Fujitsu | February 25, 2011 | Press Release
DTT solution for Latin America market with best cost/performance ratio
Singapore, February 25, 2011 — Fujitsu Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd (FSAL) announces the adoption of a full Ginga software solution from TQTVD, a Brazilian company in the TOTVS group.
TOTVS...
Harris Corporation | February 28, 2011 | Press Release
MELBOURNE, FL/ROCHESTER, NY, February 28, 2011 — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received $14 million in orders from the Federative Republic of Brazil to provide Falcon III® and Falcon II®...
Wall Street Journal | February 24, 2011 | Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's leading cellular operator, Vivo Participacoes (VIV, VIVO4.BR), on Thursday said its fourth-quarter net profit more than quadrupled due to improved operational performance and the reduction of its costs with depreciation.
Net profit...
Business News Americas | February 24, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás
DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) saw strong subscriber growth in Brazil during 2010, DirecTV Group president and CEO Michael White said in a conference call with investors.
"Brazil is experiencing tremendous growth. ... Brazil's fourth quarter was,...
Bloomberg | February 24, 2011 Â | 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...
Reuters | February 24, 2011 | Stuart Grudgings & Maureen Bavdek
* Profits surge on lower depreciation, customer increase
* Net sales up 10.1 percent, subscribers up 16.5 percent
* EBITDA rises 20.9 percent from year ago (Adds analysts' expectations, investment plans)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 24 (Reuters) -...
Reuters | February 24, 2011 | Stuart Grudgings & Maureen Bavdek
* Profits surge on lower depreciation, customer increase
* Net sales up 10.1 percent, subscribers up 16.5 percent
* EBITDA rises 20.9 percent from year ago (Adds analysts' expectations, investment plans)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 24 (Reuters) -...
TeleGeography | February 23, 2011
Equinix, a provider of global data centre services, in partnership with Riverwood Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm, has agreed to acquire 90% of ALOG Data Centers of Brazil for around USD127 million, with a call option to take 100%...
New York Times | February 22, 2011 |Â Miguel Helft
The fight for talent between Google and Facebook — or more precisely, the flow of Google employees to Facebook — is not just a Silicon Valley affair.
Facebook has hired Alexandre Hohagen, the top Google executive in Latin America,...
RADCOM | February 22, 2011 | Press Release
RADCOM Continues Success in Brazil
TEL AVIV, Israel -  RADCOM Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDCM) a leading Service Assurance provider, today announced that a Tier-1 operator in Brazil has selected RADCOM’s Service Assurance Solution to monitor their NGN network (Next Generation Network). This deal...
PR Newswire | February 2011 | Press Release
Selected to develop and provide W-CDMA-based networks and related services in Mexico and Brazil positioning NII to offer next-generation wireless services
BARCELONA, Spain, PRNewswire -- GLOBAL MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network...
Bloomberg | February 20, 2011 | Felipe Frisch and Fabiola Moura
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA, the holding company that controls Brazil’s largest fixed-line telephone service provider and the most-indebted telecommunications operator in Latin America, says it will cut obligations relative to earnings by 50 percent...
Business News Americas | February 21, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás
Latin America is expected to reach some 910,000 IPTV connections by year-end compared with 400,000 at end-2010, consultancy firm Dataxis NexTV research director Carlos Blanco told BNamericas
"The market will experience a significant expansion this...
Bloomberg | February 16, 2011 | The Associated Press
SAO PAULO (AP) — Spain's Telefonica plans to hold a public tender to pay up to $1 billion for outstanding common shares in Vivo, Brazil's top mobile company it already has a large stake in.
Vivo says...
Business News Americas | February 16, 2011
Telesp, the Brazilian fixed-line and broadband arm of Spanish telecom group Telefónica (NYSE: TEF), grew net profits 8.8% to 2.4bn reais (US$1.44bn) in 2010, the company announced in a statement.
Revenues, however, slipped 0.3% from 2009 to 15.8bn reais...
OnMobile | February 11, 2011 | Press Release
Barcelona, Spain, February 11, 2011 – OnMobile Global Limited, the leading provider of telecom value-added services (VAS), has forged a long term partnership with VIVO Telecom in Brazil to launch RingBack Tones for VIVO’s Brazilian customers. Previously...
OnMobile | February 11, 2011 | Press Release
VIVO is Brazil’s largest mobile operator with over 60 million subscribers
Barcelona, Spain, February 11, 2011 – OnMobile Global Limited, the leading provider of telecom value-
added services (VAS), has forged a long term partnership with VIVO Telecom in...
Wall Street Journal | February 11, 2011 | Kejal Vyas
CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuela's state-run telecommunications operator, Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, or Cantv, said Friday it has finished connecting a fiber-optic cable that links the southern part of the country to northern Brazil.
Venezuelan officials,...
QuePasa | February 10, 2011 | Press Release
WEST PALM BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - February 10, 2011) - Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex:QPSA), creator and operator of Quepasa.com, the popular online social network and gaming platform for the Latino community, has appointed Lars Fuhrken-Batista as a director of the...
Telefonica | February 10, 2011 | Press Release
Telefonica announced today that it has launched a developer community, BlueVia, which will operate across Telefonica’s global footprint.
BlueVia will build upon the foundations of Telefonica’s existing developer programmes, O2 Litmus in the UK, Open MovilForum in Spain, Movistar...
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...
Fortinet | February 7, 2011 | Press Release
Latin America's Largest Brokerage Firm Relies on Fortinet for Security and Network Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced...
Yahoo Finance | February 7, 2011 | Press Release
Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA, February 07, 2011 /FSC/ - VendTek Systems Inc. (VSI - TSX Venture), (the "Company" or "VendTek"), a developer and licensor of software for the global prepaid and financial services markets, is pleased...
Wall Street Journal | February 4, 2011 | David Roman
-- Hedges around EUR5 billion a year through forex derivatives
-- Hedging principally relates to repatriation of cash from subsidiaries
-- Aims to neutralize forex impact on repatriated cashflow over 18 months
-- High-risk taking in forex markets...
