Americas

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. It’s true in Brazil, across …

The Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication (Brasscom) estimates the country’s revenues from information technology and communications will reach $430 billion by 2022, putting the country in the No. …

The Chilean government has set a series of ambitious telecommunication goals, including charging all types of voice calls as local calls and eliminating long distance rates or extra rates currently …

Over the past week, Mexico’s Movistar announced the begging of LTE deployment, while Brazilian carriers released LTE trials. Cintia Garza, team leader for 4G Counts and market analyst for CALA …

The evolution from 3G to LTE networks challenges wireless telecom operators as it represents changes such as moving to all IP traffic and a direct communication from the eNodeB to …

Brazil’s Communication minister Paulo Bernardo has claimed the most efficient way to promote country’s development is reducing taxes by imposing counterparts to the private sector. “We need to tax relief …

Less than four months after holding the 2.6 GHz spectrum auction for LTE, Brazilian wireless telecom operators have begun to do some LTE testing and launches. This week, Oi trialed …

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. With …

Oracle highlighted its cloud computing strategies, and goals at this year’s Oracle Open World in San Francisco. During the show, which has an estimated audience of 50,000 attendees from over …

A milestone for financial markets: at the close of trading in New York on Monday, Google (GOOG) was the world’s second-largest technology company based on its market capitalization, temporarily stealing …

Looking to increase operators’ network capacity, Venezuelan telecom regulator Conatel has assigned additional spectrum to the state-run Movilnet, to Telefónica subsidiary Movistar and to the domestically-owned Digicel in the 1.8 …

The roll out of LTE and the need for expansion and improvements of 3G networks comprise the biggest challenge for the telecom industry across Latin America and the Caribbean. In …

Brazil has not yet adopted a regulation for the use of femtocells across the country, but both the minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, and the president of telecom regulator Anatel, …

Most telecom operators are missing an opportunity to integrate their multiple customer relationship channels in order to provide a better customer experience, according to Oracle (ORCL). “There is no much …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers, we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to …

The LTE journey has begun in Mexico. Telefónica’s Movistar brand has begun deploying LTE across the country, with initial launch plans to cover the areas of Polanco, Ciudad de México; …

Technology trade association 4G Americas has publicly stated that the 700 MHz ‘digital dividend’ plan is an excellent spectrum band opportunity for countries throughout Latin America.  Be sure to follow …

The president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelho, was arrested and later released on September 26, for not removing two videos from YouTube that allegedly contain slander and defamed a mayoral …

The Nextel‘s 3G network has come to Mexico. Nextel, which is the NII Holdings brand in Latin America, announced the launch of its new 3G network yesterday, Sept. 26. Initially, it will …

Offering cloud computing services is a logical step for telecom operators, since they own network connections, which is the most crucial part of the cloud ecosystem. Yesterday, Sept. 26, Brazil’s Embratel, …

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. Despite …

Held for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the largest Latin American telecom event, Futurecom, aims to promote the discussion of several important topics. People who attend …

Smartphones shipped globally will hit 1.7 billion in 2017 with emerging markets seeing particularly strong growth, Ovum has predicted. According to the independent telecom analysis firm, application stores are also gaining …

ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota), a Colombian state-owned telecommunication company,  plans to issue U.S.$600 million in bonds in international capital markets to fund the expansion of its fiber optic network, according …