, ‘Live TIM’ has been in trials since May 7 and it is expected to be unveiled during this...
MIAMI - Telecom Italia has conducted meetings with TIM Brazil team to sooth employee concerns about the telecom operator’s future following a scandal that resulted in its Brazilian CEO resigning. In talks with Brazilian press during the Amdocs InTouch event held this week in...
Brazilian telecom operator Oi has gone a step further in its 3G data offload strategy. The company unveiled an Android application to improve the user experience when switching from 3G to Wi-Fi networks.
“Offloading 3G is an important key in our strategy, which is focused...
Enterprises are changing to become more mobile, integrating cloud computing and allowing IT consumerization. RCR Wireless News takes a look at the most relevant trends to discuss how they are impacting companies and CIOs, as well as what solution providers are doing to address...
Luca Luciani, Telecom Italia's CEO for Brazilian operations (TIM Brazil), has resigned in the wake of allegations that Telecom Italia exaggerated its customer base through the use of irregular SIM cards in Italy. Telecom Italia named its chief financial officer (CFO)Â Andrea Mangoni as interim...
Brazilian Foxconn plant employees in the city of JundiaÃ, Brazil, gave up going on a strike that was proposed last week due to bad working conditions. In a meeting held yesterday, employees voted for no downtime. The strike was contemplated as a way...
The Cup Executive Group has asked Brazil's state and city governments to negotiate agreements by December with telecom companies to manage the proliferation of cellular towers in anticipation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The topic is controversial because there is an array of legal issues...
Eyeing the upcoming Fifa World Cup and Olympic Games, the U.S.-based location determination company TruePosition, Inc., said it is trying to establish business relationships with local government agencies to help provide reliable estimates of crowd sizes and to locate people quickly.
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TIM is participating in Brazilian LTE auction, TIM President Luca Luciani said in a conference call today. TIM reported a 30% rise in first-quarter profit, with its share of the country's booming mobile market delivering solid revenue growth. Read the full report here.
The Brazilian government's...
Brazilian workers in the city of Jundiaà have threatened to go on strike against Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn beginning May 3 if the company does not fix problems related to water, food, and transportation. Local newspaper Jornal de Jundiaà first reported the situation on April 25.
Evandro Santos, director at...
Boosted by the growth of smartphone use, mobile banking is on track to become as common as Internet banking in Brazil during the next five to seven years, industry analysts say. From 2010 to 2011, current mobile banking accounts grew by 49% to reach...
