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Mexican telecom giant América Móvil’s expected launch of 5G in certain markets will not represent a boost in its planned capex for this year, CEO Daniel Hajj said during the …

  The U.S. government is considering the possibility of providing financing for the deployment of 5G in Brazil to those carriers not selecting Chinese vendors, Reuters reported, citing the U.S …

Oi “sounding out the market” for potential sale of mobile business Brazilian telecommunications operators Telefonica Brasil and TIM Participações have expressed interest in negotiating a joint offer to buy the …

America Movil capex won’t go to 5G for the next two years Mexican telecom group America Movil, the telecoms giant controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, is not …

  Chinese vendor Huawei has denied press reports suggesting that it may partner with China Mobile in a bid to acquire Brazilian telecom operator Oi. “Huawei has no plans or …

SÃO PAULO–The internet of things entered is firmly on the Brazilian government’s agenda. With roughly a quarter of its GDP coming from agribusiness, Brazil wants to use the IoT in …

SÃO PAULO–Oi is going to restructure its debt and move on, said CEO Marco Schroeder during his speech at Futurecom 2017. However, he highlighted to the members of the press, …

SÃO PAULO – Oi is not selling assets in Brazil as it continues to work on a restructuring plan, CEO Marco Norci Schroeder told journalists at the Futurecom event, held …

Security is one of the major concerns surrounding the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and not only physical security. Information and communications technology providers interviewed by RCR Wireless News for a …

RIO DE JANEIRO–Two years after Brazil hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in South America. …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Two years after Brazil hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in …

Oi bankruptcy will leave three primary operators in Brazil 1. The Brexit vote has wiped out billions of dollars of market value for British companies, including wireless carriers. Shares of …

Telefónica pushes support for e-SIM standard, and other LatAm news from MWC BARCELONA, Spain – Telefónica’s German unit is set to be the first carrier to launch a device embedded …

European telco operates in Brazil through its TIM unit Italian telecommunications group Telecom Italia confirmed the company was not in talks with Brazilian telecoms operator Oi to merge assets in …

Mexico telecom regulator Federal Institute of Telecommunications unveiled rules for an upcoming auction of spectrum in the 1700/2100 MHz AWS bands specifically geared toward the deployment of LTE networks. The regulator …

In its latest Mobility Report, Ericsson predicts mobile subscriptions across Latin America and the Caribbean will surge from 740 million this year to 850 million in 2021, at which point …

The Brazilian mobile landscape is undergoing a transformation with the potential for heightened competition in the coming years. Driving the market shift is the reduction of a termination rate imposed by …

Customer relationship management is a key area for telecommunications companies, as it’s direct contact with the clients. To improve CRM, the Brazilian carrier Oi has gathered multiple databases into a …

The drop in revenue growth and margin in traditional telecom services has led Latin American operators to seek opportunities to provide new services and business solutions for verticals. The low …

Brazilian carriers Oi and NII Holdings posted losses for the first quarter of 2015. During a conference call about the results, Oi President Bayard Gontijo asked analysts and investors to trust the carrier’s reorganization …

Carrier Oi cuts 6% of workforce Brazilian wireless carrier Oi said it was laying off 1,070 employees, or 6% of its approximately 18,000-strong total direct workforce. Last year, the company …

Brazilian telecom operator Oi has begun a project to implement an optical transport network aimed at a 57-times increase in its backbone data transmission capacity. The OTN project covers 30,000 kilometers reaching …

C-RAN, fronthaul and HetNets Senza Fili’s new report “Charting the path to RAN virtualization: C-RAN, fronthaul and HetNets” discusses the market trends, operator requirements and technology opportunities driving the transition to …

Download the complete report featuring Fujitsu, ASOCS, SOLiD, Telefonica, Airvana, Radisys, SoftBank, Oi and Orange. Senza Fili’s new report “Charting the path to RAN virtualization: C-RAN, fronthaul and HetNets” discusses the …

Two big moves by large carriers within a single week will bring big changes to Latin American wireless markets. AT&T’s announcement that it will acquire Nextel Mexico showed how the U.S.-based carrier plans to expand its operations …