The Brazilian telecommunications market will over the next two years will face its best time since its opening to private initiatives. Here are eight issues, facts or trends, that deserve attention.

The telecom equipment manufacturing sector has somehow missed the bus of telecom revolution in the country, TEMA stated in the letter.

Uninor, in its response, has stated that only Private Respondents (whose licenses have been quashed by the SC judgement) and fresh applicants (well funded entities with no link to incumbent operators) should be eligible to take part in the auction of spectrum that has become available after the SC cancelled 122 2G licenses.

The Indian government has set up a committee to select the new chairman for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Number portability is a policy that was included in regulatory frameworks during the process of opening up fixed-telephony markets in Latin America & the Caribbean at the end of the [...]

Brazil’s 4G spectrum auction that was expected to happen in April, might not take place before May. Brazilian communications minister Paulo Bernado said during last week’s Campus Party technology event in Brazil, that the auction’s framework may be published on April 16 and then the Ministry has 30 days to set the bidding. The framework [...]

TRAI Chairman Dr J S Sarma stated that some of the recent developments have indicated there is perhaps a need to review the policy of forbearance in telecom tariffs.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Friday released a pre-consultation paper on ‘Allocation of Spectrum in 2G band in 22 Service Areas by auction’ following the Supreme Court of India’s order cancelling 122 2G licenses.

Amidst all the talk of an impending rise in telecom tariffs in the last week, Thursday’s verdict of the Supreme Court of India in the 2G case has further strengthened that possibility.

Mexican broadcaster Televisa’s plan to acquire half of cellphone company Iusacell has been rejected by Mexican anti-monopoly regulator Federal Competition Commission (Cofeco).