Americas

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. It …

Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, has signed a decree (7291) establishing a special tax regime for telecom networks. Part of the National Broadband Plan (PNBL for Programa Nacional de Banda Larga), the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Although the recent Pew Research …

Latin American mobile markets may not grow at the double digit rates they have in the past. Many counties have reached more than 100% penetration, and as penetration increases, the …

Brazil’s telecom regulator, Anatel, levied a fine of U.S.$17.4 million (R$34.265 million) on the national telecom operator Oi because of poor service quality. According to the watchdog agency, Oi breached twelve indicators specified …

While dominated by the two largest Latin American telecom companies, Telefónica’s Movistar and América Móvil’s Claro, Peru’s wireless market still holds promise. It is a highly competitive market with room …

Ensuring network quality is one of telecom operators’ biggest challenges. In Brazil, mobile carriers are facing huge governmental pressure to improve their service and network quality. TIM, the No. 2 carrier …

It is official: The iPhone trademark in Brazil belongs to Gradiente. The company was granted the trademark registration to use the term in 2008 when referring to cellular telephone apparatus, …

The fourth quarter profits of Latin America’s largest telecom company, América Móvil, have disappointed analysts. The telecom operator’s revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 was down 1.1% year-over-year, and …

Sometime between 2015 and 2016, 3G connections will surpass 2G in Latin America. After that point, 3G connections could rise to reach 58% of total accesses by 2017; 2G will …

Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit, TIM, announced that it will invest U.S.$5.41 billion from 2013 to 2015, focusing on increasing its customer base, expanding 3G coverage and improving service quality.  Follow RCR …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. We all know that Brazilians …

The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia—CFC) has fined América Móvil’s fixed line company Telmex U.S.$51.6 million (657 million pesos) for denying interconnection through its dedicated links to competitor …

The Brazilian Ministry of Communications (Minicom) has published its decision in the official gazette (Diário Oficial) to allow the allocation of the 700 MHz spectrum band for LTE mobile broadband. This …

Telefónica announced that the company will invest approximately U.S.$791 million (Bs3.4 billion) in its Venezuelan unit during 2013—an increase of 47% compared to 2012. The investment will focus on the …

As RCR Wireless News reported earlier, the Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia, TIM Brasil, recently named Rodrigo Abreu, its new CEO replacing Andrea Mangoni, who has led TIM for less than …

Forget about the convergence of telecommunications, enterprise communications and information technology. We are entering the era of multi-industry convergence according to Fernando Belfort, team leader for IT at Frost & …

Cisco reduced the predicted increase in Brazilian mobile data traffic in this year’s Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, which gives the company’s predictions for the period of …

Now two telecom operators in Brazil are looking for new CEOs. Following the announcement of Oi CEO Francisco Valim’s departure in January, the No. 2 mobile phone company in Brazil, …

Latin America Telecom Industry Projections Beginning in 2013, many emerging markets — and among these many Latin American markets — will continue to be bright spots in an uncertain and …

The Colombian telecom market may see a merger between Millicon and EPM Telecomunicaciones companies. On Feb. 5, Millicom International Cellular and EPM (Empresas Publicas de Medellin) announced that they have …

Costa Rica’s superintendent of telecommunications, Sutel, announced that the Spanish group El Corte Inglés won the bidding process to serve and administer number portability in the country. Follow RCR Wireless …

When presenting preliminary fourth quarter and full year results for 2012, which were below market expectations, NII Holdings said its Brazilian unit will offer voice and data services more broadly on its 3G …

Telefónica Digital, the global digital innovation arm of Telefónica, made its first step toward delivering end-to-end services in the e-health market. The company has acquired a controlling stake in the …

Claro, the Brazilian unit of América Móvil, is expanding its LTE coverage, announcing the launch of LTE services in the city of Curitiba in southern Brazil. Claro was the first …