TeleGeography | March 25, 2011
Brazil’s antitrust regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica (Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or Cade) approved on Wednesday, without limitation, Vivendi’s acquisition of GVT Holding, controller of local telco Global Village Telecom (GVT). The French telecoms and entertainment group originally...
The Financial | March 22, 2011
The FINANCIAL -- Opera Software announced on March 22 that the Opera Mini browser is now available on a second Android device offered exclusively by Nextel Brazil, the Motorola i886.
NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD), one of the leading providers of...
Fox News | March 24, 2011
Brasilia – Spanish telecom giant Telefonica plans to invest 24.3 billion reais (some $14.7 billion) in Brazil between 2011 and 2014, CEO Cesar Alierta told Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
That amount represents a 52 percent increase over the previous four...
BNAmericas | March 24, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
Brazil's federal government could focus on generating favorable import-export tax conditions and boosting financing to effectively drive local IT production, ICT consultancy Gartner vice president Donald Feinberg told BNamericas.
This week, the country's government announced plans to spur...
Forbes | March 20, 2011 | Kerry A. Dolan
Eike Batista, the world’s eighth richest man, expressed his desire last November for Apple to build a plant in Brazil, in part so Brazilians wouldn’t have to pay such high taxes on iPhones and iPads.
Now Brazilian...
Forbes | March 20, 2011 | Kerry A. Dolan
Eike Batista, the world’s eighth richest man, expressed his desire last November for Apple to build a plant in Brazil, in part so Brazilians wouldn’t have to pay such high taxes on iPhones and iPads.
Now Brazilian...
Pace | March 17, 2011 | Press Release
SALTAIRE, England, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Pace set to help NET's Transition to Advanced Digital Services;Partnership Marks One Million Set-Top Box Milestone
Pace plc today announces that it has signed a deal to expand its two year...
Wall Street Journal | March 14, 2011 | Giada Zampano
ROME—Telecom Italia SpA's controlling shareholders have agreed to a reshuffle at the helm of Italy's largest phone operator that will see Chief Executive Franco Bernabe moving to the role of executive chairman at the end...
Wall Street Journal | March 16, 2011 | Carla Canivete
LISBON (DJ Bolsa)--Portugal Telecom (PT, PTC.LB) said Tuesday that Brazilian peer Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE, TNLP4.BR), or Oi, currently owns 3% of its share capital.
In a regulatory filing, Portugal Telecom said the transaction...
Wall Street Journal | March 16, 2011 | Carla Canivete
LISBON (DJ Bolsa)--Portugal Telecom (PT, PTC.LB) said Tuesday that Brazilian peer Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (TNE, TNLP4.BR), or Oi, currently owns 3% of its share capital.
In a regulatory filing, Portugal Telecom said the transaction...
YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release
March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....
YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release
March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....
Advantech Wireless | March 14, 2011 | Press Release
Advantech Wireless, a Canadian-based manufacturer of Satellite, RF and Microwave systems has concluded major sales in Brazil and Mexico for its Satellite Communications product line. Products include AMT 75 Modems and redundant switches, SCPC and DVB-RCS...
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...
Quepasa | March 8, 2011 | Press Release
Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex: QPSA), creator and operator of Quepasa.com, the popular online social networkand game platform for the Latino community, has closed its acquisition of XtFt Games S/S Ltda, the owner ofsubstantially all the assets of...
Sports Business | March 7, 2011 | Matt Cutler
A consortium of Embratel and Claro has been appointed as a national sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Embratel and Claro has acquired exclusive rights within the telecommunications category for the Games, with the sponsorship deal...
Forbes | March 7, 2011 | Agustino Fontevecchia
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who is soon to be re-deployed as chairman after founder Larry Page takes the reins in April, gave an interview over the weekend from Buenos Aires where he gave clues as to the search-giant’s new...
Research and Markets | March 7, 2011 | Press Release
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/51dfb5/brazil_telecommuni) has announced the addition of the "Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011" report to their offering.
Brazil Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory...
Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Laura Price
Brazil Says Raising Rate to 11.75% Part of ‘Adjustment Process’
Brazil’s central bank signaled it will raise the benchmark interest rate for a third straight meeting next month, after pushing borrowing costs yesterday to a two-year high to cool...
Business News Americas | March 4, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás
Brazilian telecoms operator Oi (NYSE: TNE) reached a market share of 19% in the São Paulo metropolitan area at end-2010, and about 14% in São Paulo state, company investor relations director Alex Zornig said during a...
Gemalto | March 2, 2011 | Press Release
Just Ask Gemalto, for Answers about Protecting Your Digital Lifestyle and Safeguarding Personal Information, Launches in Brazil: JustAskGemalto.com.br
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, Mar 2, 2011 - Website JustAskGemalto.com launched a new version for Brazilian consumers,JustAskGemalto.com.br. Already popular in the United States,...
Wall Street Journal | March 1, 2011 | Ruth Bender
PARIS—Vivendi SA is banking on its Brazilian telecommunication unit to continue to boost the company's revenues this year, as the French entertainment conglomerate runs up against barriers to growth in Europe.
Europe's biggest entertainment and telecoms...
Live PR | February 27, 2011 | Press Release
Communications Test Design, Inc. : (CTDI), the world´s largest independent communications repair and logistics provider, today announced a joint venture, CTDI do Brasil, with São Paolo, Brazil-based Network UNO. The company, whose headquarters will be located in...
Business News Americas | February 28, 2011 | Josh Miller
Along with other areas of Brazil's government, the communications ministry (Minicom) will see its 2011 budget suffer cuts, but the national broadband plan (PNBL) is expected to remain pretty much intact, analysts told BNamericas.
"From what...
