Telefónica Peru confirmed its plan to invest US$ 1.5 million in the country during its financial results. According to a statement, investments from Spanish Telefónica group increased 13% in first half this year compared to the same period a year …
Roberta Prescott
Roberta Prescott
Editor, [email protected] Roberta Prescott is responsible for Latin America reporting news and analysis, interviewing key stakeholders. Roberta has worked as an IT and telecommunication journalist since March 2005, when she started as a reporter with InformationWeek Brasil magazine and its website IT Web. In July 2006, Prescott was promoted to be the editor-in-chief, and, beyond the magazine and website, was in charge for all ICT products, such as IT events and CIO awards. In mid-2010, she was promoted to the position of executive editor, with responsibility for all the editorial products and content of IT Mídia. Prescott has worked as a journalist since 1998 and has three journalism prizes. In 2009, she won, along with InformationWeek Brasil team, the press prize 11th Prêmio Imprensa Embratel. In 2008, she won the 7th Unisys Journalism Prize and in 2006 was the editor-in-chief when InformationWeek Brasil won the 20th media award Prêmio Veículos de Comunicação. She graduated in Journalism by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, has done specialization in journalism at the Universidad de Navarra (Spain, 2003) and Master in Journalism at IICS – Universidad de Navarra (Brazil, 2010) and MBA – Executive Education at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
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Net income for the second quarter at Mexican fixed line incumbent Telefonos de Mexico SAB fell 11.8% from the year-ago period. Telmex’s revenue also dropped 2.9% from the year-ago period to 27.614 billions pesos (US$ 2.357 billions). From April to …
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América Móvil’s net profit (earnings) of 24.1 billion pesos (US$ 2.1 billion) increased 14.1% in the second quarter of 2011, compared to the same period year earlier. Earnings were equivalent to 61 peso cents per share and US$ 1.04 per …
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Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd. will start manufacturing BlackBerry smartphones in Argentina through a deal with Brightstar Corporation, which will invest US$ 23 million. The production begins on October in Tierra del Fuego, and may generate up to 300 jobs. …
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Brazilian carrier Vivo has launched its push-to-talk (PTT) service under the name “Vivo Direto.” The service started on July 18 in Rio de Janeiro and one month before in Porto Alegre and Curitiba cities. Although similar to Nextel‘s offering, Vivo’s …
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NEC Corp., Japan’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker, is very optimist about Latin America. Its operations in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile is addressing important growth, and the region will play a crucial role to help NEC reach …
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Telefónica Movistar has invested US$ 20 million to launch HSPA+ technology and begin to offer 4G services in Guayaquil, the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador. The mobile network will be the most advanced in the country. With …
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Intel Capital has announced that David Thomas will return to his position as director of strategic investments for Intel Latin America, after a hiatus of 18 months. During that time, Thomas served as director general of the mergers and acquisitions …
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Ericsson has secured a contract to provide managed services for field maintenance to Telefónica Brazil in São Paulo. The range of field services include operations, supervising and maintaining Telefónica’s fixed network within the following areas in São Paulo city: Campo …
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Peru‘s state agency for promoting private investment, ProInversión, has announced that it is starting a bidding process for two blocks of spectrum in bands between 1700 MHz and 2100MHz. The spectrum is intended for telecommunications services and will last 20 …
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Beginning July 29, Colombian mobile users will be able to switch operators and keep their existing numbers. The number portability was possible by Decree 025 of 2002, the Number Portability Act (Act 1245 of 2008), Law 1341 in 2009 and …
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In order to consolidate its services portfolio of NPlay, Colombian operator Une has launched La SIM, a SIM card that can be inserted into any phone that has open bands and is approved by Colombian regulators. La SIM operates under the …
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If you are a Brazilian or Argentinian soccer fan, you may be licking your wounds right now, what with both teams suffering humiliating defeat in Copa America – the American soccer cup – last weekend. However, if you are simply …
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Around the world, Blue Coat is working to adjust its portfolio and transform itself into a company that addresses Web security, WAN optimization solutions, and offers cloud computing tools. In this direction, Blue Coat has just released CloudCoaching Engine, a …
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Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB), the phone company that serves Colombia’s capital, is going through a difficult period. The company has been trying to find a path to become profitable and more competitive since last year. Last December, ETB’s …
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Anatel announced that it will bid on four Brazilian satellite orbital positions in the bands C, Ku and Ka within 12 existing positions. The rules for the auction will be available beginning July 19 and proposals must be delivered by …
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Mobile broadband access is increasing in Brazil. At the end of first half of 2011, Brazil had counted 43.7 million broadband access connections, according to a just-released survey from the Brazilian Telecommunication Association Telebrasil. The major part of this total …
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iSend, a U.S. electronic payment service for people who support family members in other countries, announced that it has added Tigo El Salvador and Tigo Guatemala to its roster of mobile phone top-up partners. Consumers in the United States, the United …
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TIM Brazil had signed a contract with LT Amazon consortium to use their tower transmission lines and power substations to transport TIM cables across 27 cities in the states of Amazonas, Pará and Amapá, in Brazil. TIM will invest around …
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The Uruguayan government said it will make the 698-806 MHz band available for mobile broadband services. The decision affects cable companies, such as Cablevision and Multiseñal. Countryside cable TV operators will be only be allowed to use 10 channels under the decision. Citing …
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Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones) has approved a resolution that classifies as open use of spectrum bands frequencies from 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz. These frequency bands can display multiple links of short range in areas at …
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Telebrás and TIM Brazil announced on July 13 that they have closed a deal to deliver mobile Internet to 1,000 Brazilian cities by the end of 2012. It’s part of a federal program to universalize Internet access in the country. The inititative …
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SAF Tehnika JSC, which manufactures wireless data transmission equipment, announced it has started producing full outdoor microwave radios in Curitiba, South of Brazil. The company’s called CFIP Lumina radios will be produced in collaboration with wi2be tecnologia, a Brazilian company focused on the …
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Alfa and AT&T Inc. announced on July 12 that Alfa had finalized its purchase of AT&T’s 49% stake in Mexican telecom company Alestra. The transaction was originally announced in April 2011. Now, Alfa is now the sole shareholder of Alestra. …
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Bichara Tecnologia, a technology provider supporting the Brazilian telecommunications market, and Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, device management and connectivity gateways, announced a partnership to provide short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), and …