Marketwire | Elephant Talk Press Release | Dec 20, 2010 10:15 ET
SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - December 20, 2010) - Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK) (http://www.elephanttalk.com/) anticipates that new regulations from Brazil's telecom regulator, Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (Anatel), could create opportunities for Elephant Talk and a...
Latin Stock Investing | Weekly Update | December 17, 2010
Brazil's economic stimulus for 2011
Dear Subscriber,
With an eye on hosting upcoming global sporting events such as the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the Brazilian government announced several measures to encourage...
By Samantha Pearson and Jean Luis Arce | Reuters | Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:23pm EST
* Brazil's real loses 0.8 pct, Mexican peso down 0.3 pct
* Chile's peso firmer on copper and rate hike (Adds comments, updates prices)
SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Chile's peso...
By Jonathan House| Published December 17, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires
MADRID -(Dow Jones)- Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PT: 12.95, +0.07, +0.54%) said late Thursday it is maintaining its plans to pay the bulk of an extraordinary dividend in 2010, ahead of higher taxes on dividends that take...
Myriad Group | 16 December 2010 | Press Release
New deal underpins expansion of Myriad-Telefónica 5-year strategic partnership to deliver innovative social networking solutions to more than 140 million customers in 13 countries across LATAM
Myriad Xumii Social Networking services to be rolled out under...
DIRECTV, through its DIRECTV Latin America subsidiary, has completed a $604.8 million cash for stock transaction with Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A., or Globo, bringing DIRECTV’s ownership of SKY Brasil to approximately 93 percent. Globo owns the remaining 7 percent.
DIRECTV, which had a 74 percent...
Apprion Press Release
Brazilian Firm To Provide Industrial Applications And Networks To One Of The World’s Fastest Growing Economies
Mountain View, CA | December 15th, 2010 – Apprion today announced its first major expansion outside of North America with Brazilian industrial partner Solutis Technologias. Solutis provides...
Marketwire | Dec 13, 2010
Adapter Leverages FAST Standard for FIX-Based Market Data Delivery
BEDFORD, MA--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS), a leading independent enterprise software provider that enables companies to be operationally responsive, announces the general availability of a new adapter for...
Marketwire | Dec 13, 2010
Adapter Leverages FAST Standard for FIX-Based Market Data Delivery
BEDFORD, MA--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) - Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS), a leading independent enterprise software provider that enables companies to be operationally responsive, announces the general availability of a new adapter for...
Bloomberg | By Iuri Dantas and Matthew Bristow | Dec 16, 2010 6:29 AM CT
Brazil’s decision this month to raise banks’ reserve requirements to slow credit growth may “precede” conventional monetary policy action, the central bank said.
The central bank, in the minutes of the Dec. 7-8...
By Laurel Wentz and Aixa Rocca
Meet Brazil's Peixe Urbano, Mexico's BuzzUrbano and Argentina's Cuponica, Catering to Customers Who Don't Like to Plan Ahead
BUENOS AIRES (AdAge.com) -- Young Latin American entrepreneurs, often using experience gained from living in the U.S., are running some of the first...
By Rogerio Jelmayer and Paulo Winterstein | Published December 15, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) wants to almost triple the number of Brazilian cities that have access to its third-generation, or 3G, service by the end of next year. The...
December 15, 2010 | Hughes Network Systems Press Release
Leading Digital Media Provider Chooses Hughes Managed Services For Distributing Corporate Video Content
Germantown, Md., USA, 15 December 2010?Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES),the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that its Brazilian operating unit,...
December 6, 2010 | AppTech Corp Press Release
On December 1, 2010 AppTech Corp (Stock Symbol: APCX, www.AppTechGlobal.com) entered into a marketing agreement to develop a "Members Only" website and Smartphoneapp for a major soccer development academy located in Parana, Brazil. The new website and app will...
BroadLight | December 15th, 2010 | Santa Clara, Calif.
BroadLight, the leading supplier of fiber access processors, announced today that it has signed AlCircuits, a leading supplier of optical and semiconductor solutions for the Brazil market, as its exclusive distributor in Brazil. “AlCircuits has unique technology and logistics...
December 15, 2010 | Zacks
NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD - Analyst Report), a small-sized wireless services provider in several Latin American markets received yet another shot in its arm. Yesterday, the company announced that it has won wireless licenses in Brazil, which were recently auctioned by...
By Luciana Lopez and Michael O'Boyle | Reuters | Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:52pm EST
* Bovespa down 0.33 pct, Mexico's IPC up 0.08 pct
* Strong U.S. retail data support in Chile, Mexico
* Brazil shares struggle on uncertainty next year (Updates to afternoon)
SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY, Dec 14...
Zacks |Todd Bunton |Dec. 14 2010 - 12:27 pm
By the end of 2011, all new vehicles in Brazil will be required to have a GPS-based tracking system installed. This may not be good news for car thieves in São Paulo, but Ituran Location & Control Ltd. (ITRN...
Bloomberg | By Carla Simoes and Crayton Harrison | Dec 14, 2010 11:37 AM CT
NII Holdings Inc., operator of the Nextel brand in Latin America, paid 1.21 billion reais ($715 million) in a Brazilian government auction to gain airwaves to compete with Telefonica SA andAmerica Movil...
comScore Press Release:
YouTube.com Makes Google Sites the Top Ranking Video Property across Latin America and Spain
Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of comScore Video Metrix in Brazil, Mexico, Chile,...
Press Release Cisco
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec 9, 2010 – Cisco today presented the 14th edition of the Cisco® Broadband Barometer, a study conducted by IDC. The study shows that the total broadband market in Brazil reached 16.2 million connections in the first half of...
TeleGeorgraphy | December 2010
Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel has rejected petitions to allow existing mobile operators to participate in the upcoming auction of H Band 3G mobile spectrum, BNamericas reports. In early November this year, Telemar Norte Leste (Telemar, or Oi) and SindiTelebrasil, an association...
comScore | Press Release
comScore Releases Study on Latin American E-Commerce Landscape
Bogotá, Colombia, December 1, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study of the e-commerce landscape in Latin America. The study, which surveyed...
Highlights:
Claro Brazil is offering the churn-reducing Claro Messenger IM Service to their more than 48 million-strong customer base.
The launch in Brazil is the fourth successful roll-out of Synchronica's IM solution, which will ultimately be deployed across all 17 América Móvil subsidiaries.
The agreement with América Móvil provides Synchronica with...
