WASHINGTON-The heat is up again in Latin America, and it has nothing to do with El Nino.The region's unmet demand for services and high potential for growth have called the attention of Americans, Europeans and Asians vying for a piece of the action. Until...
Bell Atlantic Corp. said it has gained management control of Grupo Iusacell after the Mexican government authorized the transfer from Grupo Iusa, Iusacell's majority owner.Mexico's "markets are opening up for all kinds of telecom services," said Bell Atlantic spokesman Brian Wood. "Iusacell will be...
PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Corp. will assume management control over operations of Mexican cellular carrier Grupo Iusacell SA de C.V., according to a preliminary agreement between Bell Atlantic and the Peralta family.Grupo Iusacell is part of Grupo Iusa, a Mexican industrial group owned by the Peralta...
France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system to add an additional 41,000 subscribers in the city of Guangzhou in Canton and...
L.M. Ericsson said it withdrew a complaint filed in January with the European Commission, which charged that Austria's award of a Global System for Mobile communications license to international consortium Oe-Call, was unfair. Siemens AG Oesterreich of Vienna holds 19.8 percent in Oe-Call. However,...
Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little pushing and shoving for the technology to thrive in Latin America as well.So far only a few hundred CDPD terminals...
Pockets of wireless local loop operations and fixed cellular services are emerging throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Small-scale operations and field trials are underway in Argentina, Belize, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. But many of these areas may...
Bell Atlantic International, through its 42 percent investment in Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., is in the heart of negotiations with the Mexican government regarding Iusacell's license to operate a nationwide fixed wireless network.Meanwhile, Iusacell is gearing up to provide long-distance phone service throughout...
