The Global mobile Suppliers Association reported that currently there are 145 operators with commercial LTE services in 66 countries worldwide. Of this number, 13 operators from eight countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have launched LTE services. Also in the region, 111 operators...
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.
There’s no denying it: 4G LTE deployments are underway in Brazil—and across the Caribbean and Latin American region. Brazil's communication...
The Caribbean poses an intriguing paradigm to telecom players in the Americas. Geographically it is part of the region, but unfortunately the development of its telecom sector is mostly ignored in the continental markets.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
A primary challenge for wireless operators in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past three...
Caribbean wireless operator Lime, owned by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), announced it has launched IPTV services in Barbados. The pay-TV over broadband product was dubbed "Lime TV."
According to the company the service will be available nationwide and provide up to 130 channels and...
Haiti is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of US $16 million worth of undersea cable (124.28 miles) which will link the nation to 21 other countries in the Pan Caribbean region, as well as with the United States and the...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Number portability is a policy that was included in regulatory frameworks during the process of opening up...
Lime, the Caribbean unit of Cable & Wireless Communications, is soliciting more business from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Caribbean by extending its suite of cloud-based services, the company said January 18.
Lime introduced cloud-based services when it launched its product named Lime...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Over the past two decades, I’ve seen many telecom companies define their geographic reach as encompassing the...
Cable & Wireless Communications’ Lime subsidiary has launched HSPA+ services in the Cayman Islands. Lime had first announced plans for the HSPA+ launch in May as part of its strategy to upgrade its networks in the Caribbean.
Cable & Wireless has worked with HSPA+ in...
Comverse | May 3, 2011 | Press Release
Evolution to a Single Convergent BSS Platform Can Ensure Faster Time to Market of Converged Services While Driving Efficiencies
WAKEFIELD, Mass., May 3, 2011  – Comverse, a global leader in BSS, mobile Internet, and value-added services, announced today that LIME,...
Comverse | May 3, 2011 | Press Release
Evolution to a Single Convergent BSS Platform Can Ensure Faster Time to Market of Converged Services While Driving Efficiencies
WAKEFIELD, Mass., May 3, 2011  – Comverse, a global leader in BSS, mobile Internet, and value-added services, announced today that LIME,...
SKN Vibes | March 23, 2011
BASSETERRE St. Kitts, March 23rd, 2011 (SKNIS) - Government’s effort to provide greater e-services and boost efficiency within the public sector is being assisted by a team from the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) who are undertaking a three month...
Business News Americas | March 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Certain countries in the Caribbean are implementing an advanced communications system called Common Alerting Protocols (CAP), which allows automatic, multimedia distribution of information in the case of tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters, Bernardo Aliaga,...
SES World Skies | March 15, 2011 | Press Release
SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), today announced a new capacity deal with Axesat aimed at meeting escalating ...
Business News Americas | March 14, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás
The Latin American and Caribbean (CALA) region is forecast to add some 52mn new subscriptions in the 3GPP technologies (GSM-HSPA) segment, 4G Americas director for the region, Erasmo Rojas, told BNamericas.
According to Rojas, the...
Business News Americas | March 9, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Broadband data management company Tekelec (Nasdaq: TKLC) expects to deploy its policy and charging rules function (PCRF) for an additional six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (CALA) by midyear, Federico Navarro, Tekelec's CALA sales...
Nokia Siemens Networks | March 7, 2011 | Press Release
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles – 7 March 2011
Nokia Siemens Networks upgrades and helps manage the Caribbean operator’s optical networks
United Telecommunications Services (UTS), a leading telecommunications service provider in the Caribbean, is now offering new, improved data...
PR Newswire | March 2, 2011 | Press Release
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dekal Wireless and Altai Technologies are proud to announce the completion of the world's first SuperWiFi broadband network with nationwide coverage in Jamaica.  Dekal Wireless is an early adopter of Altai's SuperWiFi...
PR Newswire | March 2, 2011 | Press Release
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dekal Wireless and Altai Technologies are proud to announce the completion of the world's first SuperWiFi broadband network with nationwide coverage in Jamaica.  Dekal Wireless is an early adopter of Altai's SuperWiFi...
Reuters | February 23, 2011 | Adveith Nair & Paul Hoskins
* Canada's Bragg Group to fund deal with cash
* Deal expected to close by end-March
* C&W announces share buyback of up to $100 mln
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC.L) said it would...
Reuters | February 23, 2011 | Adveith Nair & Paul Hoskins
* Canada's Bragg Group to fund deal with cash
* Deal expected to close by end-March
* C&W announces share buyback of up to $100 mln
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC.L) said it would...
PR Newswire | February 21, 2011 | Press Release
BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Understanding the critical need for Haiti to conduct a successful presidential run-off election on March 20th, Haitian wireless provider Voila announced today it will provide Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) with enhanced text messaging capabilities...
PR Newswire | February 21, 2011 | Press Release
BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Understanding the critical need for Haiti to conduct a successful presidential run-off election on March 20th, Haitian wireless provider Voila announced today it will provide Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) with enhanced text messaging capabilities...
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