2012

At the Connect Americas Summit held by The International Telecomunication Union this week in Panama, leaders from Latin America and the Carribean called for a $53 billion commitment to increase  inter-American connectivity and digital inclusion. This large investment would be …

Back in 2009, Sunbelt Rentals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashtead Group and one of the largest equipment rental companies in the United States, decided to introduce iPhones to its sales force. “We had zero technology in our sales force,” Sunbelt …

Fallout has begun following the decision by Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel to suspend mobile line sales by a handful of carriers in some states due to poor service quality and customer complaints. Credit Suisse cut its recommendation on TIM Brasil’s shares to …

Oracle announced plans to acquire substantially all of the assets of Skire, a provider of capital program management and facilities management applications available both in the cloud and on-premise. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The announcement follows recent …

The machine-to-machine market is poised for the biggest transformation in its 10-year history due to the adoption of cloud-based solutions for M2M applications, according to the latest research report from Maravedis-Rethink. The consultant firm’s report predicts that over the next …

Changes in the leadership at big tech companies were announced this week. Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) appointed former Google executive Marissa Mayer as president, CEO and member of the board of directors. Yahoo noted that the company’s decision to hire a “leading …

Brazil‘s telecommunication regulator Anatel, announced yesterday that it has suspended sales in some states by three mobile phone companies —TIM, the Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia; América Móvil’s Claro; and the national carrier Oi — due to the volume of customer …

One of the direct consequences of number portability are the benefits it provides users. Since the adoption of number portability in Chile last January, the country’s Department of Telecommunications (Subtel) said prices decreased by 20% to 25%. According to Subtel, at the …

“Mobile computing offers new challenges, but they are less about infrastructure and more about people.  Mobile devices can carry a huge security risk,” said RSA executive chairman, Art Coviello, at the beginning of an interview with RCR Wireless News. “Behavior is going …

Thirteen Latin American mobile operators have pledged to work together across the region to block the use of stolen devices, GSMA Latin America announced. The wireless operators agreed to collaborate with governments in the region on initiatives designed to reduce …

We asked leaders Cisco, AT&T, Qualcomm, and Ruckus Wireless for their predictions.

The German software giant SAP has said more than once that Latin America is one of the key regions for the company’s growth. Yesterday, SAP went a step further when it broke ground on the SAP Labs Latin America expansion. The …

Mobile broadband demand will push mobile service revenue to U.S $976 billion by 2016, according to the market research firm Infonetics Research. Telecom operators in Latin America are expected to take in close to $150 billion from mobile voice, broadband …