Bloomberg | January 13, 2011 | Alexander Cuadros
The following companies had unusual price changes in Sao Paulo trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 3:15 p.m. New York time. Preferred shares are usually the most-traded class of stock.
The Bovespa Index...
Wall Street Journal | January 7, 2011 | Gerald Jeffris
BRASILIA (Dow Jones)--Brazil's government will pay public and private energy companies for access to their fiber optics networks under its plans to expand broadband services to the public, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo was quoted Friday...
Xinhua Net News | January 14, 2011 | Tang Danlu
BRASILIA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of 3G users in Brazil reached 20.6 million in 2010, approximately 50 percent higher than that of fixed broadband Internet users, according to a new survey.
The 3G network,...
Megapay | January 13, 2011 | Press Release
Megapay and MJV announce the successful launch of its Mobile Payment service in Brazil.
(PRWEB) January 13, 2011
Megapay, a division of Hong Kong based cloud computing giant Megaworld, in partership with MJV, a Brazilian company that combines technology...
Business News Americas | January 12, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
US on-demand services provider Salesforce.com's (NYSE: CRM) acquisition of compatriot enterprise application developer Dimdim coincides with a rise in Latin America's collaboration demand, Salesforce.com's Latin America president, Enrique Perezyera, told BNamericas.
Earlier this month, Salesforce.com bagged...
Elephant Talk | January 12, 2011 | Press Release
LONDON-- Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTC.BB:ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com), an
international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial
services industries, today announced that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) agreement with Cleartech to become...
Juniper | January 12, 2011 | Press Release
Will Improve Employee Remote Efficiency and Productivity without Jeopardizing Security
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2011 — Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) today announced that Terra, a leading Brazilian online media provider, has deployed Juniper Networks® Junos Pulse network client...
Gemalto | January 11, 2011 | Press Release
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the selection by Claro in Brazil to deploy an innovative software solution that enables significant optimization of network capacity and reduction in logistics costs. Claro is...
CDG | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
New regulations provide for more effective use of 450-470 MHz band for fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and multimedia services to bridge the digital divide
COSTA MESA, CA — January 10, 2011 — The CDMA Development Group (CDG)...
TeleGeography | January 7, 2011
According to an unconfirmed report from Brazilian newspaper Estadao, the country’s state-owned telecoms company Telebras has seen its proposed BRL1 billion (USD595 million) budget for the National Broadband Plan (PNBL) slashed to just BRL590 million. Telebras director Rogerio Santanna says...
Business News Americas | January 6, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
The number of mobile phone antenna towers that are shared or leased to third parties in Latin America could expand at a 20% CAGR from 2010-15, reaching 49,000, ABI Research practice director Aditya Kaul told...
Business News Americas | January 6, 2010 | Christian Molinari
Sao Paulo is the Latin American city that is most-advanced in introducing mathematical models and predictive analytics technologies to provide commuters with the best routes for daily travel, the head of technology and innovation for...
Intrinsyc | January 5, 2011 | Press Release
Collaboration to Bring Navigation and Location Based Services to Latin America Markets
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Business News Americas | January 4, 2011
Brazil's communications ministry (Minicom) has thrown its support behind the development of optical communication systems that aim to reach broadband transmission rates of 100 Gbps.
Brazilian research and development institute CPqD launched the project in 2010 and the ministry's...
TeleGeography | January 5, 2010
Brazil's newly appointed communications minister, Paulo Bernardo, used his acceptance speech to announce his intention to reduce the cost of broadband access in the country. Telecompaper quotes Bernardo as saying that state-owned telco Telebras will be tasked with providing internet...
Business Wire | January 4, 2011 | Press Release
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Truffle Capital, a major European private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company LeadMedia has acquired MediaFactory, ...
Bloomberg | December 29, 2010 | Andre Soliani
Brazilian telecommunications companies will be invited to share with state-owned Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA leadership of the government’s plan to extend broadband Internet services to all homes, incoming Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo told Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.
The...
Business News Americas | December 30, 2010 | Josh Miller
Brazilian IT services provider Exceda grew 100% in 2010 and, as the company expands regionally, aims for annual increases of at least 70% in 2011 and 2012, founder and CEO Claudio Marinho told BNamericas.
Exceda will...
Wall Street Journal | January 3, 2011 | Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--The Brazilian government will provide a loan worth 300 million Brazilian reals ($177 million) to the state-run telecom operator Telebras SA (TELB4.BR) in order to implement a broadband network, the company said...
Wall Street Journal | December 30, 2010 | Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Shares of Universo Online SA (UOLL4.BR), or UOL, Brazil's largest Internet provider by revenue, were up during Thursday's morning session on two deals concerning the company.
As of 1303 GMT, the company's share...
Reuters | Elzio Barreto | December 28, 2010
(Reuters) - Shares of Brazil's largest mobile phone company Vivo jumped on Tuesday after the company unveiled plans to be integrated into Telefonica's local fixed-line phone unit.
Vivo's most-traded preferred shares (VIVO4.SA) climbed 1.7 percent to 53.42 reais...
Xiong Tong | Xinhuanet News | December 29, 2010
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Online Christmas sales in Brazil reached 2.2 billion reais (1.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2010, up 40 percent from the same period last year, a Sao Paulo-based consulting company...
Calgary Herald | December 27, 2010
MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay will adopt a Japanese and Brazilian digital TV standard known as ISDB-T, instead of European rival DVB-T, Foreign Minister Luis Almagro announced Monday.
Uruguay will joins most of Latin America in signing on to the ISDB-T format,...
December 21 2010 - 1:02 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Motorola announced the extension of its iDEN support for NII Holdings Inc. in October. That deal runs through 2014 and covers the supply of hardware, software and services to NII...
