Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) and the Spectrum Agency (ANE) has announced that the start of the auction for spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 1.9 GHz bands will be postponed from Aug. 22 to Sept. 5 (check full...
The Colombian unit of Spain’s Telefónica has unified its services under the brand Movistar. The move includes its fixed telephony, broadband services and satellite TV, and follows the company’s international direction of offering its services under three brands worldwide – Movistar, O2 and Vivo.
In Colombia,...
After offering mobile Internet access using a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model, Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) has added mobile voice to its offering. ETB will provide the service using Tigo's mobile network.
“ETB's incursion into mobile telephony allows the operator...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Colombia’s public telecom operator UNE EPM will start providing LTE services first in Bogota and Medellín, and then expand to other big cities.
Although Dorian Guillermo Correa, LTE networks implantation leader at UNE EPM, could not provide any commercial launch details,...
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More than ten years ago I authored the report “MVNO Opportunities in Latin America,” which recognized that...
Colombia’s government has unveiled its telephone number portability results. During the first three months of this year, 167,914 mobile users kept their original phone numbers when they switched to a new telephone operator. From August 2011 to March 2012, a total of approximately 300,000 lines...
Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) extended the deadline for comments on the draft resolution for the auction of spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 1.9 GHz bands. The tender will enable 4G services in the country. Now, comments can be...
Spain's Telefónica(NYSE: TEF) said Monday it has reached an agreement with Colombia's government to merge fixed-line operator Colombia Telecomunicaciones (Coltel) with mobile operator Telefonica Moviles Colombia.
Telefónica owns 52% of Coltel, with the Colombian government controlling the remaining 48%. Under the agreement, the Colombia government...
Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communication published for industry comments the draft resolution for the auction of spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 1.9 GHz bands. The auction is scheduled to begin August 8, with the deployment of mobile broadband services...
The Brazilian telecommunications wholesale market could become more competitive as Colombian Internexa, which is affiliated with ISA, announced the launch of services in Brazil. Internexa said it has invested $30 million into its Brazilian operations with the goal to gain 21% market share over...
Colombia's state-owned Emcali, which provides water, telecommunications and electricity services in Cali, plans to launch an IPTV service in the next couple of months. The company has been testing the technology and the structure packages for the launch.
According to the local newspaper El Pais,...
A new study by market research firm Infonetics Research showed that carriers are embracing cloud computing as a key corporate strategy. On the same day that Brazilian operator Oi announced its Smart Cloud platform, América Móvil unveiled plans for cloud computing services across subsidiaries...
Growth in Colombia's ICT sector is outpacing that of the country's overall economy, according to the most recent report from the National Bureau of Statistics (Dane), released by The Colombian Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies. The ICT sector grew by 9.5% between third...
Two telecom operators have named new CEOs. After announcing an interim president, Colombian public carrier UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones SA named Marc Eichmann as its new president. He will start next February 1.
Eichmann is a mechanical engineer and has experience in management positions in telecommunications...
Colombian government’s plan to boost telecommunications in the country is set to increase competition among operators and expedite the deployment of 3G services, broadband Internet and MVNO operations. Forget about the Colombia you may know from the 1990s. The current scenario is different and...
Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) confirmed today it would launch operations in Colombia in the second half of the year. The company said it has received all regulatory approvals necessary to begin its business from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, and recently...
During 2011, 5.37 million Brazilians, both mobile and fixed-line users, have switched their telephone operators without changing their numbers. That's an 18.37% increase from 2010, when 4.54 million number portability requests were registered. According to ABR Telecom, the association that manages number portability operations...
Colombia’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has invited expressions of interest from industry players to participate in the process for granting permits for use of radio spectrum in frequency bands 1850 MHz to 1990 MHz and 1710 MHz to 1755 MHz, paired with...
Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota has set for Jan. 19 the commercial launch of its mobile telephony services under mobile virtual network operator. ETB first started offering data services under the brand name Internet Móvil ETB in 2010, said Jose Otero, president...
Colombian telecommunications regulator CRC published a set of resolutions to foster the digital ecosystem, including so-called net neutrality, the promotion of content and applications, infrastructure, user protections. They aim to encourage the growth of Vive Digital Plan, which is to bring broadband to 8.8 million homes.
Colombian public carrier UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones SA named David Escobar Arango as its president for a transition period effective Jan. 3, 2012. The move comes after outgoing President Horacio Vélez de Bedout submitted his resignation to the board this month.
Arango, an engineer by training,...
In the same week that UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones President Horacio Vélez de Bedout submitted his resignation to the board, the government telecom announced that it has partnered with compatriot firm Enlace Operativo and Mexican company Kio Networks to develop a data center in Colombia.
Bedout...
Telecom infrastructure giant American Tower (AMT) unveiled plans to purchase 2,500 towers from Telefónica's Mexican subsidiary for about $500 million, excluding value-added tax. AMT said it has entered into definitive agreements with Pegaso PCS SA de CV and expects to acquire a substantial majority...
Much of Latin America can now access Apple Inc.’s iTunes Store as the company launched its music store today in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
The iTunes Store in Latin...
