7 News Belize | February 1, 2011
Government took over Telemedia 17 months ago - and the Board of Directors has undergone its first significant change. Anwar Barrow and Alan Slusher have moved on to make way for the two directors from the Social Security...
Automated Trader | February 2, 2011 | Anthony Harrup
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's telecommunications regulator Cofetel said Wednesday it has proposed fines against three of the country's mobile-phone operators for failing to advise customers when they will start...
Automated Trader | February 2, 2011 | Anthony Harrup
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's telecommunications regulator Cofetel said Wednesday it has proposed fines against three of the country's mobile-phone operators for failing to advise customers when they will start...
Reuters | February 2, 2011 | Nichola Groom
LED makers have defied the post-crisis market turmoil with off-the-charts share price gains reminiscent of the dot-com boom.
Now, the sudden rise of dozens of government-backed Chinese competitors threatens to steal the thunder of market leaders just as...
Reuters | February 2, 2011 | Nichola Groom
LED makers have defied the post-crisis market turmoil with off-the-charts share price gains reminiscent of the dot-com boom.
Now, the sudden rise of dozens of government-backed Chinese competitors threatens to steal the thunder of market leaders just as...
Powerwave's Arpad G. Toth (Director, Government Solutions) speaks briefly about smart cities of the future and wireless at the RCR Mobille Broadband Event in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Download slides:
PowerwaveSmartCitiesPresentation.pdf
Wall Street Journal | Februry 2, 2011 | Matthew Dalton
BRUSSELS—The European Commission believes Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., China's largest telecommunications equipment makers, likely benefit from significant Chinese government support, including "massive" credit lines from Chinese state-owned banks, according to a confidential commission...
Bloomberg | February 1, 2011 | Supunnabul Suwannakij and Daniel Ten Kate
Thai state-run phone company TOT Plc plans to seek 214.7 billion baht ($7 billion) in compensation mostly from four private businesses for unpaid access charges and contract changes made during previous governments.
TOT will...
Wall Street Journal | January 31, 2011 | Taos Turner
BUENOS AIRES—The presidents of Argentina and Brazil signed a broad range of agreements Monday to cooperate on everything from nuclear power development to broadband expansion and regional pharmaceutical standards.
In her first state visit abroad, Brazilian...
Inquirer | January 29, 2011 | Carla Gomez
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Senator Vicente Sotto III will push anew for the registration of pre-paid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards following the bombing of a passenger bus in Makati City last Tuesday that killed five passengers...
Reuters | January 27, 2011 | Ho Binh Minh
HANOI - Vietnam's FPT Corp FPT.HM, a major company in the telecoms, software and technology sectors, and an affiliate are to acquire a 49 percent stake in a state-run telecoms company, the government said.
The state will...
Bangkok Post | January 24, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
TOT Plc may have to postpone its planned auction for its nationwide third-generation (3G) wireless broadband expansion in the wake of allegations by some bidders of unfair treatment and poor transparency.
Chuti Krairiksh, the Information and Communications...
Canadian Business Online | January 21, 2011
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's top appeals court says Google cannot be held liable for all content posted on its Orkut social networking site.
The court has ruled against a Brazilian woman who was seeking an unspecified amount of...
Canadian Business Online | January 21, 2011
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's top appeals court says Google cannot be held liable for all content posted on its Orkut social networking site.
The court has ruled against a Brazilian woman who was seeking an unspecified amount of...
Associated Foreign Press | January 19, 2011
LUCKNOW, India — Indian police said Wednesday they had arrested three Chinese employees of telecom group Huawei who strayed into Indian territory from Nepal.
The two men and a woman were seized on Monday in the north Indian state...
New York Times | January 20, 2011 | Keith Bradsher
HONG KONG — The Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources has invoked a seldom-used law to take control of 11 rare earth mining districts in southern China, the latest sign of Beijing’s efforts to manage...
Ecuador | January 19, 2011
In a press release yesterday Jaime Guerrero Ruiz, the head of Ecuador's telecommunication ministry, announced a multimillion investment to improve internet and communication services in Ecuador. The ministry (MINTEL) signed a $13.5M deal with Telconet which will provide broadband internet...
Ecuador | January 19, 2011
In a press release yesterday Jaime Guerrero Ruiz, the head of Ecuador's telecommunication ministry, announced a multimillion investment to improve internet and communication services in Ecuador. The ministry (MINTEL) signed a $13.5M deal with Telconet which will provide broadband internet...
Inside Costa Rica | January 17, 2011
Before the end of this year Costa Ricans will have an opportunity, for the first time ever, to choose who their cellular...
Business News Americas | January 13, 2011
Mexico's supreme court has delayed the application of mobile termination rates (MTRs) determined by telecoms regulator Cofetel, according to a BBVA Research report.
Mexican telecoms operators will not be able to immediately apply the MTR of 0.42 pesos (US$0.035)...
AFP | January 12, 2011
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — The Canadian maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone hit back Thursday at Indonesian officials' claims it does not pay taxes or contribute to the Southeast Asian country's booming economy.
Research in Motion (RIM) Southeast Asia managing director...
Business News Americas | January 10, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Mexico's newly appointed communications and transport minister, Dionisio Perez-Jacome, will face the task of strengthening policy in the highly politicized telecoms sector, while outgoing Juan Molinar Horcasitas can look back on achievements that include a...
Telecom Paper | January 12, 2011
Ecuador's telecoms regulator Supertel is working with the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador (AME) to develop a draft ordinance to facilitate the mobile operators' infrastructure deployment, local newspaper El Tiempo reports, citing Fabian Jaramillo, Ecuador's telecommunications superintendent. According to...
