Brazilian Datora Telecom is seeking to get a big share of the machine-to-machine market. The company has just announced a mobile unit dubbed Datora Mobile. At the same time, the company also said it aims to get 15% of the country’s M2M market over...
One of the first mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Latin America, Colombian Uff Móvil launched its services back in November 2010 and ended December 2011 with 249,000 users or 0.7% share of the wireless market. This is expansive growth compared to the 0.18%...
Another player looking to grow in the Brazilian mobile virtual network operator market is the French mobile virtual network enabler Sisteer. The company was granted a license to operate as an MVNx by Brazilian telecommunication regulator Anatel last December.
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The Brazilian business-to-business communication service provider TESA Telecom has requested a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license from the regulatory agency Anatel, as it looks forward to launching machine-to-machine (M2M) services.
The whole M2M project includes partnership with Algar Telecom as an MNO, Transtelco as...
Last month, the Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) added mobile voice to its data MVNO offer; now ETB is aiming to reach 1 million subscribers over the next five years from a total target market of 1.8 million fixed lines.
By launching mobile services, ETB expanded...
Although no mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) have launched in Brazil yet—due to the bureaucracy in getting approvals, according to some sources—the country is still very attractive, as many delegates noted at this week's MVNO Industry Summit Latam (check all stories). Companies that are evaluating...
The first Brazilian company to unveil plans to enter the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market, the insurance firm Porto Seguro is set to launch wireless services during the second half of 2012, as general manager Tiago Galli told RCR Wireless News, at this week’s...
Among the key challenges for launching mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) across Latin America are the negotiations between MVNOs and mobile network operators (MNOs) and the time-to-market. Several countries in the region have already moved from being potential markets to actual markets. Nevertheless, MVNO...
Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) expects to launch mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in Colombia and Brazil over the next 18 months, according to Jeffery Buckwalter, VMLA's senior vice president for business development, speaking at this week's MVNO Industry Summit Latam (chek all stories).
The company has...
Mobile virtual network operator launches peaked in 2006 across the United States and Europe. Currently, that segemnts growth perspectives come from countries across Latin America, Russia, Turkey and Pakistan. The competitive telecom market and the relatively low number of Internet users are among the...
The domestic mobile virtual network operator space has seen its ranks swell as a slightly delayed launch finally took shape and an unexpected retail chain has quietly jumped into the fray.
Having had its scheduled launch delayed last week due to a hack attack on...
During the last decade, Latin America's telecom industry has seen the rise and fall of many challengers to the iDEN "push-to-talk" service. The would-be successors used different technologies
America Movil’s Chilean unit Claro, Telefonica’s local wireless operations Movistar, and Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) have each presented proposals for the 2.6 GHz frequency band tender, which will be responsible for the deployment of LTE networks in Chile.
Each proposal received scores, which...
After making a play to increase its share in European operator KPN, America Movil said its U.S.-based subsidiary Tracfone Wireless has entered into an agreement to acquire mobile virtual network operator Simple Mobile, which offers SIM-based services using T-Mobile USA's network.
The moves show the...
After offering mobile Internet access using a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model, Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) has added mobile voice to its offering. ETB will provide the service using Tigo's mobile network.
“ETB's incursion into mobile telephony allows the operator...
Although it seems to be a complex market, in many ways the Mexican telecom sector is very similar to the others Latin American countries. Prepaid penetration is much higher than postpaid services – Mexico government regulator Cofetel reported there were 83.3 million prepaid customers...
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More than ten years ago I authored the report “MVNO Opportunities in Latin America,” which recognized that...
After securing a U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) launched its operations as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Chile yesterday (April 10) . The founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, went to Santiago, the country's capital,...
Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) has secured U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business and launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in Chile.
The new funding consists of equity from existing shareholders, including the Virgin Group and ePlanet Capital,...
It has been a few years since the end of the telecom sector monopoly in Costa Rica. The Superintendent of Telecommunications Sutel says ending the monopoly has led to great advances for the country's mobile industry. The mobile telephony penetration rate jumped from 42.38%...
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.
The arrival of Virgin Mobile in Latin America is exciting news. Richard Branson’s famous multi-industry brand will...
Despite a lack of commercial launches, Brazil's mobile virtual network operator space seems to be cooking. At this point security insurance company Porto Seguro and Virgin Mobile Latin America, are both planning to launch MVNO services using Datora Telecom's network at some point this year....
The Brazilian telecommunications market will over the next two years will face its best time since its opening to private initiatives. Here are eight issues, facts or trends, that deserve attention.
Virgin Mobile Latin America reported a partnership with mobile virtual operator Datora to lauch a mobile virtual network operator in Brazil. According to VMLA, Datora is an investor and with its expertise will be instrumental in launching the MVNO.
In a statement, Virgin Group founder Richard...
