This won't be the year that near field communication (NFC) takes off in Latin America, since short message service (SMS) solutions are likely to see increased adoption. Although Frost & Sullivan chose mobile payments as one of the region's telecom trends for 2013, Renato...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
There’s no denying it: 4G LTE deployments are underway in Brazil—and across the Caribbean and Latin American region. Brazil's communication...
As 2012 ends, let’s take a look at some of the leading Latin American telecom stories for the year. Below is a list of the most viewed articles in 2012, but first, let's examine some of the major topics for the region. LTE deployment...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
For Brazil, 2012 marked another year of amazingly rapid change for both consumers and service providers as the full force...
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In the world of telecommunications analysis, there is one unavoidable recurring event at the end of each...
The Latin American mobile industry contributed an estimated U.S.$177 billion to the economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, representing 3.5% of the region’s GDP, according to two reports released by GSMA and AHCIET, both undertaken by Deloitte. However,...
Rumors about a possible initial public offering of Spain-based Telefónica's Latin American business are back. According to reports, Telefónica is looking to float the Latin American units on the New York Stock Exchange. When contacted by RCR Wireless News, Telefónica's public relations representatives said there has been...
Ericsson is aiming to have more than 50% of the LTE market in Latin America by volume. The vendor recently won several contracts for new networks, and has signed LTE/EPC contracts with Claro, Oi, TIM and Telefónica's Vivo in Brazil; UNE in Colombia; Telcel in...
At the end of the second quarter, Spanish telecom giant Telefónica cancelled payment of all remaining dividends and share buybacks for this year, citing the current instability of the economy as prompting the move; now for the third quarter, the telecom operator announced that...
After releasing positive third quarter results, the giant Latin American telecom group América Móvil released its forecast of U.S.$10 billion in investments during 2013—an amount similar to the amount in 2012.
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Mexican telecommunications giant América Móvil reported good performance for its third fiscal quarter, with net profits up 67% year-over-year thanks to foreign exchange gains. According to its report, a foreign exchange gain of $691.34 million in the quarter led to a comprehensive financing income...
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Latin America region is expected to grow from 130 million mobile broadband connections today to 300 million by 2015, according to GSMA Chairman Franco Bernarbè. During a speech at this week's Futurecom event, Bernarbè highlighted the importance of mobile...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
With 48.9 million subscribers and an average household penetration rate over 32.1% in 2011, the Latin...
The roll out of LTE and the need for expansion and improvements of 3G networks comprise the biggest challenge for the telecom industry across Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, customers are seeking more data capacity. It is time to improve and expand...
Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and towers are expected to receive the largest share of telecom operators’ investment and effort.
Carriers' 3G...
Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and towers are expected to receive the largest share of telecom operators’ investments and efforts. The...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
We recently conducted a study on postpaid strategies in Latin America, and one of the key...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Latin America was considered one of the most flexible regions in terms of mobile termination rate regulation...
Big data has reached telecom operators, and wireless carriers have to look to adding intelligence in their networks, going beyond the traditional business intelligence systems. However, in Latin America, carriers are only starting efforts to address big data, and how to approach and analyze...
Latin American mobile network operators (MNOs) have joined together to launch a data roaming transparency plan that will provide consumers greater visibility of their roaming charges and mobile data usage when travelling within the region and abroad. A total of 40 MNOs, which account...
CARTAGENA, Colombia – The LTE roll out across Latin America will be driven by telecom operators looking to create new revenues, to increase their capacity and to reduce costs. These were the main topics citied as LTE opportunities by experts during this week’s Andicom...
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has signed a partnership agreement with Flextronics to manufacture LTE equipment locally in Brazil. As RCR Wireless News previously reported, NSN aims to achieve a 35% market share in Brazil. Eduardo Araújo, NSN's president for the Latin American region, has said...
Mobility, cloud computing, big data and social networks are driving telecom growth worldwide. “None of these trends would exist without telecommunications infrastructure and services,” said Diego Anesini, IDC’s telecom manager, during a press conference in São Paulo yesterday. IDC forecasts that the Latin American...
Sales of optical networking equipment could reach $20 billion by 2017, a 5% compound annual growth rate, driven by new data center demands, said Ovum. The firm forecasts that Latin America will be the highest growth region, boosted by network modernization efforts to enhance...
