Digicel Group announced it has acquired Haitian mobile operator Voilà from U.S.-based Trilogy International Partners for an undisclosed sum. The transaction closed last Friday.
At least for the near term Voilà will continue to operate as a separate company from Digicel.
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Brazilian carrier Oi has reported a drop of 80% in its 2011 fourth-quarter profit. According to its financial report, the telecom operator’s net income was $77.06 million (R$ 140.7 million), a sharp drop from the $386.04 million (R$ 704.8 million) posted during the same period...
Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) has secured U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business and launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in Chile.
The new funding consists of equity from existing shareholders, including the Virgin Group and ePlanet Capital,...
Brazilian state-owned telecommunications provider Telebras has signed an agreement with Angola Cables to deploy a 6,000-kilometer submarine cable linking Fortaleza in Brazil to Luanda in Angola. According Telebras’s president Caio Bonilha, the goal is for the submarine cable to be operational in the first...
The Copenhagen Metrosubway changed its distributed antenna system (DAS) to better meet the need for wireless coverage in stations and trains with an investment of U.S. $2 million, according to Vasko Toshev from Niras, the company which implemented the system.
The chosen solution was TE...
Aruba Networks’ CEO has visited Brazil on a couple of occasions, though the frequency of those visits are expected to increase. Speaking with reporters this week, Dominic Orr said that he expects Brazil will be one of the company's five largest markets within the...
Compared to the big four telecom operators competing in the Brazilian market, Algar Telecom, a division of the Algar Group that operates the CTBC brand, is a much smaller and niche carrier.
However, history has shown Algar Telecom to be an innovative carrier. It...
Following the launch of point-of-presence services at the 2011 Futurecom event in São Paulo, NTT America, a subsidiary of Japanese-based NTT Communications, hinted it was looking to expand its presence in the region.
Though nothing has been defined, Michael Wheeler, EVP for the global IP...
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...
Latin America's telecom sector is clearly in need of infrastructure investment. Gartner expects the Latam telecom sector to see double digit growth rates this year in traffic, demand and investments as carriers rush to meet the challenges of data and voice traffic growth, which...
Brazilian ICT company DÃgitro Tecnologia expanded operations and launched a subsidiary in Peru focused on providing technical support for local customers. The company noted that the new Peru operations will be based in Lima and that its the company's first development center outside of...
Brazilian telecom provider Telebras has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission it will sign a memorandum of understanding with Odebrecht Defesa e Tecnologia in order to create a company to provide voice and data services via underwater cables. The agreement includes the building of...
The two major telecom operators in Mexico - fixed Telmex and mobile Telcel -, which together generate two-thirds of industry revenue, contribute less than one third of the investments. In a recent analysis, the local consulting and market research firm Competitive Intelligence Unit (CIU)...
Microsoft has invested $10 million in a tech center located in São Paulo, its second and biggest center in Latin America joining a previously launched center in Mexico City. Microsoft has tech centers in 17 countries.
Microsoft said the centers are collaborative environments that provide...
The Paraguayan Communications Company (Copaco) launch of its Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services starts its triple play offer, which is set to be the first in the country.
According to local press La Nación, total investments were about US $10 million (PYG 50 billion).
The IPTV...
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...
U.S.-based VelaTel Global Communications (previously known as ChinaTel Group) said it will continue focusing on deployments in Peru next year, according to Ryan Alvarez, VP of marketing for VelaTel in an interview with RCR Wireless News. Asked about company’s expansion to other Latin American...
After winning a contract in April to supply and manage an emergency services call system for El Salvador's national police force, the Panama unit of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has opened an office in the Central American country.
For CWC, which provides managed telecom services...
Brazil closed November with 236.1 million mobile subscribers, reaching teledensity of 120.81 connections per 100 people. Prepaid continued to account for the largest portion, 81.7%, and the trend may remain like that for a while.
According to data released by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel, the...
