TeleGeography | February 4, 2011
Ecuadorian mobile operator Movistar, part of Spain’s Telefonica, has expanded commercial 3.5G coverage to the city of Loja, local newspaper Cronica reports. The expansion of the HSPA-based mobile broadband network – launched in June 2009 – forms part of a...
Telefonica | February 3, 2011 | Press Release
Pedro Saro Campos, Vice-President of MoneyGram International, and Horacio Pérez Perdigó, CEO of TTP España, have launched a money transfer service accessible from any of Movistar Remesas national locations. Vicente del Bosque, coach for the Spanish football...
U Mobile Sdn Bhd and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) partner to launch BlackBerry solution for U Mobile customers in Malaysia. The BlackBerry solution will bring together smart phones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to industry-leading e-mail and messaging, social networking,...
Telefonica | January 25, 2011 | Press Release
The new company will offer mobile financial solutions to Movistar’s 87 million customers in 12 countries in the region • As part of this agreement, Movistar® mobile subscribers in Latin America will be able to use their...
Telefonica | January 24, 2011
Telefonica del Peru, Telefonica's branch in Peru, announced that they will now use the Movistar name and brand for all of their products offered in the country. This includes all of their fixed, mobile, internet, and television services. The company...
Emii | January 18, 2011
Chilean telecoms operator, Movistar, is planning to launch a $100 million innovation investment fund, BNamericas reports, citing El Mercurio. The new vehicle will support technological innovation in the infrastructure network at the Telefonica division.
The fund will target new companies and new applications to...
Business News Americas | January 17, 2011
Chilean telecoms operator Movistar, of the Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) group, is preparing to kick off a US$100mn investment fund to support technological innovation in the infrastructure network, newspaper El Mercurio quoted the company's executive president, Claudio Muñoz, as...
Inside Costa Rica | January 17, 2011
Before the end of this year Costa Ricans will have an opportunity, for the first time ever, to choose who their cellular...
Livemocha | January 7, 2011 | Press Release
Partnership Offers Telefonica Customers Significantly Discounted Access to Livemocha's Award-Winning English Language Learning Course Active English, and Access to the World's Largest Online Language Learning Community
SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2011) - Livemocha™, the world's largest online...
iBasis | January 10, 2011 | Press Release
IP-Interconnect Enables Panama’s Second-Largest Carrier to Bring High Quality, Low Cost International Calling to Customers
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iBasis, a KPN company, today announced that...
PR Newswire | January 6, 2011 | Press Release
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to low penetration rates, an expanding economy, deploying 3G networks, and declining smartphone prices, mobile data revenue is expected to triple over the next five years in Peru,...
Business News Americas | January 3, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Chilean telecommunications networks suffered minimum disruption following Sunday's (Jan 2) magnitude-7.1 earthquake in the south of the country, according to information from telecoms regulator Subtel and operators.
No deaths or damage was reported by national emergency...
Bloomberg | By Jose Orozco | Dec 14, 2010 3:22 PM CT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on Telefonica SA’s Venezuelan mobile-phone operator, Movistar Venezuela, and Digitel GSM to cooperate with government efforts to assist 130,000 people displaced by heavy rains or face expropriation.
“The enabling law will obligate them,...
Press Release | Telefonica | December 16th, 2010
Yesterday Telefonica Argentina announced the debut of the Samsung Galaxy Tab to its customers. The android tablet will go for about $800 USD and Movistar Argentina will have plans starting at about $50 USD a month which...
Lima, Dec. 15 (ANDINA).
Mobile telephony penetration in Peru will reach 97 percent of Peru's population by end-2010, telecompaper.com reported Wednesday.
This represents a 17 percentage points increase from a penetration of 80 percent in 2009, said Elizabeth Galdo, director of regulatory affairs and corporate responsibility...
Press Release | December 14th, 2010 | Telefonica Peru
According to a press release by Telefonica's Movistar Peru, the carrier is releasing a new eco-friendly phone "el Aspen" by Sony Ericsson.
Features that make the phone green:
The phone and its packaging are made from recycled materials.
El...
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 for every person.The agency noted that there were nearly 19.4 million mobile devices...
Pyramid Research | Jose Magana | December 9, 2010
Telecom operators, particularly in emerging countries, are scratching their heads about how to leverage their strong positionto participate in the family remittance market. In our recent Insider Mobile Remittances: Network Operators Look to Cash In on a $60 Billion Market,...
Microsoft Corp.'s long-anticipated update to its mobile device portfolio finally got off the ground today as the computing giant unveiled launch details for devices powered by its Windows Phone 7 operating system.The launch will include nine devices set to be available in time for...
Mocapay and eNational Payments formed a strategic partnership that calls for eNational Payments merchants and retailers to be able to use Mocapay's secure mobile payments solution and mobile marketing engine to reach customers in real time. eNational Payments provides financial services, including check warranty...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 10 largest wireless carriers worldwide based on subscriber numbers at the end of the first quarter of 2010 unless noted. The No. 11 through No. 20 largest carriers will be listed next week.
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Black Box Corp. said it renewed its agreement with CommScope Enterprise Solutions, which calls for Black Box to sell and support CommScope Enterprise solutions throughout the United States.Motorola and China Mobile Communications Corp. teamed up to demonstrate and end-to-end TD-LTE solution at the Shanghai...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 10 largest wireless carriers worldwide based on subscriber numbers at the end of 2009 unless noted. The No. 11 through No. 20 largest carriers will be listed next week.
Subscriber information and markets lists are from carrier...
