Although 3G networks in Brazil's capital cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are newer than those in London, their perforance is worse. A recent survey conducted by Informa Telecoms & Media compared these three cities’ mobile broadband infrastructure.
“London has more subscribers and...
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After years trying to modify the market dynamic by not subsidizing handsets, Brazilian operator Oi...
Brazil has to improve the capacity of its backbone and backhaul infrastructure to support the increasing demand of data, said Informa Telecoms & Media and Brazilian consulting firm Teleco during a news conference held by information and communications technology company Huawei.
In a recent survey,...
Great events such as the FIFA World Cup or Olympics Games can change entire cities, even countries. Older experiences have shown internal positive impacts. And Brazil wants to seize this opportunity. “Big events act as a catalyst for new technologies and ICT innovation,” said...
Three years before holding the 2014 World Cup, Brazil needs to define important issues, including wireless infrastructure standards. Representatives from the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Sports and Telecomp, an association that focuses on increasing telecom sector competition, the executives said they are...
A new telecommunication bill that would replace the existing one in Bolivia has been approved by Chamber of Deputies’s planning, economic policy and finance committee, but the proposed legislation is already creating controversy among players. The bill still depends on other approvals.
“If the bill...
OnMobile Global Limited, India’s largest mobile value-added services provider, announced the appointment of Atul Churamani as Head of Content for the company. In his new role, Atul will lead licensing of content from music labels and other owners of intellectual property for distribution across...
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Wireless carriers are increasingly turning to traffic management solutions in an attempt to get control of their networks that are being punished by the rising demand and usage of mobile data services. Informa Telecoms & Media Senior Analyst Dmitris Mavrakis provides some insight into...
The Canadian governments plans to auction off 700 MHz spectrum is beginning to draw comments from industry players looking to ensure that their interests in any rule making are heard. Speaking at the 2011 Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto, Rogers Communications President Rob Bruce...
Looking to manage network costs and operations, European telecom giants Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY) and France Telecom-Orange (FNCTF) said they have combined their procurement activities of customer equipment, network equipment, service platforms, and trialing a network infrastructure and IT sharing program as part of...
During his presentation at the LTE LatAm summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week, ZTE’s Sean Cai asked participants whether they felt their networks were truly ready for “the data explosion.”
The answer for most operators, he said, was a resounding ‘no’. The exponential...
During his presentation at the LTE LatAm summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week, ZTE’s Sean Cai asked participants whether they felt their networks were truly ready for “the data explosion.”
Omar Perez of Entel used his keynote at LTE LatAm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to discuss how mobile broadband could significantly improve the quality of people’s lives.
Bolivia’s Entel runs the gamut in terms of telephony, providing everything from mobile, to fixed line, to...
Omar Perez of Entel used his keynote at LTE LatAm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to discuss how mobile broadband could significantly improve the quality of people’s lives.
Bolivia’s Entel runs the gamut in terms of telephony, providing everything from mobile, to fixed line, to...
Super developed and connected Korea is perhaps not a great model to compare to when discussing mobile broadband in Latin America, but that's just what Samsung decided to do during its presentation at the Informa LTE Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week.......
LTE will still account for less than 5% of global connections in 2015 but may find an early niche in rural markets as an alternative to fixed broadband said Julio Puschel, senior analyst and head of mobile operator strategy for Informa at the LTE LatAm summit in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday.
It's too early to tell whether LTE in Latin America will become complimentary to fixed broadband, or if it can eventually be positioned as a substitute, according to major operators and vendors at the second day of Informa's LTE Latin America conference in Rio...
It's too early to tell whether LTE in Latin America will become complimentary to fixed broadband, or if it can eventually be positioned as a substitute, according to major operators and vendors at the second day of Informa's LTE Latin America conference in Rio...
As Latin America begins to forge plans for next generation LTE technology, two countries in particular are blazing a path for others to follow.
Alfonso Ehijo, CTO of Reference Center for Technology and Innovation at the University of Chile, in charge of the technological evolution...
RIO DE JANEIRO – It's too early to tell whether LTE in Latin America will become complimentary to fixed broadband, or if it can eventually be positioned as a substitute, according to major operators and vendors at the second day of Informa's LTE Latin...
RIO DE JANEIRO – LTE will still account for less than 5% of global connections in 2015 but may find an early niche in rural markets as an alternative to fixed broadband said Julio Puschel, senior analyst and head of mobile operator strategy for...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian operators must learn how other countries prepared their networks for traffic spikes during major global sporting events, in order to fully capture the payoff in revenue and marketing that followed, say industry leaders at the second day of Informa's...
