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YellowPepper sponsors Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) Americas Conference & Expo in Sao Paulo, Brazil

YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....

YellowPepper sponsors Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) Americas Conference & Expo in Sao Paulo, Brazil

YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....

Security improvements key driver for adoption of Internet Explorer 9 – Regional

Business News Americas | March 16, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Improved security elements of Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) web browser were a key contributing factor to the high level of downloads of the beta version in Latin America, Iñigo Asiain, Internet Explorer...

Advantech Wireless makes Major Advances in Latin America

Advantech Wireless | March 14, 2011 | Press Release Advantech Wireless, a Canadian-based manufacturer of Satellite, RF and Microwave systems has concluded major sales in Brazil and Mexico for its Satellite Communications product line. Products include AMT 75 Modems and redundant switches, SCPC and DVB-RCS...

CALA expected to add 52mn 3GPP subscriptions this year, 4G Americas says –

Business News Americas | March 14, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás The Latin American and Caribbean (CALA) region is forecast to add some 52mn new subscriptions in the 3GPP technologies (GSM-HSPA) segment, 4G Americas director for the region, Erasmo Rojas, told BNamericas. According to Rojas, the...

From working at a bottling plant to heading Microsoft Latin America: Hernán Rincón

Fox News | March 9, 2011  | Karla Palomo At 17, Colombian-born Hernán Rincón was working at a bottling plant to support himself while attending college. Today, he heads up all of Microsoft’s business in Latin America and the Caribbean. “One has to work with passion and dedication,” he...

Tekelec to deploy policy management solution in 6 countries

Business News Americas | March 9, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Broadband data management company Tekelec (Nasdaq: TKLC) expects to deploy its policy and charging rules function (PCRF) for an additional six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (CALA) by midyear, Federico Navarro, Tekelec's CALA sales...

Open Systems eyeing geographical expansion with integrated services offering – Regional

Business News Americas | March 7, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Colombian BSS/OSS solutions provider Open Systems is confident it can expand beyond Latin America with its offering that seeks to manage and integrate all different areas of a utility's operations, the company's VP of business...

Research and Markets: Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011

Research and Markets | March 7, 2011 | Press Release DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/51dfb5/brazil_telecommuni) has announced the addition of the "Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011" report to their offering. Brazil Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory...

HBO Latin America selects Motorola Mobility’s Technology for all MPEG-4 programming distribution

PR Newswire | February 28, 2011 | Press Release Transition to all MPEG-4 will optimize bandwidth utilization, readying the network for delivery of more high definition services HORSHAM, Pa., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola Mobility Inc. (NYSE: MMI) announced today that Home Box Office (HBO) Latin America will upgrade its...

HBO Latin America selects Motorola Mobility's Technology for all MPEG-4 programming distribution

PR Newswire | February 28, 2011 | Press Release Transition to all MPEG-4 will optimize bandwidth utilization, readying the network for delivery of more high definition services HORSHAM, Pa., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola Mobility Inc. (NYSE: MMI) announced today that Home Box Office (HBO) Latin America will upgrade its...

Latin America key growth driver for Telefónica in 2011, chairman says – Regional

Business News Americas | February 25, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás Latin America continued to boost Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica's (NYSE: TEF) revenues in 2010, company chairman César Alierta said during a conference call with investors. Alierta highlighted that the region accounted for 43% of the operator's...

Fujitsu announces Ginga Solution on HD Decoder Family for Latin America DTT market

Fujitsu | February 25, 2011 | Press Release DTT solution for Latin America market with best cost/performance ratio Singapore, February 25, 2011 — Fujitsu Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd (FSAL) announces the adoption of a full Ginga software solution from TQTVD, a Brazilian company in the TOTVS group. TOTVS...

Telefonica and F-Secure enter partnership for Latin America

F-Secure | February 24, 2011 | Press Release Helsinki, Finland – February 23, 2011: F-Secure and Telefonica have entered into a long term regional partnership to offer Telefonica’s wireless and mobile broadband customers unparalleled internet protection and storage related services. Telefonica has almost 145 million*...

Largest open app marketplace, Appia, expands worldwide with three new VP hires in LATAM, APAC and EMEA territories

Appia | February 24, 2011 | Press Release New execs will focus on delivering white-label app stores around the world Durham, NC (Vocus/PRWEB) February 24, 2011 Appia, the world’s largest open app marketplace, today announces that it has launched its global expansion plans with the hiring of...

NII gains most in 10 months on record subscriber growth

Bloomberg | February 24, 2011  | Crayton Harrison NII Holdings Inc., the wireless carrier that uses the Nextel brand in Latin America, gained the most in 10 months in Nasdaq Stock Market trading after reporting record subscriber additions in the fourth quarter. The mobile-phone company rose...

Facebook poaches Google’s top executive in Latin America

New York Times | February 22, 2011 | Miguel Helft The fight for talent between Google and Facebook — or more precisely, the flow of Google employees to Facebook — is not just a Silicon Valley affair. Facebook has hired Alexandre Hohagen, the top Google executive in Latin America,...

NII holdings has selected Huawei as its 3G W-CDMA supplier in Mexico and Brazil

PR Newswire | February 2011 | Press Release Selected to develop and provide W-CDMA-based networks and related services in Mexico and Brazil positioning NII to offer next-generation wireless services BARCELONA, Spain, PRNewswire -- GLOBAL MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network...

Oi plans to slash debt doubted by bondholders: Brazil Credit

Bloomberg | February 20, 2011 | Felipe Frisch and Fabiola Moura Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA, the holding company that controls Brazil’s largest fixed-line telephone service provider and the most-indebted telecommunications operator in Latin America, says it will cut obligations relative to earnings by 50 percent...

Telefónica introduces Tokes, a new way to communicate through SMS

Telefonica | February 17, 2011 | Press Release This new mobile messaging system is easy to use, useful and a lot of fun. Tokes can be used to send frequent messages such as “I’ve arrived”, “I'm busy” or “OK” in a new and different way.  When a...

RAD Opens Mexico Office

RAD | February 16, 2011 | Press Release Oscar Tenorio Calleja Appointed Country Manager RAD Data Communications, the international manufacturer of telecommunications access solutions, has announced the establishment of an office in Mexico City. RAD Mexico will focus on the continued development of the company’s relationships...

Dassault Systemes promising cloud offering, Colombia offices by year’s end

Business News Americas | February 18, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski Rolling out both a cloud-based offering and opening Colombia offices are among French software provider Dassault Systemes' Latin American priorities this year, the company's regional president, Marcelo Lemos, told BNamericas. The French firm recently introduced its...

Dassault Systemes promising cloud offering, Colombia offices by year's end

Business News Americas | February 18, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski Rolling out both a cloud-based offering and opening Colombia offices are among French software provider Dassault Systemes' Latin American priorities this year, the company's regional president, Marcelo Lemos, told BNamericas. The French firm recently introduced its...

Peru challenging Colombia’s IT service rise, analyst says

Business News Americas | February 18, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski Government support has given a shot in the arm to Colombia's nascent position as an IT hub, but the local industry is increasingly seen on a collision course with neighboring Peru, Frost & Sullivan research...