RCR Wireless
  • News
  • Channels
    • 5G
    • 6G
    • BSS OSS
    • Carriers
    • IoT
    • Network Infrastructure
    • Open RAN
    • Private 5G
    • Telco AI
    • Telco Cloud
    • Test & Measurement
  • Resources
    • Reports
    • Webinars
    • White papers
    • AI Fundamentals
    • Analyst Angle
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Fundamentals
      • 5G NR Release 17
      • AI
        • Telco AI in 2025
    • Podcasts
      • Let’s Get Digital with Carrie Charles
      • Wireless Connectivity to Enable Industry 4.0 for the Middleprise
      • Well Technically…
      • Will 5G Change the World
      • Accelerating Industry 4.0 Digitalization
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Programs
  • Events
  • RCRtv
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
Thursday, August 13, 2026
RCR Wireless
  • News
  • Channels
    • 5G
    • 6G
    • BSS OSS
    • Carriers
    • IoT
    • Network Infrastructure
    • Open RAN
    • Private 5G
    • Telco AI
    • Telco Cloud
    • Test & Measurement
  • Resources
    • Reports
    • Webinars
    • White papers
    • AI Fundamentals
    • Analyst Angle
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Fundamentals
      • 5G NR Release 17
      • AI
        • Telco AI in 2025
    • Podcasts
      • Let’s Get Digital with Carrie Charles
      • Wireless Connectivity to Enable Industry 4.0 for the Middleprise
      • Well Technically…
      • Will 5G Change the World
      • Accelerating Industry 4.0 Digitalization
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Programs
  • Events
  • RCRtv
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
Add RCR Wireless as a preferred source on Google
  • Qualcomm 6G Insights
  • Huawei Content Hub
  • Qualcomm – 6G Vision
  • OSS/BSS Channel
  • RCRTech Roundtable: AI Infrastructure
RCR Wireless
RCR Wireless
  • Advanced Mimo
  • Mobile mmWave
  • 5G Positioning
  • Green Networks
  • Metaverse
  • Automotive
  • Industrial and Wide-area IoT
Copyright 2021 - All Right Reserved
Home - Archives for Roberta Prescott - Page 4
Author

Roberta Prescott

Avatar of 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.

  • LatAm: Colombia plans 700 MHz spectrum auction

    by Roberta Prescott May 22, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 22, 2015

    The Colombian agencies for spectrum and communications regulation, the ANE and CRC, have posted a draft to auction spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands. …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • Carriers should partner with banks on mobile financial services

    by Roberta Prescott May 20, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 20, 2015

    CANCUN, Mexico – To make mobile financial services succeed requires a win-win partnership between banks and mobile network operators, because assets from each one are needed. On one side, banks …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • Telefónica global CIO: Telecoms must change to survive

    by Roberta Prescott May 20, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 20, 2015

    CANCUN, Mexico – The telecom industry is going through an extremely difficult period of change. As it moves to the digital experience, companies need to have the ability to leverage …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm customers most dissatisfied with network quality

    by Roberta Prescott May 19, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 19, 2015

    CANCUN, Mexico—Having a superior customer experience is believed to be a key source of sustainable competitive advantage. According to Amdocs Customer Experience Spotlight, while 59% of Latin American customers would …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • Brazilian investment in IT reaches $60B

    by Roberta Prescott May 14, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 14, 2015

    The Brazilian IT industry invested $60 billion in 2104, according to an IDC survey commissioned by the Brazilian software company association ABES. Brazil is the seventh-largest IT market in the world …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Oi, NII Holdings post losses for Q1 2015

    by Roberta Prescott May 14, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 14, 2015

    Brazilian carriers Oi and NII Holdings posted losses for the first quarter of 2015. During a conference call about the results, Oi President Bayard Gontijo asked analysts and investors to trust the carrier’s reorganization …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: TIM Brasil bets on 4G for future growth; video interview with cVidya on fraud management

    by Roberta Prescott May 7, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott May 7, 2015

    During a May 6 conference call discussing TIM Brasil’s latest financial results, the operator’s President Rodrigo Abreu said he’s satisfied with the telecom operator’s performance in the first quarter of 2015. Abreu …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: América Móvil Q1 net profit down 40%; Colombia to auction 700 MHz

    by Roberta Prescott April 30, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 30, 2015

    Latin America’s largest telecom group América Móvil ended the first quarter with revenue up 3.1% over the year before in Mexican peso terms, while operating profits declined 6.6% and net …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Brazil passes antenna law

    by Roberta Prescott April 23, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 23, 2015

