NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, is facing hard times. The company, which recently delayed the launch of its 3G services across Latin America markets, announced it will cut about 20% of its workforce at its headquarters in...
As the second largest telecommunications market in Latin America, Mexico commands great interest from foreign companies. Nevertheless, over the last decade most of the attention has originated
The Nextel's 3G network has come to Mexico. Nextel, which is the NII Holdings brand in Latin America, announced the launch of its new 3G network yesterday, Sept. 26. Initially, it will be available in 34 cities, including Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla and Cancun. A...
Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million in a new industry plant; and Brazilian government release of new taxes incentives.
These were big themes discussed during this week's...
Nextel Communications' 3G network launch in Brazil, which has been expected for some time, may happen before the end of this year. The company confirmed to RCR Wireless News that "Nextel is working to start marketing its 3G later this year; it has already fulfilled the...
Anatel reports TIM disconnected calls on purpose
A report released last week by Brazil’s telecom regulator agency Anatel claims that TIM Brasil purposely dropped calls on customers of its low-cost Infinity Plan that charges customers by the call and not on the length of those...
Vietnamese-owned Viettel, an operator with assets in Haiti and Peru, has shown interest in expanding into other Latin American markets. Viettel announced it will start operating in Peru in January 2013, approximately two years after the carrier secured a 25 MHz spectrum license in the...
NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, launched a solution designed to allow customers to connect with each other and their social networks. Nextel believes that its service, dubbed "Contactos Nextel," will enhance connectivity among its customers as it will enable...
After delaying the deployment of its 3G network, Nextel Chile (owned by U.S.-based NII Holdings, Inc.) launched 3G voice and data mobile service May 9, thereby seeking a 5-12% share of the mobile market in that country.
The launch follows a mobile broadband pilot program...
NII Holdings, Inc. , which operates in Latin America under the brand Nextel, unveiled its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2012, reporting revenue of $1.63 billion and operating income before depreciation and amortization of $358 million. Its consolidated average revenue per...
Nextel Communications, owned by U.S.-based holding company NII Holdings, could lose its competitive advantage across Latin America due to delays of its 3G network deployment.
Financial analysts have noted that the carrier's 3G plans could result in the carrier becoming lost in a sea...
NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates in Latin America under the Nextel brand, is again pushing out its expected launch dates for 3G serivces. The company now expects to launch services in Chile by mid-year; in Mexico late in the third quarter; and by the...
Nokia Siemens Networks has inaugurated a new center in Mexico to deliver remote services to operators across Latin America and around the world. The service delivery center will provide network design and planning as well as optimization and assurance for both networks and the...
Nextel Mexico, the local unit of Virginia-based NII Holdings and Mexican group Iusacell have agreed to withdraw lawsuits and end litigation related to an October 2010 auction.
“The investments in the telecommunications market had not been so high since the Brazilian privatization in 1998,” said Renato Pasquini, Frost & Sullivan’s industry analyst, during a presentation of the consulting firm's newest study on the Brazilian telecommunications services market.
The investments of the biggest...
Nextel’s plan to deploy 3G voice and push-to-talk services in Mexico, which was expected by the first half of 2012, may be in trouble after a Mexican court ordered the Ministry of Communications and Transportation to revoke the mobile concession awarded in October 2010.
NII Holdings (NIHD) said it's planned 3G launches were on track. Nextel’s owner unveiled push-to-talk service on a W-CDMA platform in Peru last month. The 3G launch in Mexico and Brazil are still expected by the first half of 2012 with a soft launch...
With presences in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, NII Holdings Inc. said it plans to continue to invest in the expansion of the coverage and capacity of its networks and develop and deploy third-generation networks. Consolidated second-quarter 2011 capital expenditures totaled US $304 million,...
So, now what for Sprint Nextel Corp.? Just after releasing second quarter results that showed improvements in customer metrics at the cost of subsidizing the growing fascination with smartphones, and a spectrum hosting deal that could pay the carrier $9 billion over an 11-year period, the carrier’s stock got hammered by investors.
Nextel Mexico has signed an agreement with China Development Bank (CDB) to receive a US$ 375 million loan in order to acquire 3G network infrastructure from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a global provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions. The announcement was made July 27 by...
Brazilian carrier Vivo has launched its push-to-talk (PTT) service under the name "Vivo Direto." The service started on July 18 in Rio de Janeiro and one month before in Porto Alegre and Curitiba cities. Although similar to Nextel's offering, Vivo's PTT is based on...
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...
Reuters | April 7, 2011 | Andre Grenon
(Reuters) - Telmex, the telecommunications giant controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said it won a contract to provide the platform for wireless carrier Nextel's mobile broadband services.
Telmex, which controls 80 percent of Mexico's fixed phone lines,...
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...
