Colombia

Colombian telecom UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones has installed the country’s first antenna signal transmission to LTE commercial operations ahead of schedule.

After tapping Chile as its initial launch market for mobile virtual network operator services in Latin America and receiving regulatory approval to operate in Mexico, Virgin Mobile Latin America has obtained licenses to provide wireless communications in Colombia and Peru.

Ecuador has unveiled its national digital strategy, with the goal of having Internet access in place for half of the country’s households by 2015, up from a current level of 29%.

Latin America and mobile data were the main drivers of Telefónica Group’s revenue during the first nine months of 2011. Telefónica Latinoamérica reported an 8.1% rise in revenue compared with the same period last year, accounting for 46% of the group total; mobile data revenue rose 19.6%.

A consortium including Mexico’s TV Azteca and Total Play has won a $640 million auction deal to provide a fiber-optic network in Colombia.

The Colombian National Police is investing millions of dollars to modernize its radio communications system. The five-month update program has begun in the state of Cundinamarca, where an expected $4 …

The future of Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) seems to be uncertain. It is the phone company for the city of Bogota, and one of the largest telephone operators …

Over the next three years, the UK-based firm BT Global Services, part of BT Group plc, will double its business in Latin American countries. Although the company does not disclose …

Virgin Group is planning to begin a mobile virtual network operator service in Chile during the first quarter of next year. “We already have an agreement with one operator,” said …

Colombia ended June with more than 46.147 million mobile-phone subscribers in mobile telephony, which is a small growth of 1.78% compared with March and corresponds to 100.2 subscribers per 100 …

Broadband in Colombia grew 91.1% between August 2010 and June 2011, according to a report by the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications. The country jumped from 2.2 million broadband …

Ministers of Communications from Brazil and Colombia, along with the General Secretary of Unasur, has firmed an agreement to boost cooperation and trade between the two countries. During the Investment Forum Colombia-Brazil, …

After three rounds of bidding and three hours’ time, the ICT Ministry of Colombia auctioned 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 1900 MHz band, of which 25 were assigned. The …

Brazilian Minister of Communication Paulo Bernardo said Brazil will have a pilot high-speed broadband project by the Rio+20 Conference — a United Nations’ Conference on Sustainable Development, held June 4-6 in Rio …

The Colombian ICT Ministry, through the social program Compartel, published specifications of the National Fiber Optic Project, which aims to deploy the technology in at least new 400 municipalities and reach …

Colombian mobile users can switch operators and keep their existing numbers beginning today (July 29). The number portabilitywas possible by a law passed in 2009 and a resolution adopted in …

Colombia‘s Bogotá city council has rejected a proposal to sell its 86.6% shares on Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB).  All 15 council members voted unanimously against the sale July 24. …

NEC Corp., Japan’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker, is very optimist about Latin America. Its operations in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile is addressing  important growth, and the …

In order to consolidate its services portfolio of NPlay, Colombian operator Une has launched La SIM, a SIM card that can be inserted into any phone that has open bands and …

Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB), the phone company that serves Colombia’s capital, is going through a difficult period. The company has been trying to find a path to become …