RIO DE JANEIRO—Panelists who debated m-health in Brazil agreed that the lack of connectivity is the greatest challenge to developing the market. Security, culture and legislation were also pointed out as challenges by executives from information technology and medical equipment vendors, hospitals, carriers and...
Brazil’s mobile operators face heavy bureaucracy and many regulations when deploying mobile sites. Many municipalities’ laws are impacting tower and mobile coverage in Brazilian cities. “There are big challenges for Brazil’s operators,” consultant John Strand told RCR Wireless News in a video interview during the Futurecom...
RIO DE JANEIRO—“Ninety percent of all the data that telecom carriers have are not used in an intelligent way to generate new revenues,” Frost & Sullivan senior market analyst Fernando Belfort said. According to Belfort, cloud computing, mobile security and big data are three...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Ruckus’ president and CEO, Selina Lo, who has been chosen by RCR Wireless News as one of the Top 10 Women in Wireless for 2012. is on a mission to bring Wi-Fi connectivity to everyone and it is no different...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian telecom operator Oi announced it has tapped Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Ericsson as suppliers for its next LTE networks. Oi said it will deploy 2,300 radio base stations in time for the Confederations Cup next year, less...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Telecom operators have to secure partnerships to make the machine-to-machine market take off across Brazil. During a panel held at this week’s Futurecom event, executives from carriers and vendors discussed the main challenges of developing solutions to fit in the...
RIO DE JANEIRO – TIM Brasil, which belongs to Telecom Italia, and Brazilian state-owned telecommunications provider Telebras have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on providing fiber optic capabilities to portions of the country in order to improve Internet broadband services and comply...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Infrastructure vendor Alcatel-Lucent is looking to get back into the Brazilian market, having sat out the 3G evolution. The company was a significant player in deploying 2G networks and is hoping to become a player again with LTE services.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian operator Claro is looking to get the upper hand in its battle with over-the-top players by rolling out a streaming movie service that offers on-demand content. The offering, dubbed Claro Video, is part of the carrier's strategy to expand...
RIO DE JANEIRO – It has not been an easy year for TIM Brasil, the Brazilian wireless unit of Telecom Italia. Earlier this year its (now) former CEO, Luca Luciani, resigned following a scandal involving the exaggeration of the carrier's customer base through the...
RIO DE JANEIRO – One of the biggest challenges facing LTE deployments in Brazil is the large number of sites required to provide coverage bumping up against laws restricting the installation of new towers. This will be especially apparent as LTE networks across the...
RIO DE JANEIRO – While Chinese telecom equipment vendors hit a snag this week in the United States with the House Intelligence Committeeadvising American companies not to buy network gear from Huawei or fellow Chinese vendor ZTE, Telefónica announced it has tapped Huawei and Ericsson...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's public authorities claimed this is the right time to deploy LTE and move onto the next telecommunication technology, during the opening session of the Futurecom event (read all pieces), held this week in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication (Brasscom) estimates the country's revenues from information technology and communications will reach $430 billion by 2022, putting the country in the No. 3 position around the globe. Today, Brazil occupies the No. 5 position with revenues...
Brazil’s Communication minister Paulo Bernardo has claimed the most efficient way to promote country’s development is reducing taxes by imposing counterparts to the private sector. “We need to tax relief and stimulate companies in Brazil,” he noted during the Brasscom Global IT Forum, held...
Less than four months after holding the 2.6 GHz spectrum auction for LTE, Brazilian wireless telecom operators have begun to do some LTE testing and launches. This week, Oi trialed its LTE network with a videocall test using a Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE smartphone....
Brazil has not yet adopted a regulation for the use of femtocells across the country, but both the minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, and the president of telecom regulator Anatel, João Rezende, have recognized the importance of small cells to improve telecommunications services.
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Most telecom operators are missing an opportunity to integrate their multiple customer relationship channels in order to provide a better customer experience, according to Oracle (ORCL). “There is no much information being shared between multiple relationship channels,” said Alceu Bravo, communications industry director for...
The president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelho, was arrested and later released on September 26, for not removing two videos from YouTube that allegedly contain slander and defamed a mayoral candidate in Campo Grande, Alcides Bernal (PP).
The detention followed a Mato Grosso do Sul...
Offering cloud computing services is a logical step for telecom operators, since they own network connections, which is the most crucial part of the cloud ecosystem. Yesterday, Sept. 26, Brazil's Embratel, which belongs to América Móvil, launched a data center in São Paulo focusing on...
Held for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the largest Latin American telecom event, Futurecom, aims to promote the discussion of several important topics. People who attend the 14th edition of Futurecom certainly expect to discuss mobile and fixed broadband, the...
Smartphones shipped globally will hit 1.7 billion in 2017 with emerging markets seeing particularly strong growth, Ovum has predicted. According to the independent telecom analysis firm, application stores are also gaining ground in emerging markets resulting from the increased smartphone penetration as users seek richer experiences...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
In a world where close to 2 billion people (and rising) use the Internet and spend an average of 70...
Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million in a new industry plant; and Brazilian government release of new taxes incentives.
These were big themes discussed during this week's...
