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Bloomberg | By Jonathan Roeder and Crayton Harrison | Dec 17, 2010 2:43 PM CT Grupo Iusacell SA, the Mexican mobile-phone carrier owned by billionaire Ricardo Salinas, filed for pre-arranged bankruptcy in Mexico, seeking a restructuring plan with creditors for the second …

By Shane Romig | Published December 16, 2010| Dow Jones Newswires BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica de Argentina, the local unit of Spain’s Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) expects a sharp 45% jump in its number of fixed, Internet and cell phone …

By Samantha Pearson and Jean Luis Arce | Reuters | Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:23pm EST * Brazil’s real loses 0.8 pct, Mexican peso down 0.3 pct * Chile’s peso firmer on copper and rate hike (Adds comments, updates prices) SAO PAULO/MEXICO …

Through twitter and press releases, José María Álvarez-Pallete announced that Telefonica is donating 4550 million Colombian Pesos (about $2.3 million USD) to victims in Colombia. The floods in Colombia were caused by heavy rains and the rupture of the Canal …

TeleGeography | Thursday, 16 December 2010 Telecom Personal, the mobile subsidiary of Argentine fixed line incumbent Telecom Argentina, has announced the launch of a trial Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the city of Cordoba. Trials of the 4G technology, …

NextTV LATAM | Wednesday, December 15 2010 The Peruvian Minister of Transport and Communications, Enrique Cornejo, pointed out that in 2012 there will be eight more DTT channels in the capital city of Lima. Therefore, Digital TV coverage will be …

NextTVLATAM News Release | Friday, December 17 2010 The Chilean Government presented a single seal that will certify which receivers are suitable for Digital TV under ISDB-T. The objective is aimed at “making the Chilean TV set market transparent and …

By Jonathan House| Published December 17, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires MADRID -(Dow Jones)- Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PT: 12.95, +0.07, +0.54%) said late Thursday it is maintaining its plans to pay the bulk of an extraordinary dividend in 2010, ahead of higher …

Myriad Group | 16 December 2010 | Press Release New deal underpins expansion of Myriad-Telefónica 5-year strategic partnership to deliver innovative social networking solutions to more than 140 million customers in 13 countries across LATAM Myriad Xumii Social Networking services …

Interview with 4G Americas’ Erasmo Rojas. He discusses the future of telecom in Latin America and its growing market. Find other relevant videos here via RCR TV

DIRECTV, through its DIRECTV Latin America subsidiary, has completed a $604.8 million cash for stock transaction with Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A., or Globo, bringing DIRECTV’s ownership of SKY Brasil to approximately 93 percent. Globo owns the remaining 7 percent. DIRECTV, …

Bloomberg | By Jose Orozco | Dec 14, 2010 3:22 PM CT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on Telefonica SA’s Venezuelan mobile-phone operator, Movistar Venezuela, and Digitel GSM to cooperate with government efforts to assist 130,000 people displaced by heavy rains or face expropriation. …

Apprion Press Release Brazilian Firm To Provide Industrial Applications And Networks To One Of The World’s Fastest Growing Economies Mountain View, CA | December 15th, 2010 – Apprion today announced its first major expansion outside of North America with Brazilian …

Press Release | Telefonica | December 16th, 2010 Yesterday Telefonica Argentina announced the debut of the Samsung Galaxy Tab to its customers. The android tablet will go for about $800 USD and Movistar Argentina will have plans starting at about …

WEST PALM BEACH, FL | Marketwire | December 15, 2010 Popular Social Network for Latino Community Expands Reach of Its Social Media Advertising Platform to More Than 31 Million Latin American Households Quepasa Corporation (OTCBB:QPSA), creator and operator of the …

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 30, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — C-COM Satellite Systems Inc.(CA:CMI 0.34, 0.00, 0.00%) (“C-COM” or the “Company”) a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems today announced that it has received orders in excess of $1,000,000 from resellers …

Bloomberg | By Iuri Dantas and Matthew Bristow | Dec 16, 2010 6:29 AM CT Brazil’s decision this month to raise banks’ reserve requirements to slow credit growth may “precede” conventional monetary policy action, the central bank said. The central bank, …

By Laurel Wentz and Aixa Rocca Meet Brazil’s Peixe Urbano, Mexico’s BuzzUrbano and Argentina’s Cuponica, Catering to Customers Who Don’t Like to Plan Ahead BUENOS AIRES (AdAge.com) — Young Latin American entrepreneurs, often using experience gained from living in the U.S., …

By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas Unified communications will be a key focus for the recently merged Enterprise unit of French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent(NYSE: ALU) and call center specialist Genesys in Latin America, Sergio Valencia, Alcatel-Lucent’s Enterprise director for …

Colombia Reports | MANUELA KUEHR Colombia’s State Council on Wednesday suspended the implementation of the European terrestrial digital TV standard DVB-T due to a “procedural error,” reports Semana. The National Television Commission board decided to adopt European digital TV standards, but …

RapidTV News | Iñaki Ferreras | 12-16-2010 The Colombian government has introduced new measures to  impose a tax on pay-TV operators which will be operational from 1 January 2011. From that date, cable TV, DTH and the rest of Colombian pay-TV …

By Rogerio Jelmayer and Paulo Winterstein | Published December 15, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) wants to almost triple the number of Brazilian cities that have access to its third-generation, or 3G, service by the …

Major NGN Deal in Latin America TEL AVIV, Israel, December 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — RADCOM Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDCM), a leading network Service Assurance provider, today announced that it has been selected by a tier-1 telecommunications company in Latin America. This company is a …