CRC resolves to attract more MVNOs to Colombia
Colombia's Communications Regulation Commission issued a resolution that facilitates the entry of mobile virtual network operators to the country's telecom market. The goal is to provide an attractive setting for the entry of new operators and the development...
Xiaomi changes device sales strategy
Less than three months after launching in Brazil, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi tapped carrier Vivo to sell its Redmi 2 device. The move represents a change in Xiaomi’s strategy; initially the manufacturer said it would only sell its smartphones direct through...
NII Holdings is reducing its operations across Latin America. In its most recent move, the US-based company sold 49% of Nextel Argentina to Grupo Clarín, a local media company that holds operations in areas such as cable television, Internet access, printing and publishing, and...
It has been a while since Qualcomm, the world’s largest mobile phone chipmaker, began to work with the Brazilian government and local companies to develop a 1-800 system for mobile data. The sponsored data enables mobile device users – even those on prepaid phones with...
Customer relationship management is a key area for telecommunications companies, as it’s direct contact with the clients. To improve CRM, the Brazilian carrier Oi has gathered multiple databases into a single interface, allowing it to enter data faster and boost access to information and...
The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are less than one year away. While the 2014 World Cup was a trial by fire for Brazil’s fledgling "4G" networks, for the Olympics next year, 4G connections are expected to be reliable and high-quality. But an OpenSignal...
AT&T aims for top spot in Mexico's telecom market
AT&T is preparing to become the leader in the Mexican telecom market over the next 10 years. Citing AT&T Mexico CMO Víctor Tiburcio, local paper Dinero reported AT&T plans to take the top spot from América Móvil. AT&T...
In the middle of rumors that TIM would make an offer to buy Nextel in Brazil, which was denied by both telecom carriers, NII Holdings announced a new CEO for Nextel Brazil. Francisco Valim, former CEO of América Móvil’s NET and former CEO of...
Competition between communication service providers and over-the-top players could be set to change. According to Ovum’s "Telco-OTT Tracker" survey, Latin American telecom operators are increasing the number of partnership deals signed with OTT players.
The tracker counted more than 500 deals across 11 categories on...
A pilot project has been under development to transform the city of Águas de São Pedro, a small municipality with about 3,000 citizens located 187 kilometers from São Paulo, into a digital-driven smart city. The pilot is a partnership between the city government and...
After several delays, the deployment of LTE in Chile is about to begin. Claro, Entel and Movistar, which won access to spectrum, were confirmed by the country's Comptroller General.
Private carriers are set to invest $700 million to deploy the next generation of telecommunications services...
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This week IoT Innovation host Chris Hare is joined by James Brehm of James Brehm & Associates, based in San Antonio, Texas.
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During Brazil's recent ABTA show, Vivo President Amos Genish said WhatsApp is a clandestine service as it is not regulated in Brazil and not subject to the same regulations or fiscal duties. By calling the over-the-top player, acquired by Facebook, a "pirate," Genish was...
Telefónica is boosting its "Internet of Things" international strategy. The Brazilian unit of the Spanish telecom group said it has partnered with Jasper to expand the reach of its machine-to-machine platform.
Bruno Pavan, manager of M2M business development at Telefónica Vivo, told RCR Wireless News...
América Móvil posted 219.999 billion pesos ($13.7 billion) in second quarter revenue, almost flat (-0.1%) compared to the same quarter in 2014. However, the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization decreased 5% year-over-year and net income dropped 16% year-over-year. Looking at the first half...
Latin America is decidedly mobile-first with people younger than 35 comprising 60% of all digital users in the region. This scenario holds significant promise for the future adoption of mobile apps.
In a video interview with RCR Wireless News, Maren Lau, CMO of marketing and...
Virtualization technologies have become a hot topic among telecom operators. Eyeing the benefits of network functions virtualization, Telefónica signed a memorandum of understanding with Alcatel-Lucent to test NFV technologies as part of the operator’s strategy to evolve its networking infrastructure. According to the companies,...
Brazil was chosen by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi as the company’s first market outside Asia to hold operations and manufacturing locally, which will be handled by Foxconn. Xiaomi begins its operations betting on direct sales —at least for now, the privately held company will...
Latin American mobile network operators spending big on 4G LTE rollouts
In support of the expansion of 4G LTE in Latin America, U.S.-based Ceragon Networks is working with a tier one operator to upgrade 3G backhaul networks to support 4G LTE.
Ceragon did not name the...
Broadband spectrum auction rules to be posted on July 17
Mexico is getting ready to auction 700 MHz spectrum bands. Local media outlet El Financiero reported that the Ministry of Communications and Transport plans to publish the preliminary bidding conditions for the country's 700 MHz spectrum auction...
America Movil’s Brazilian mobile unit, Claro, announced a strategy focused on including zero-rating access to Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp in its prepaid and postpaid packages.
The announcement was made less than two months after Claro’s president, Carlos Zenteno, said that zero-rating plans were no longer...
Research report: Expect big growth in mobile data, broadband and pay television
Bolivia is one the smallest countries — and telecommunications markets —in Latin America, but, despite its stature, is poised to lead in telecom growth, according to new research.
The Bolivian telecom industry generated...
This week the Federal Telecommunications Institute released updated numbers for the Mexican telecom market during the third quarter of 2014.
The number of mobile line subscribers decreased a little from 103 million to 102.18 million, a penetration of 85.4 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
Telcel, owned by America Movil, lost 1.3...
LTE expansion is primary goal of investment
Spanish group Telefónica has announced two major investments in Peru and Argentina. The Telco confirmed that it will invest approximately $2 billion in 2015-17 to deploy telecom infrastructure throughout Peru.
During a visit to the country, César Alierta, Telefónica's president, reinforced...
