FiberTower Corp., a wireless backhaul services provider, announced that it received an early termination notice from one of its emerging carrier customers to terminate service at approximately 220 billing locations on Feb. 28, and that the customer is reviewing approximately 50 additional locations for...
Bloomberg | February 16, 2011 | The Associated Press
SAO PAULO (AP) — Spain's Telefonica plans to hold a public tender to pay up to $1 billion for outstanding common shares in Vivo, Brazil's top mobile company it already has a large stake in.
Vivo says...
OnMobile | February 11, 2011 | Press Release
Barcelona, Spain, February 11, 2011 – OnMobile Global Limited, the leading provider of telecom value-added services (VAS), has forged a long term partnership with VIVO Telecom in Brazil to launch RingBack Tones for VIVO’s Brazilian customers. Previously...
OnMobile | February 11, 2011 | Press Release
VIVO is Brazil’s largest mobile operator with over 60 million subscribers
Barcelona, Spain, February 11, 2011 – OnMobile Global Limited, the leading provider of telecom value-
added services (VAS), has forged a long term partnership with VIVO Telecom in...
Here is a quick update on announcements made at Mobile World Congress 2011Tecore launches all-in-one 3G-4G enterprise femtocell system, providing Mobile operators with an optimized solution for medium and large business environmentsStarhome, provider of roaming profitability for mobile network operators, is pleased to announce...
Wall Street Journal | January 19, 2011 | Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil mobile phone subscriptions rose to 202.94 million in 2010, up 16.66% from the previous year, according to figures released Wednesday by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
New subscriptions totaled 28.98 million in 2010, compared...
Reuters | Elzio Barreto | December 28, 2010
(Reuters) - Shares of Brazil's largest mobile phone company Vivo jumped on Tuesday after the company unveiled plans to be integrated into Telefonica's local fixed-line phone unit.
Vivo's most-traded preferred shares (VIVO4.SA) climbed 1.7 percent to 53.42 reais...
By Jonathan House|Â Published December 17, 2010Â | Dow Jones Newswires
MADRID -(Dow Jones)- Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PT: 12.95, +0.07, +0.54%) said late Thursday it is maintaining its plans to pay the bulk of an extraordinary dividend in 2010, ahead of higher taxes on dividends that take...
Myriad Group | 16 December 2010 | Press Release
New deal underpins expansion of Myriad-Telefónica 5-year strategic partnership to deliver innovative social networking solutions to more than 140 million customers in 13 countries across LATAM
Myriad Xumii Social Networking services to be rolled out under...
The world's third-largest wireless operator Telefonica SA (TEF) said that despite being rebuffed on its latest proposal, it would stand by its offer to acquire Portugal Telecom's (PT) 50% control in the two company's Brasilcel N.V. joint venture in Brazil that operates under the...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is now available at RCRWireless.com.
In recent years, mobile advertising has gained good...
VeriSign Inc. said it partnered with CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations, to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate secure authentication for health IT interoperability. The six-month pilot will build on a set of operating rules created by the CAQH...
Brazil is expected to auction several spectrum licenses this year, which could lead to increased mobile broadband adoption, according to a new report from research firm Maravedis. Regulator Anatel could auction spectrum at 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 450 MHz as well as some available...
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.With 150+ million wireless subscribers today, Brazil has become one of the largest wireless markets...
Could the CDMA camp be losing a pair of stalwarts? According to a report released this morning by UBS Investment Research, Canada's two largest CDMA operators Telus Mobility and Bell Canada are set overlay their current CDMA-based networks with W-CDMA/HSPA technology."Based on our industry...
MobiTV Inc. hit the three-million-subscriber mark and is experiencing even greater video usage among each of those subscribers, the company announced yesterday."We really feel like we're set up now for '08 to be a huge year for TV," President and Co-founder Paul Scanlan said."Viewing...
Sprint Nextel Corp. and MobiTV Inc. have put together a multi-year agreement to continue offering mobile TV services to the carrier's subscribers. The announcement coincided with MobiTV's news that it passed the 3-million-subscriber mark."After a very short time in my role as MobiTV's new...
Mobile gaming revenues in Latin America will triple in the next five years, according to new figures from EJL Wireless Research.The Redwood City, Calif.-based market research firm said the Latin American market will grow from $65 million last year to $195 million by 2011...
BARCELONA, Spain-The show is in Spain, but last week's 3GSM World Congress was all about emerging markets in Africa, Asia and South America.After rising by an average of 25 percent for the last three years, global handset growth will slow to a 13-percent clip...
Amid speculation that some CDMA operators are turning to GSM technology, GSM proponents have stepped up lobbying efforts to tout the technology's global success. Meanwhile, CDMA backers say the moves have little to do with technology and instead are based on government policies and...
ESPOO, Finland—What a difference four months can make, especially in the hyper-competitive pursuit of global domination in a burgeoning business. Nokia Corp. and Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. announced they will not proceed with the joint venture for CDMA phones they announced in February. In...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular and Wi-Fi industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularBrazil: Motorola Inc. said it has been selected by Vivo to...
South Korean electronics vendor Pantech Group said it plans to increase its handset sales in the United States by 20 percent this year. The company also said it will work to sell its products directly to U.S. wireless carriers."Even though we are a relatively...
