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.
Over the last few years, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Latin America have been yearning...
With the turn of each year, Strand Consult reviews the year past and makes an assessment about the year to come. For the last 18 years Strand Consult has provided strategic information to the mobile
Apple’s iconic iPhone continues to trickle down the carrier scale as Walmart announced that its Straight Talk Wireless offering will offer a pair of iPhone models sans-contract.
The retail giant said it will begin offering the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 beginning Jan. 11,...
In the United States and many other countries, more than half of the population now has a smartphone. And regardless of whether they own a smartphone or a feature phone, most people use text messaging
Chile has reached 4,342,397 mobile broadband Internet connections, representing a 24.9% penetration, according to the latest report from Chile's secretary of telecommunications, Subtel. Smartphone Internet connections represented 70.82% while dongles (modems) accounted for 29.18% of all 3G accesses by the third quarter of 2012.
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Virgin Mobile Latin America Inc. (VMLA) closed a second debt funding agreement with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to fund its operations in Colombia. The debt facility is up to U.S.$14 million. VMLA was expected to launch a mobile virtual network...
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.
In the world of telecommunications analysis, there is one unavoidable recurring event at the end of each...
VelaTel Global is expanding its Asian presence, announcing today plans to acquire Hong Kong-based mobile virtual network operator China Motion Telecom for $5.8 million. China Motion currently serves approximately 125,000 customers in Hong Kong, targeting travelers from Taiwan and mainland China with dual number...
This year marked a milestone for the Chilean wireless telecom market with the arrival of new operators and increased competition. The new operators, including Virgin Mobile, VTR Móvil, Nextel, GTD Móvil and Netline, added 200,000 subscribers between April and September according to numbers compiled by...
The Chilean retail company Falabella is set to launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services using the network infrastructure of  Chilean mobile operator Entel. Named Falabella Móvil, the MVNO will focus on Falabella's existing customers, offering customized solutions and quick access to Falabella stores.
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Sprint Nextel expanded its support of mobile virtual network operators with the launch of its Mobile Broadband on Demand service that will allow partners to rent devices compatible with the carrier’s 3G and WiMAX-based networks to consumers. The carrier noted the offering is targeted...
Held for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the largest Latin American telecom event, Futurecom, aims to promote the discussion of several important topics. People who attend the 14th edition of Futurecom certainly expect to discuss mobile and fixed broadband, the...
Ellen Schwab, CEO of TelespreeAs operators and mobile virtual network operators deal with network capacity limitations and customers’ inexhaustible appetite for data, the ability to precisely track and take action based on usage is becoming ever more important.
Ellen Schwab, CEO of Telespree, said that...
CARTAGENA, Colombia—Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) is set to launch mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Colombia during the last quarter this year and in Brazil during the second half of 2013, said Jeffery Buckwalter, VMLA’s senior vice president for business development, speaking at...
RadioShack (RSH) announced that it will begin selling its own brand of wireless phones and service in its retail stores nationwide, using Leap Wireless' (LEAP) Cricket network.
Starting tomorrow, RadioShack No-Contract Wireless powered by Cricket will offer a line of devices and services to RadioShack...
The Brazilian insurance company Porto Seguro has started mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services, providing machine-to-machine connections (M2M) to track 2,000 vehicles owned by current customers. The goal is to reach 450,000 vehicles over the next two years. Â The company also plans to launch...
In a month when Anatel, Brazil's telecom regulatory agency, banned three telecom operators from selling mobile services for ten days, the country registered the lowest growth rate since 2006: with only 279,723 new active lines  added in July. Brazil now counts a total of 256.41 million of...
After securing U.S.$26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business and launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in Chile, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) announced it has closed on a U.S.$11 million debt funding agreement with IFC, a member of the World...
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.
The current explosion in mobile data provides operators with a considerable opportunity to increase revenues and reduce churn, but only...
Headquartered in Uberlândia, a city with 600,000 residents in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Algar Telecom is the biggest part of the Algar Group, a private, family-owned company that runs nine different businesses in areas such as telecommunications, tourism, agriculture and aviation. Of...
Although mobile virtual network operators were launched in Latin America about four years ago, they have become hot topics again since Brazil released new regulations governing the segment and some carriers have actually launched operations in the region.
Worldwide, mobile virtual network operator launches peaked...
Full Móvil, the No. 2 mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Costa Rica behind TuYo Móvil, began to operate in September 2011. Sebastián Haedo, Full Móvil's director, talked with Signals Telecom News, an RCR Wireless News syndication partner about the company's wireless operations
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Founded in 2002 in Germany, Tyntec is set to launch services in Brazil. The company is a mobile interaction specialist which provides solutions that enable enterprises to integrate mobile telecom services for a wide range of uses. During an exclusive interview, business development director Sven...
