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Myriad Group extends strategic partnership with Telefónica to bring social networking to Vivo Brazilian customer base

Myriad Group | 16 December 2010 | Press Release New deal underpins expansion of Myriad-Telefónica 5-year strategic partnership to deliver innovative social networking solutions to more than 140 million customers in 13 countries across LATAM Myriad Xumii Social Networking services to be rolled out under...

@ 4G World: Erasmo Rojas, 4G Americas

Interview with 4G Americas' Erasmo Rojas. He discusses the future of telecom in Latin America and its growing market. Find other relevant videos here via RCR TV

DIRECTV increases SKY Brasil ownership stake in cash for stock transaction with Globo

DIRECTV, through its DIRECTV Latin America subsidiary, has completed a $604.8 million cash for stock transaction with Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A., or Globo, bringing DIRECTV’s ownership of SKY Brasil to approximately 93 percent. Globo owns the remaining 7 percent. DIRECTV, which had a 74 percent...

Quepasa and Sony Pictures Television Ad Sales Partner Under New Quepasa DSM Reseller Agreement

WEST PALM BEACH, FL | Marketwire | December 15, 2010 Popular Social Network for Latino Community Expands Reach of Its Social Media Advertising Platform to More Than 31 Million Latin American Households Quepasa Corporation (OTCBB:QPSA), creator and operator of the popular online social network for the...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to focus on unified communications in 2011

By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas Unified communications will be a key focus for the recently merged Enterprise unit of French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent(NYSE: ALU) and call center specialist Genesys in Latin America, Sergio Valencia, Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise director for Mexico, Central America and the...

Tier 1 Operator Selects RADCOM's Service Assurance Solution to Monitor Their Network

Major NGN Deal in Latin America TEL AVIV, Israel, December 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RADCOM Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDCM), a leading network Service Assurance provider, today announced that it has been selected by a tier-1 telecommunications company in Latin America. This company is a major player in the Latin...

Year-end Bonanza for NII Holdings

December 15, 2010 | Zacks NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD - Analyst Report), a small-sized wireless services provider in several Latin American markets received yet another shot in its arm. Yesterday, the company announced that it has won wireless licenses in Brazil, which were recently auctioned by...

Mobile now dominant in Chile

December 14 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mobile penetration in Chile has surpassed the 100% mark, as the country’s National Statistics Institute released a report showing that there are now 1.13 mobile devices in the South American country...

EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks up on US data, but Brazil slides

By Luciana Lopez and Michael O'Boyle | Reuters | Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:52pm EST * Bovespa down 0.33 pct, Mexico's IPC up 0.08 pct * Strong U.S. retail data support in Chile, Mexico * Brazil shares struggle on uncertainty next year (Updates to afternoon) SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY, Dec 14...

NII Buys Brazil Airwaves for $715 Million to Fight Telefonica, Carlos Slim

Bloomberg | By Carla Simoes and Crayton Harrison  | Dec 14, 2010 11:37 AM CT NII Holdings Inc., operator of the Nextel brand in Latin America, paid 1.21 billion reais ($715 million) in a Brazilian government auction to gain airwaves to compete with Telefonica SA andAmerica Movil...

Equity Research on Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. and Telefonica S.A. – Telecom Companies Benefit From Latin American Stability

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/14/10 --www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the telecom services - foreign industry and has completed analytical research on Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. (NYSE: TNE) and Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF). Register with us today at www.stockcall.com/ to have free access to these...

Claro and Motorola Announce Defy â„¢, Smartphone Designed to Withstand All the Challenges of the Day

Press Release | December 14th, 2010 Water resistant and dust, the launch comes in the first course, brings the latest version of MOTOBLUR and increases the portfolio of the manufacturer Sao Paulo, The course brings to Brazil the Motorola phone with MOTOBLUR Defy â„¢ â„¢, which...

comScore Introduces Online Video Measurement Service in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Spain

comScore Press Release: YouTube.com Makes Google Sites the Top Ranking Video Property across Latin America and Spain Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of comScore Video Metrix in Brazil, Mexico, Chile,...

Seasoned Internet Policy Expert Named as ICANN’s Latin American Representative

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers| December 9, 2010 Cartagena, Colombia… Rodrigo de la Parra, the Director General of Prospective Regulation of Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel) has been named as ICANN’s new Latin American representative. De la Parra has also served as the Mexican representative...

Reality Check: The mobile data tsunami meets the spectrum shortage

For mobile operators, vendors and their customers, these are the best of times and the worst of times. We all live and breathe in an always-on, wireless broadband connected world where fast is fine, more is good, faster is better – and best, faster,...

ebay del Sur: Mercado Libre

Checking out the eBay of Latin America, with Tim Seymour, Fast Money trader. Video via CNBC

Infrastructure limitations muzzle alliances – Orange Business Services – Regional

By Abigail Wilkinson | Business News Americas | Thursday, December 9, 2010 French enterprise communication solutions company Orange Business Services cannot be choosy about partners in Latin America because of limited connectivity infrastructure in the region, according to the company's CEO Vivek Badrinath. "In Latin America in...

NP a game changer for manufacturers as well as operators – Samsung – Chile

By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas The introduction of number portability (NP) in Chile in mid 2011 will oblige not only operators to up their game to retain customers but also device suppliers to re-orient their product portfolio to suit new services, Aldo Vidal, Samsung...

Industry Leaders from North America and LATAM Address Critical Business Issues and Opportunities for Market of Nearly 1 Billion

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A Focus on Context, Ubiquity, Privacy and Security Takes Center Stage at Inaugural MEF Americas Event Held earlier this month, MEF Americas 2010: Mobile Content & Commerce connected over 200 North and Latin American influencers from the...

Consumers in Brazil and Argentina Most Likely to Make Purchases Online, Females More Likely than Males to Buy Online in Latin America

comScore | Press Release comScore Releases Study on Latin American E-Commerce Landscape Bogotá, Colombia, December 1, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study of the e-commerce landscape in Latin America. The study, which surveyed...

Colombia Internet Audience Increases 31 Percent in Past Year to Rank as Fastest-Growing Market in Latin America

comScore Offers Complimentary Webinar: State of the Internet Colombia Bogotá, Colombia, December 9, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from its latest study on Internet usage in Colombia. The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing...

SONDA Offers Innovative Cloud Computing Service in Latin America with VCE's Vblockâ„¢ Infrastructure Platform

EMC Press Release New Services will Maximize SONDA Customers' IT Investments to Enable Business Innovation and Reduce Costs Santiago, Chile - December 6, 2010 SONDA, a Latin American leader in IT services with a presence in nine countries, today announced with VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment formed...

Millicom Selects Huawei to Deploy International Long-Distance Network in Central America

Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has been selected by Millicom, a mobile phone network provider in Latin America and Africa, to deploy an international long-distance network in Central America....

Equity Research on America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. and NII Holdings Inc. — Wireless Surging in Latin and South America

Wednesday December 01, 2010 - 08:30 AM EST Marketwire News Release JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/01/10 --www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the wireless communications industry and has completed analytical research onAmerica Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) and NII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD). Register with us...