Broadband

The telecom market in Latin America continues to show positive trends in most of the mobile and fixed key performance indicators (KPIs) which will drive retail revenue up to $167 billion by 2017.

Sometime between 2015 and 2016, 3G connections will surpass 2G in Latin America. After that point, 3G connections could rise to reach 58% of total accesses by 2017; 2G will …

The planning, authorization and subsequent implementation of broadband connectivity plans in Latin America will become increasingly important in upcoming years. Regional governments understand

Mobile and fixed broadband, the LTE roll out, tax breaks and infrastructure sharing were some of the highlights of Futurecom (read all pieces). The trade show is Latin America’s largest telecom …

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Colombian municipally owned company Empresas Municipales de Cali (Emcali) is investing U.S.$460,000 to expand public Wi-Fi throughout the city of Cali. According to the company, 140 more cells will be …

The Chilean government has released a telecommunications report showing that broadband penetration has tripled over the past two years. Internet connections reached 90% of the populated territory in Chile, rising from 7.4 …

MIAMI – The Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia is preparing the launch of its ultra high-speed broadband service using VDSL networks. Branded with an English name, ‘Live TIM’ has been …

TIM Brasil, the second largest mobile service provider in Brazil, has partnered with Amdocs (DOX) to help with consulting, integration and implementation services for its new TIM Fiber residential broadband service. This …

While mobile broadband connections increased 26.2% worldwide in 2011 compared to the previous year, Brazil grew 99.3%. The country ended 2011 with 41.1 million mobile broadband connections, hitting 47.2 million …

Nicaragua will see Internet broadband revenue more than double over the next five years, going from $22 million in 2011 to $51 million in 2016, according to a new report …

Strong growth of wireless data revenues across its Latin America business helped push Telefónica‘s 2011 total consolidated revenues up 3.5% in 2011 to $84.56 billion, which was in line with …

Brazil’s Algar Telecom, a division of the Algar Group that operates the CTBC brand, launched wired Internet services providing data speeds up to 100 megabits per second and unveiled a …

Less than 15 days after selling the former Motorola Solutions’ WiMAX business to NewNet Communication Technologies, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)  announced today that Adtran Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTN) plans to acquire its …

Colombia’s ICT Ministry has published a bulletin detailing the progress of its national digital plan, Vive Digital, which was launched last year to overcome several barriers to massification of the Internet.

The number of broadband connections in Brazil reached 53.9 million in October, an increase of 68.4% compared with the same month last year, as the rate of broadband activations to more than one new access every second, Telebrasil reported.

Investment in Venezuela’s telecommunications industry increased 21.7% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, reaching U.S. $220 million, said Conatel, the country’s telecom agency. However, the number of mobile subscribers dropped 3.2% from a year ago.

Paraguay’s government has launched an ambitious National Telecommunications Plan aimed at increasing broadband access nationwide, among other goals, in part by calling for investment of $150 million a year until 2015.

Leading industry analysts, AT&T, Sprint, LightSquared, Verizon and PCIA confirmed to headline speaker list for the Orange County Small Cell Event Industry analysts Michael Thelander and Iain Gillott will be …

Thanks to its growing subscriber base, Brazil’s second largest wireless carrier, TIM, saw its profit double in the third quarter from the same period a year ago. TIM Participações S.A. …

Brazilian carrier Oi recently announced the start of a shared broadband Wi-Fi project in Rio de Janeiro. The Wi-Fi project will begin with about 150 hot spots in the Ipanema …

Nokia Siemens Networks | August 31, 2011 | Press Release Customers of Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT), the largest mobile operator in Latvia, can now enjoy ultra-fast broadband with speeds of …

Ericsson | August 31, 2011 | Press Release Lenovo’s Android-based ThinkPad Tablet – featuring Ericsson’s (NASDAQ: ERIC) F5521gw embedded HSPA Evolution mobile broadband module – offers users the fastest mobile …

Three | August 30, 2011 | Press Release August 30th 2011: Three and the Countryside Alliance today announces the launch of a project aimed at getting people online in rural …