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...
Business News Americas | February 17, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) believes its upcoming LightRadio antenna technology is well suited for helping to address the principal challenges faced by Latin American mobile operators, Alcatel-Lucent's president for Latin America, Osvaldo...
Business News Americas | February 17, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) believes its upcoming LightRadio antenna technology is well suited for helping to address the principal challenges faced by Latin American mobile operators, Alcatel-Lucent's president for Latin America, Osvaldo...
Telefonica | February 16, 2011 | Press Release
Barcelona, 16 February 2011- Telefónica and ZTE today announced they will commercially launch Movistar Prime handset in the twelve Latin American Movistar cellular operations from the second quarter of this year.
The handset is the latest result of...
PR Newswire | February 15, 2011 | Press Release
MADRID, Spain and ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Telecommunications giant Telefonica and specialty insurer Assurant Solutions are pleased to announce that they have entered into a long-term partnership, with Assurant Solutions serving as the...
Yonhap News Agency | February 11, 2011
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the Dominican Republic signed a preliminary agreement on Friday to cooperate in the establishment of a commercial ground-based mobile broadband service in the Caribbean country.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) aims...
Yonhap News Agency | February 11, 2011
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the Dominican Republic signed a preliminary agreement on Friday to cooperate in the establishment of a commercial ground-based mobile broadband service in the Caribbean country.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) aims...
Movilway | February 11, 2011 | Press Release
EXPANDING ITS PRESENCE IN SIX COUNTRIES
Movilway, one of the leading electronic top-up service platforms in Latin America, is now present in Mexico to offer electronic top-up for prepaid users.
Users can top-up their mobile phones as well as others, regardless of...
Bloomberg | February 10, 2011 | Betty Liu
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about his 2011 investment strategy in Latin America and his holdings in Saks Inc. and the New York Times Co. They spoke yesterday in...
QuePasa | February 10, 2011 | Press Release
WEST PALM BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - February 10, 2011) - Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex:QPSA), creator and operator of Quepasa.com, the popular online social network and gaming platform for the Latino community, has appointed Lars Fuhrken-Batista as a director of the...
BBC | February 9, 2011
Cuba has welcomed the arrival of an undersea fibre-optic cable linking it to Venezuela as a blow to the US economic embargo.
The cable will transform communications in Cuba, which has among the slowest internet speeds in the world.
The new connection...
Global Crossing | February 8, 2011 | Press Release
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., /PRNewswire/ --Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading IP solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network, today announced that the broadcast and media services offered by its Global Crossing Genesis Solutions...
Reuters | February 8, 2011 | Michael O'Boyle
* America Movil posts 4.7 pct drop in profits
* Surprisingly strong growth in new mobile subscribers
* Bigger stake helps lift Slim's wealth to about $75 bln (Updates with earnings results, estimate on growth of Slim's total wealth, rewrites...
Reuters | February 8, 2011 | Michael O'Boyle
* America Movil posts 4.7 pct drop in profits
* Surprisingly strong growth in new mobile subscribers
* Bigger stake helps lift Slim's wealth to about $75 bln (Updates with earnings results, estimate on growth of Slim's total wealth, rewrites...
Fortinet | February 7, 2011 | Press Release
Latin America's Largest Brokerage Firm Relies on Fortinet for Security and Network Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced...
ABC News | February 8, 2011 | Marc Frank
Fiber Optics Finally Reach Cuba But Access to Personal Computers Still Long Way Off
The Caribbean Basin teams with underwater fiber optic cables, but not a one touched the largest island until today when the Ile de...
While Canadian BlackBerry maker RIM seems to be steadily losing ground in North America to the likes of Apple and Google's Android, the firm is veritably thriving south of the border, where its devices are esteemed by many as the epitome of cool.
Business News Americas | February 3, 2011 | Christian Molinari
Mobile instant messaging, mobile email and mobile social networking are becoming must-have features for Latin Americans, and not just on high-end smartphones, but also particularly in the mid-range feature phones, Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of UK...
Invest in Brazil | February 2, 2011
Quepasa Corporation Tuesday announced it is to acquire Brazil’s XtFt Games S/S Ltda. Quepasa Corporation is the creator and operator of Quepasa.com, the popular online social network for the Latino community.
The firm Tuesday said it has executed a...
Telcordia | February 1, 2011 | Press Release
Telcordia increases its expert business and development support for the communications sector in CALA
PISCATAWAY, N.J /PRNewswire/ -- Telcordia, a global leader in the development of mobile, broadband and enterprise software and services, today announces the expansion of...
