Americas

After announcing plans to acquire Mexico’s No. 3 mobile operator Iusacell, AT&T looks to be eyeing Nextel Mexico. Speaking at a recent investor conference in New York, AT&T CEO Randall …

The transformation of the Mexican telecom market has begun, following the passage of reform legislation. AT&T’s $2.5 billion acquisition of the Mexican operator Iusacell has breathed new life into the market. Although …

Argentina auctioned 10 bands of spectrum and raised about $2.23 billion. The bands auctioned were 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 1.7/2.1 GHz and 700 MHz. The auction focused on increasing the country’s …

Vietnamese-owned Viettel Group last week officially launched its Bitel-branded mobile service in Peru. The operator, the fourth entrant into the market, launched with a 3G network that it said covers …

SÃO PAULO — This year’s Futurecom trade show was bigger than last year’s event with a total of 350 brands in attendance and an expected 15,000 attendees. Two major topics …

SÃO PAULO — Speaking at this week’s Futurecom event, TIM Brasil CEO Rodrigo Abreu said that the move from voice to data is changing the role of carriers and their future relies …

With an expected investment of $1.2 billion over the next five years, Entel, which bought Nextel Peru in 2013, has begun its new operations in Peru, seeking to stimulate competition in …

SÃO PAULO — While waiting for regulatory approvals of its acquisition of GVT, Telefónica Vivo has not yet disclosed any details about how it will combine brands or make changes following the buyout. However, at …

SAO PAULO – A consortium formed by Brazil’s Algar Telecom, Uruguayan carrier Antel, African cable operator Angola Cables Google is leading the construction of a submarine cable connecting the Brazilian cities of Santos and …

SAO PAULO – While Brazilian carrier Oi’s future is uncertain, its new CEO, Bayard Gontijo, supports the consolidation of the telecom market in Brazil. Rival operators TIM and Oi have each looked …

SAO PAULO – No matter who becomes Brazil’s next president after the Oct. 26 runoff election, the agenda to universalize Internet broadband must move forward, according to Paulo Bernardo, Brazil’s minister of …

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, IFT, has imposed a $3.69 million fine on fixed-line operator Telmex for monopolistic practices in long-distance services. IFT said Telmex committed a serious infraction by ignoring competitor …

As opposed to the country’s 2.5 GHz spectrum auction, Brazil’s 700 MHz auction had almost no premium over the set minimum prices and the government raised much less than it …

In the wake of Telefónica’s acquisition of GVT in Brazil, mobile operator Oi said it won’t bid in the country’s upcoming 700 MHz frequency band auction. Brazilian carriers had until Sept. 23 to present their …

A flurry of potential acquisitions in Brazil has resulted in two competing operators, Oi and TIM Brasil, each considering bids to buy the other. First, there is the ongoing battle for …

América Móvil, which owns Claro, NET and Embratel in Brazil, confirmed its interest in making a common offer with the carrier Oi to acquire the operator TIM Brasil. Oi has already released a …

Brazil’s government has approved a tax break program that exempts companies from several federal taxes related to investment in telecommunications networks. A total of 1,400 projects are expected to fall under …

UPDATED: The future of Brazil’s telecom market has become complicated by several potential, competing acquisition offers. Nearly everyone expects some kind of market consolidation, but how it will happen is not yet clear. …

NII Holdings has remained in the headlines in Latin America ever since it announced a likely bankruptcy last week. On August 15, the company, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, said it has …

NII Holdings, which operates in Latin America under the Nextel brand, announced it will likely file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it cannot fulfill its financial obligations. Following the announcement, NII Holdings’ …

The greater the number of competitors, the better for the user, said Brazil’s minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, to members of the press this week. Those comments came on the …

In a new twist to the changing Mexican telecom market, Telefónica is reportedly in talks to acquire Grupo Iusacell, a deal that could be worth up to $4 billion, according to local newspaper El Confidencial. Rumors have …

América Móvil is suffering the consequences of new Mexican anti-trust rules that forbid telecom companies from controlling more than 50% of the market. The Financial Times noted that América Móvil is feeling the pain …

Now that the FIFA World Cup has ended, carriers and observers are evaluating how the mobile networks performed during the tournament. While the National Union of Fixed and Mobile Telecom Companies of Brazil (SindiTelebrasil) claimed …

América Móvil has decided sell some of its assets to comply with Mexico’s new anti-trust telecom rules that forbid companies from controlling more than 50% of the market. On July 8, América …