Nextel’s plan to deploy 3G voice and push-to-talk services in Mexico, which was expected by the first half of 2012, may be in trouble after a Mexican court ordered the Ministry of Communications and Transportation to revoke the mobile concession awarded in October 2010.
With more than 5.3 billion mobile connections across the globe, the wireless industry continues to chase worldwide saturation.To the surprise of few, the world's most populous nations – China and India – are also the world's largest mobile markets. China continued to lead the...
BNAmericas | May 9, 2011 | Phil Anderson
Latin America is expected to have 15 commercial HSPA+ networks by year-end, as well as two LTE networks, executives at chipset manufacturerQualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOMM) told BNamericas.
At present, the region has eight commercially active HSPA+ networks - four...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Latin America in 2011 will present a whole host of challenges and opportunities for the world of wireless said Erasmo Rojas of 4G Americas on Tuesday, speaking at Informa's LTE Latin America summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Rojas said there...
April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...
April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its portfolio and become a major player in the country’s telecom space.The investment will...
April 6 2011 - 12:43 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV) said it was currently in talks with mobile operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. regarding a potential partnership that could see Televisa add a...
Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV) said it was currently in talks with mobile operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. regarding a potential partnership that could see Televisa add a mobile component to its service offerings. Televisa has previously dabbled in the mobile...
Wall Street Journal | March 4, 2011 | JOSÉ DE CORDOBA
MEXICO CITY—Three of Mexico's most prominent billionaires—who were once a cozy group of amigos protecting each other's backs—are now battling over how to divvy up the country's $35-billion-a-year telecommunication and TV-broadcast market.
The fight pits Carlos Slim,...
Fox News | March 3, 2011
More than 20 telephone operators have banded together to ask the Mexican government to regulate the interconnection fees charged by billionaire Carlos Slim's Telcel, the companies said.
"In an unprecedented move, our country's telecommunications operators ... have joined together with...
Fox News | March 3, 2011
More than 20 telephone operators have banded together to ask the Mexican government to regulate the interconnection fees charged by billionaire Carlos Slim's Telcel, the companies said.
"In an unprecedented move, our country's telecommunications operators ... have joined together with...
Bloomberg | By Jonathan Roeder and Crayton Harrison | Dec 17, 2010 2:43 PM CT
Grupo Iusacell SA, the Mexican mobile-phone carrier owned by billionaire Ricardo Salinas, filed for pre-arranged bankruptcy in Mexico, seeking a restructuring plan with creditors for the second time in four years.
A judge...
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1, 2010 | PRNewswire | Grupo Salinas
Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast-growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of the countries in which they operate -- founded by Ricardo Salinas(www.ricardosalinas.com) -- announced that it has received the Premio Nacional...
While Mexico's long-awaited auction for 3G licenses may be good for consumers, a new entrant in the marketplace likely will have a difficult time gaining marketshare or realizing a profit soon, according to IE Market Research Corp., which recently issued a five-year forecast on...
As wireless carriers begin exploring data roaming, several are not simply limiting their sights to domestic roaming but are seeking to provide a more seamless mobile data experience around the world. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced international data roaming not long after it launched its...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a pair of international data roaming deals, opening up Canada and Mexico for its data customers as part of what the carrier called "an aggressive expansion by the U.S. wireless data leader throughout 2006 and beyond."Under the reciprocal...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a pair of international data roaming deals, opening up Canada and Mexico for its data customers as part of what the carrier called "an aggressive expansion by the U.S. wireless data leader throughout 2006 and beyond." Under the...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it has expanded the availability of its Travel Time roaming service to all of its Cricket markets. The roaming service allows Cricket customers to use their phones outside of their home calling areas on a prepaid basis for...
MEXICO CITY-Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network equipment in the cities of Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara. The value of the deal was not disclosed.Under the terms of the agreement, Lucent will upgrade existing Lucent-supplied...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. said it will have nationwide coverage following a new spectrum allocation from the country's telecom regulator. Iusacell said it has received from the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission the results of the auction of several frequency bands of spectrum for fixed...
VeriSign Inc. said it will acquire Santa Cruz, Calif.-based picture-messaging company LightSurf in an all-stock transaction valued at $270 million. VeriSign said the deal adds a picture component to its text and multimedia messaging offerings to carriers."We are very excited about the strategic value...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell said it has agreed to integrate Qualcomm's BREW offering into its CDMA system. This will allow the carrier's customers to access a slew of applications including e-mail, screen savers, games and ring tones on their wireless devices."In Iusacell, we want to...