    New antenna law expected to speed network deployments Brazil President Dilma Rousseff approved a new antenna bill (law nº11.116) laying down new rules for the installation of antennas used by mobile operators. The law aims …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Brazil telco revenue tops $77B; Chile Internet access grows

    by Roberta Prescott April 16, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 16, 2015

    The Brazilian telco market had total revenue of $77.24 billion in 2014, an equivalent of 4.2% of the country’s GDP. All together, telco operators invested $9.57 billion last year; if …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Telefónica building end-to-end customer experience

    by Roberta Prescott April 16, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 16, 2015

    Argentina first to experience Telefónica’s end-to-end customer experience solution Telefónica has tapped Accenture and Alcatel-Lucent to implement an end-to-end customer experience solution for a range of services for its European and Latin American …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • Brazil posts record smartphone sales

    by Roberta Prescott April 9, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 9, 2015

    Smartphone sales soar in Brazil Brazil’s smartphone market is growing rapidly, which could also push demand for data services. Last year, smartphones sales were up 55% compared to 2013, totaling …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: América Móvil consolidates OSS; Opera video interview

    by Roberta Prescott April 9, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 9, 2015

    América Móvil has selected NEC and NetCracker Technology as providers for a consolidated, end-to-end OSS solution for its Latin American operations, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • Oi lays off 1,070 employees in Brazil

    by Roberta Prescott April 2, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 2, 2015

    Carrier Oi cuts 6% of workforce Brazilian wireless carrier Oi said it was laying off 1,070 employees, or 6% of its approximately 18,000-strong total direct workforce. Last year, the company …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Huawei, Cisco win projects with Telefónica

    by Roberta Prescott April 2, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott April 2, 2015

    Two major telecommunications vendors announced they have been selected by Telefónica to deploy part of the carrier’s infrastructure. Huawei will complete a software-defined networking-based IP/optical field trial with Telefónica Peru, while several …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Telefónica’s GVT acquisition approved; Embratel unveils telecom needs for Rio 2016

    by Roberta Prescott March 26, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 26, 2015

    Brazil’s antitrust agency, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, gave Telefónica the green light to acquire GVT on March 25. Following the approval, the local unit of the Spanish group announced …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Google, Philips and T-Systems show off IoT projects in Brazil

    by Roberta Prescott March 19, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 19, 2015

    Brazil is the fourth-largest market in the world for machine-to-machine technology with an annual growth of 25%, according to the GSMA. In 2014, there were 9 million M2M connections in the …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Telefónica Chile taps Huawei for 4G in 700 MHz; US carrier connects to Cuba

    by Roberta Prescott March 12, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 12, 2015

    Movistar Chile, which belongs to the Spanish group Telefónica, signed an agreement with Chinese provider Huawei to deploy LTE technology in the 700 MHz band across 13 regions. The deployment …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • #MWC15: Alcatel-Lucent small cells focus; Telefónica IoT

    by Roberta Prescott March 9, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 9, 2015

    BARCELONA, Spain – Alcatel-Lucent continues to focus on being a leading provider of high-speed mobile broadband services using small cell technologies across Latin America. In a meeting with journalists at this …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • LatAm: Oi launches OTN project; Avantel taps Nokia Networks for VoLTE

    by Roberta Prescott March 6, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 6, 2015

    Brazilian telecom operator Oi has begun a project to implement an optical transport network aimed at a 57-times increase in its backbone data transmission capacity. The OTN project covers 30,000 kilometers reaching …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • #MWC15: Celistics’ revenue boosted by smartphone growth, logistics systems launch

    by Roberta Prescott March 5, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 5, 2015

    BARCELONA, Spain — The growth in smartphone penetration and adoption of 3G services benefited logistics company Celistics. The company, which is focused on Latin America, said it managed 192 million …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • #MWC15: ‘Internet of Things’ sets a new mobile identity

    by Roberta Prescott March 4, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 4, 2015

    BARCELONA, Spain – Of the “five waves” of computing, the “Internet of Things” is quickly becoming the largest factor in the ongoing evolution of telecom computing, though that push is seen …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • #MWC15: LTE forecast to cover 76% of LatAm by 2020, generate $275B in GDP

    by Roberta Prescott March 3, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 3, 2015

