Service providers have been buffeted by the explosive growth in data traffic.  Meanwhile many networks remain highly siloed and are becoming more complex even as service providers move to converge infrastructure and adopt more flexible cloud-based approaches.  In this webinar, we’ll share some of the challenges that service providers have been facing, cover the key [...]

Eyes from all over the world are looking at Latin America’s economical and business performance. Several countries in the region are growing faster than other nations around the globe, driven, among others factors, by the domestic economy and exportation. According to International Monetary Fund forecasts, the United States 2011 growth is expected to reach 1.6% [...]

NTT America and NTT do Brasil, both wholly owned subsidiaries of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), announced that the two companies have jointly expanded the reach of NTT Communications’ Tier 1 Global IP Network into South America with a new Point of Presence (PoP) location in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new global IP network PoP [...]

Latin American carriers are investing in their networks. After Claro Brazil announced it would invest US $2.2 billion to update its radio access network to be all Internet Protocol based, TIM said on Sept. 8 that it is also improving its network. The carrier is investing R$ 20 million (US $12.1 million) to install a [...]

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Tuesday approved a provisional measure that offers companies incentives to manufacture tablets in the country. The measure reduces to zero the PIS and Cofins taxes on the sale of tablets produced in Brazil, which is expected to reduce the final price of equipment by 30%. Now, measure number 534/11 goes [...]

A survey commissioned by Unisys to IDC about the “IT Consumerization” phenomenon in Brazil indicated that companies may increase their IT support for tablets and smartphones next year because more employees are bringing their own equipment to work. IT support for iPads, for example, should jump from 18% (today) to 46% in the next 12 [...]

Over the next few months, Cuba will begin using the fiber-optic cable linking the island to Venezuela and Jamaica, local media reported, quoting Cuban’s deputy Information and Communications Minister Boris Moreno. Underwater cable will total 1,600 kilometers and represent the transfer from satellite services to fiber. However, the switch may not lower costs. The Cuban [...]

HNS Communications Americas paid R$ 145.2 million (US $91.5 million) and was the first one to to win a satellite orbital position that would cover Brazil. The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) on Aug. 30 auctioned the four satellite orbital positions. In total, companies paid R$ 254.4 million (US $160.12 million). HNS bought two positions [...]

Claro, the Brazilian operator owned by Carlos Slim’s América Móvil (AMX), announced that it is updating its radio access network to be all Internet Protocol based by the end of the year. This strategy prepares Claro for the future launch of 4G services. Claro currently has 73% of its 3G sites based on this technology. [...]

The Brazilian government’s recent announcement to cut taxes (called Brazil Maior)  in order to push forward some sectors may be the weapon needed to prevent the country from entering an international economic crisis, said Minister of Communications Paulo Bernardo, speaking at the ABTA Congress in São Paulo. These measures will help increase domestic consumption. “Brazil [...]