Brazilian NET Serviços, owned by América Móvil, plans to increase its Wi-Fi hotspots from its current 2,400 in 12 cities to 10,000 in 15 cities over the next year. The company has been deploying hotspots since mid-2011 in venues with a high concentration of people as part of NET’s strategy is to foster loyalty and add value for [...]

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. Mobile broadband is still a growing market in Brazil, led by Vivo with its wide HSPA+ coverage (84.8% of the population) for modem use and on [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO – Ruckus’ president and CEO, Selina Lo, who has been chosen by RCR Wireless News as one of the Top 10 Women in Wireless for 2012. is on a mission to bring Wi-Fi connectivity to everyone and it is no different in Brazil. “Wi-Fi is on fire in Brazil,” Lo said in [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO – To meet data traffic growth, wireless carriers in Brazil are deploying Wi-Fi hotspots in places with high concentrations of people. During this week’s Futurecom event, Lucas Pinz, from PromonLogicalis, talked to RCR Wireless about how Brazilian carriers are deploying Wi-Fi, citing TIM’s goal of rolling out 10,000 hotspots.  Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe [...]

Colombian municipally owned company Empresas Municipales de Cali (Emcali) is investing U.S.$460,000 to expand public Wi-Fi throughout the city of Cali. According to the company, 140 more cells will be installed in the coming days to provide free Internet access in parks, squares and other public places in the city. Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe [...]

The Chilean government announced that  it will soon accept bids for the installation of 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in locations across Arica and Punta Arenas. It is part of a program named the Digital Agenda under which the government is working to build a public Wi-Fi network, among other projects. Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free [...]

Brazilian NET Serviços, owned by América Móvil, plays an important role for the company by selling triple play services (fixed broadband, pay-TV and wireline phone). América Móvil attributes its Brazilian second quarter revenue growth—which was up 4.1% year-on-year to U.S.$3.7 billion (R$7.5 billion)— to the increase in both fixed-broadband and pay-TV services, which climbed 28.6% [...]

Almost one year after acquiring the Wi-Fi company Vex, Brazilian telecom carrier Oi announced that it has integrated both companies’ networks. As part of the integration, Oi changed the name of Vex‘s service to Oi WiFi, and it is expanding Oi’s services to Vex customers, including 2,200 hotspots, of which 1,600 were previously owned by Vex. [...]

While the use of Wi-Fi to offload 3G data traffic has just started in Latin America, wireless equipment manufacturer Ruckus Wireless is betting on increasing demand for more robust indoor Wi-Fi coverage. In an exclusive interview, the enterprise vertical director at Ruckus Wireless Latin America, Andre Queiroz said that companies are seeking “professional Wi-Fi network coverage” to better [...]

Brazil’s No. 2 carrier, TIM Brasil, announced it has chosen Cisco and its partner PromonLogicalis to manage the implementation of 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the country. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The Wi-Fi hotspots are part of the carrier’s strategy to address 3G offload, the demand from the [...]