    BARCELONA, Spain — Latin America’s upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction and the expected expansion of LTE deployments and coverage is set to drive discussion about the region. With operators having …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • #MWC15: CBNL, Ruckus bet on LTE growth to boost operations in Latin America

    by Roberta Prescott March 3, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 3, 2015

    BARCELONA, Spain — While the expansion of LTE is expected to be a major topic this year in Latin America, vendors who do business with local carriers expect the fourth …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
  • #MWC15: Privacy, security main challenges of the connected world

    by Roberta Prescott March 2, 2015
    by Roberta Prescott March 2, 2015

    BARCELONA, Spain — The future is set to be all about the connected world: connecting wearables, cars, homes, cities and enterprises. But that connection brings up a very complex scenario due to …

    Read more
    0 LinkedinEmail
Newer Posts
Older Posts

White Papers

  • Norton eBook: The 2026 Telco Playbook

  • Enea White Paper: Why Intelligent AAA is the Swiss Army Knife of Telecom

  • CSG White Paper: Telco AI Enabler: Mediation’s Defining Role

  • Enea White Paper: Scalable Database Design for 5G and Beyond

  • Supermicro and NVIDIA Whitepaper: Powering sovereign AI at scale

Editorial Reports

  • Report: NTN in motion — evolving standards, expanding services

  • Market Pulse Report: Telco AI in 2026 – Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

  • Nvidia Report: The State of AI in Telecommunications: 2026 Trends

Webinars

  • Webinar: Building 6G — aligning technology, policy and purpose

  • SIMCom Webinar: Scaling your next deployment – from plastic to provisioning

  • Webinar: Rethinking the RAN as AI, cloud and openness converge

  • Webinar: Scale-Up, Scale-Out, Scale-Across – Building AI-Era Network Fabrics

  • Webinar: NTN in motion – evolving standards, expanding services

Since 1982, RCR Wireless News has been providing wireless and mobile industry news, insights, and analysis to mobile and wireless industry professionals, decision makers, policy makers, analysts and investors.

Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin Envelope Rss

Useful Links

  • Subscribe
  • About RCR Wireless News
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Archive
  • RSS
  • Wireless News Archive
  • Subscribe
  • About RCR Wireless News
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Archive
  • RSS
  • Wireless News Archive

Edtior's Picks

AI fiber build-out undermines rural BEAD skills-drive
Wednesday (telco diary) | Smells like team spirit – and that tech-bro Musk
Ericsson reframes OSS/BSS modernization around agentic AI and business outcomes

Latest Articles

AI fiber build-out undermines rural BEAD skills-drive
Wednesday (telco diary) | Smells like team spirit – and that tech-bro Musk
Ericsson reframes OSS/BSS modernization around agentic AI and business outcomes
Telefónica embeds generative AI directly into business voice services in Spain

© 2026 RCR Wireless News All Right Reserved. Developed by Eight Hats.

Cookie Policy | Privacy Policy

RCR Wireless
  • News
  • Channels
    • 5G
    • 6G
    • BSS OSS
    • Carriers
    • IoT
    • Network Infrastructure
    • Open RAN
    • Private 5G
    • Telco AI
    • Telco Cloud
    • Test & Measurement
  • Resources
    • Reports
    • Webinars
    • White papers
    • AI Fundamentals
    • Analyst Angle
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Fundamentals
      • 5G NR Release 17
      • AI
        • Telco AI in 2025
    • Podcasts
      • Let’s Get Digital with Carrie Charles
      • Wireless Connectivity to Enable Industry 4.0 for the Middleprise
      • Well Technically…
      • Will 5G Change the World
      • Accelerating Industry 4.0 Digitalization
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Programs
  • Events
  • RCRtv
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
RCR Wireless
  • News
  • Channels
    • 5G
    • 6G
    • BSS OSS
    • Carriers
    • IoT
    • Network Infrastructure
    • Open RAN
    • Private 5G
    • Telco AI
    • Telco Cloud
    • Test & Measurement
  • Resources
    • Reports
    • Webinars
    • White papers
    • AI Fundamentals
    • Analyst Angle
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Fundamentals
      • 5G NR Release 17
      • AI
        • Telco AI in 2025
    • Podcasts
      • Let’s Get Digital with Carrie Charles
      • Wireless Connectivity to Enable Industry 4.0 for the Middleprise
      • Well Technically…
      • Will 5G Change the World
      • Accelerating Industry 4.0 Digitalization
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Programs
  • Events
  • RCRtv
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
@2020 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by PenciDesign