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Women, capital residents are bulk of Mexico's Twitter users

Fox News | March 8, 2011 Mexico City –  The typical Mexican Twitter user is a woman living in this capital, according to a survey carried out by marketing firm Mente Digital. Women represent 52 percent of Mexicans with Twitter accounts and they post 2.5 times more...

Mexico’s Telmex to split in two

Wall Street Journal | March 9, 2011 | Anthony Harrup MEXICO CITY—Mexico's largest phone company Telefonos de Mexico SAB said it plans to split into two companies, one of which will serve rural and marginalized areas where competitors haven't invested. The decision by the company controlled by...

Mexico's Telmex to split in two

Wall Street Journal | March 9, 2011 | Anthony Harrup MEXICO CITY—Mexico's largest phone company Telefonos de Mexico SAB said it plans to split into two companies, one of which will serve rural and marginalized areas where competitors haven't invested. The decision by the company controlled by...

Let’s stop the abuse of Telmex-Telcel

Grupo Mercatel | March 9, 2011 | Press Release -- To lower the rates, 9 pending interconnection proceedings with COFETEL must be resolved -- Telmex-Telcel repeatedly violate their concessions: there are currently 17 sanction proceedings against them at the SCT -- Consumers are experiencing high costs and...

Let's stop the abuse of Telmex-Telcel

Grupo Mercatel | March 9, 2011 | Press Release -- To lower the rates, 9 pending interconnection proceedings with COFETEL must be resolved -- Telmex-Telcel repeatedly violate their concessions: there are currently 17 sanction proceedings against them at the SCT -- Consumers are experiencing high costs and...

Billionaire vs. billionaire in Mexico feud

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,...

Mexican telecoms call for regulation of Telcel’s rates

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...

Mexican telecoms call for regulation of Telcel's rates

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...

Scanbuy launches Mexico office

SCANBUY LAUNCHES MEXICO OFFICE AS MOBILE BARCODES GAIN TRACTION AROUND THE WORLD Millions of Users Already Have Application on Telcel Camera Phones New York, NY and Mexico City, MEXICO – Mar. 1, 2011 -- Scanbuy, Inc. (www.scanbuy.com), the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, today announced...

Maxcom Telecomunicaciones appoints new chief executive officer

Maxcom | February 23, 2011 | Press Release MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: MXT, BMV: MAXCOM.CPO) -- Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, S.A.B. de C.V.("Maxcom" or the "Company") today announced that Mr. Salvador Alvarez has joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing Mr. William Nazaret who has been with the...

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...

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...

America Movil unit to invest $180 million in Ecuador in 2011

Wall Street Journal | February 17, 2011 | Mercedes Alvaro Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES QUITO (Dow Jones)--Ecuador's largest cellphone company, Porta Celular, the local unit of Mexican communications giant America Movil SAB, (AMX, AMX.MX) plans to invest about $180 million during 2011 in the Andean country,...

Mexico tycoon rivalry worsens over jump in ad rates

Reuters | February 21, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz (Reuters) - Billionaire Carlos Slim pulled advertising from Mexico's top broadcaster after ad rates spiked by 20 percent, a Slim spokesman said on Sunday, in a deepening rivalry between two of the country's top tycoons. But while Slim's...

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...

Movilway arrives in Mexico with the electronic top-up service

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...

Telefonica announces BlueVia developer community

Telefonica | February 10, 2011 | Press Release Telefonica announced today that it has launched a developer community, BlueVia, which will operate across Telefonica’s global footprint. BlueVia will build upon the foundations of Telefonica’s existing developer programmes, O2 Litmus in the UK, Open MovilForum in Spain, Movistar...

Global Crossing Genesis Solutions expands broadcast and media services across its Latin American network

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...

UPDATE 2-Mexico’s America Movil profit down; subscribers up

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...

UPDATE 2-Mexico's America Movil profit down; subscribers up

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...

Telecommunications Companies in the U.S. Condemn the lack of action of the Mexican government against the Telmex monopoly in Mexico

PR Newswire | February 3, 2011 -- Telecommunications companies in the United States, represented by COMPTEL, express concern about the independence of COFETEL and hope it will achieve the autonomy to resolve the conflict of telecommunications in Mexico. -- COMPTEL demonstrates that despite years of complaints...

Slim’s Telcel pitches new fee proposal to rivals

Reuters | February 4, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz Telcel, the commercial brand of tycoon Carlos Slim's cell phone giant America Movil, proposed new, lower fees for its rivals to connect to the company's massive network in Mexico on Friday. The fees that Telcel charges to...

Slim's Telcel pitches new fee proposal to rivals

Reuters | February 4, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz Telcel, the commercial brand of tycoon Carlos Slim's cell phone giant America Movil, proposed new, lower fees for its rivals to connect to the company's massive network in Mexico on Friday. The fees that Telcel charges to...

Erasmo Rojas on Mexican Market

February 7, 2011 A brief RCR Unplugged interview with Erasmo Rojas, Director of Latin America/Caribbean for 4G Americas.