2010

November 29th, 2010 – MIAMI, FLORIDA — YellowPepper, Latin America’s mobile financial services leader, announced today that it has joined the Samsung Mobile Innovator Program (SMI) as a core member. …

Peruvian companies will step up bond sales in international markets after a record year in 2010, taking advantage of the government’s sale of $1 billion of 40- year debt at …

Mexican billionaireRicardo Salinas, owner of one of Mexico’s largest electronics retailers, is reportedly negotiating buying a chain of stores belonging to the troubled Grupo Silvio Santos, according to Brazilian media reports. …

Almost half of all smart phone users in the United States have already made purchases or plan to do so soon, according to a new survey from ABI Research. The …

Television is as American as apple pie. Translating that love for moving pictures to the mobile screen has been a prolonged challenge. Usage is finally up in some areas, but …

Prepaid provider Page Plus Cellular introduced a new annual cell-phone plan aimed at its low-volume, voice-only customers. The plan offers 2,000 airtime minutes for one year for $80, which equates …

LightSquared said its LTE network rollout is expected to proceed on schedule, despite a glitch with its recently deployed satellite.Boeing, which built and launched the satellite for LightSquared, said the …

To the surprise of few mobile network managers, the recent proliferation of advanced mobile devices is putting an increased strain on carriers’ networks, according to a report from mobile network …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) made some recent price adjustments to its prepaid offerings that now allow some of those plans to undercut pricing on its postpaid services. The carrier has slashed …

United Kingdom-based Cable&Wireless Worldwide plc announced plans to set up a global markets solution center in Bangalore, India, that will serve as a headquarters for the company’s “offshore product development” …

Telecom solutions company Argela selected Picochip as the core technology supplier for its femtocell developments. Argela will use Picochip’s femtocell technology in products including a residential femtocell with home-zone applications …

November 23 2010 – 6:00 am ET | RCR Wireless Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Latin America: With America Movil to provide an IP/MPLS-based mobile …

November 30 2010 – 10:54 am ET | Tracy Ford | RCR Wireless News Jasper Wireless scored a huge deal to power America Movil’s machine-to-machine communications initiatives across North, Central …

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Cyntia Barrera Diaz BELGRADE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s America Movil, the world’s No. 3 cell phone company by number of wireless subscribers, is eyeing an upcoming stake …

BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 18 (UPI) — Trade talks aimed at securing a free trade deal between the European Union and Latin America’s Mercosur economic bloc are set to enter a …

The Chilean government, Chile’s telecommunications company Entel and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) are together implementing a project to provide 3 million people in remote rural Chile with mobile broadband and mobile …

BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Shares of Telecom Argentina SA (TEO, TECO2.BA) have been “overlooked and undervalued,” Barclay’s Capital said in a market note Monday. Barclays said it was initiating coverage …

BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Shares of Telecom Argentina SA (TEO, TECO2.BA) have been “overlooked and undervalued,” Barclay’s Capital said in a market note Monday. Barclays said it was initiating coverage …

SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera enacted a mobile and landline number portability law on Monday, which will allow users to change their operators without changing their phone number. The …

BANGALORE (Dow Jones)–Indian technology outsourcing firm Tech Mahindra Ltd. (532755.BY) is looking for potential acquisitions in Latin America jointly with its software outsourcing unit Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (500376.BY) in …

Spain is the first country to run this initiative, which will gradually be introduced into the other markets in which Telefónica is present, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, …

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AUSTIN, Texas–Freescale Semiconductor introduced two new products into its family of DSPs, one designed to support 3G and 4G wireless networks, while the other is cost-optimized for W-CDMA rollouts. Both …

ZTE Corp. announced that it closed a deal worth $85 million to build and deploy a 3G network for pan-India operator Aircel. The win doesn’t exactly translate to a new …