Inside Costa Rica | May 16, 2011
The contracts are now signed and by the end of the year and for the first time in Costa Rica there will be a choice of cellular carrier. In December, Costa Ricans will be able to choose their...
Inside Costa Rica | May 16, 2011
The contracts are now signed and by the end of the year and for the first time in Costa Rica there will be a choice of cellular carrier. In December, Costa Ricans will be able to choose their...
Living In Peru | May 13, 2011
The anticipated white iPhone 4 is now available through Movistar in Peru, the first operator in the country to commercialize Apple's smartphone, reports Peru.com.
Peru is one of the first countries in Latin America to have the equipment. The phone...
Apple was crowned king of brand values with the top slot as Round Rock-based Dell Inc. plummeted from the 2011 list this year.
Tech companies and telecoms did well on the new ranking of brand values by global agency Millward Brown Inc. Apple climbed a...
BNAmericas | May 9, 2011 | Phil Anderson
Latin America is expected to have 15 commercial HSPA+ networks by year-end, as well as two LTE networks, executives at chipset manufacturerQualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOMM) told BNamericas.
At present, the region has eight commercially active HSPA+ networks - four...
AT&T Inc.'s (T) image may have been shaken domestically by troubled iPhone connections, but the company's brand has never been stronger worldwide, according to a retail ranking conducted by marketing firm Millward Brown.The ranking found that the AT&T brand is worth nearly $70 billion,...
Myriad Group | April 27, 2011 | Press Release
Movistar launch marks first phase of Myriad-Telefónica 5-year strategic partnership to deliver social networking to over 140 million customers in 13 countries across the Latin America region
DUBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland – April 27, 2011 – Myriad Group AG...
Telefonica | April 18, 2011 | Press Release (Translated)
Telefónica today announced the signing of an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment that will add Fox's movie catalogue into Movistar's videoclub Imagenio. Customers of Telefónica TV services each month may now view such films...
Telefonica | April 18, 2011 | Press Release (Translated)
Telefónica today announced the signing of an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment that will add Fox's movie catalogue into Movistar's videoclub Imagenio. Customers of Telefónica TV services each month may now view such films...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Latin America in 2011 will present a whole host of challenges and opportunities for the world of wireless said Erasmo Rojas of 4G Americas on Tuesday, speaking at Informa's LTE Latin America summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Rojas said there...
April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...
April 7 2011 - 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its portfolio and become a major player in the country’s telecom space.The investment will...
Tapjoy Inc. announced that it successfully helped Glu Mobile Inc., global publisher of social games for smartphone and tablet devices, fuel the revenue and audience growth of its latest hit game, Gun Bros. Tapjoy's alternative payment platform helped Glu improve Gun Bros' monetization rates,...
Nuance Communications | March 7, 2011 | Press Release
Nuance’s Missed Call Messenger Ensures Movistar Subscribers Get the Message Every Time with Transcribed Voice Messages Delivered via SMS Text
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), today announced that its Missed Call Messenger voice-to-text platform now...
Real-time policy management and charging solutions provider Volubill announced that the company has completed interoperability testing with Sandvine, a provider of network policy control solutions for fixed and mobile wireless operators, to create a solution that gives network operators an understanding of network...
Business News Americas | March 2, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Chilean telco Movistar expects to launch in the next year a series of new applications around the areas of education, e-health and mobile banking, senior executives from the operator told BNamericas.
The notion that mobile operators have...
Andina | March 2, 2011
Lima, Mar. 02 (ANDINA). Peruvian telecommunications regulator Osiptel has announced it has completed the prepay mobile line registration process.
Of the 6 million mobile lines still unregistered at 1 march 2010, over 5 million have completed their registration by 28 February...
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...
Rapid TV News | February 14, 2011 | Iñaki Ferreras
The Spanish HD version of entertainment channel Fox, Fox HD is set to be launched on the Telefónica DSL pay-TV platform Movistar Imagenio.
To date, the channel has been broadcast only on Prisa TV's satellite pay-TV...
Telefonica | February 14, 2011 | Press Release
Today Telefónica, at the Mobile World Congress shows their pioneering Project which enables customers to store their eDNI data on the SIM card of their mobile phones. This innovative project will allow customers to identify themselves securely...
Telefonica SA announced 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 United Kingdom, Open MovilForum in Spain, Movistar Developers Platform in Mexico...
The Mobile Marketing Association and Tribune Co., a media company operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing, and digital media, announced that Tribune has joined the MMA as a premium member. MMA's premium membership is the highest-tier membership for companies wishing to establish an advanced global...
PR Newswire | February 9, 2011 | Press Release
WOBURN, Massachusetts, February 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- XIUS, a leader in delivering innovative telecom solutions for mobile operators and MVNOs worldwide, today announced that Movistar Colombia - Colombia's second-largest full-service wireless carrier serving more than nine million customers across the...
