Americas

Telefónica’s Latin American earnings surpassed its earnings from Europe for the first time in the Spanish group’s history. The telecom operator announced first quarter 2012 earnings of 15,511 million euros, …

It’s a delicate (some might say indelicate) question to ask – What is your mobile strategy? But I’ve learned not to make assumptions when companies come to us looking for help with their mobility issues.

Smartphones have been used in corporate environments for quite a while and, since the advent of Apple’s iPad, tablets have also flooded the enterprise environment. Sometimes, adoption is driven by …

Brazilian telecom operator Oi has gone a step further in its 3G data offload strategy. The company unveiled an Android application to improve the user experience when switching from 3G …

America Movil’s Chilean unit Claro, Telefonica’s local wireless operations Movistar, and Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) have each presented proposals for the 2.6 GHz frequency band tender, which will …

After making a play to increase its share in European operator KPN, America Movil said its U.S.-based subsidiary Tracfone Wireless has entered into an agreement to acquire mobile virtual network …

Mexico has the largest short message service market in Latin America and is the second largest mobile market in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the third edition of …

A total of 72 operators have launched commercial LTE services around the world, according to an update to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)’s Evolution to LTE report. These include 25 …

After delaying the deployment of its 3G network, Nextel Chile (owned by U.S.-based NII Holdings, Inc.) launched 3G voice and data mobile service May 9, thereby seeking a 5-12% share …

Increased mobility, cloud computing, and IT consumerization are the main enterprise trends that companies around the world are basing their strategies on. RCR Wireless News is watching these trends to …

America Movil (AMX), the wireless carrier group controlled by Mexican Carlos Slim, May 8 offered about 8 euros per share to increase its stake in the Netherlands-based telecom company KPN …

In the same week that Spanish telecom giant Telefónica announced a $502 million (Bs 2.16 billion) investment in its Movistar unit in Venezuela, the Argentinian government fined it about $41.7 …

The world passenger car market is projected to reach 86.5 million units by the year 2017, while OEM-connected car system shipments are expected to grow from 8.22 million in 2012 …

An increase in mobile broadband connections, along with record telecom investments and smartphone penetration growth were the highlights of the Chilean wireless market in 2011. According to the latest numbers …

In about a week, Motorola Solutions made two announcements that underscore the company’s embrace of cloud-based technology. New enterprise-grade WLAN service management capabilities will now be delivered via the cloud. …

Luca Luciani, Telecom Italia’s CEO for Brazilian operations (TIM Brazil), has resigned in the wake of allegations that Telecom Italia exaggerated its customer base through the use of irregular SIM …

Increases in the sales of PCs, laptops, and especially smartphones are spurring growth in the security market. A report from Symantec Corp. shows that while the number of vulnerabilities decreased …

Venezuela’s National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has announced an upcoming auction for three blocks of mobile spectrum within the International Mobile Telecommunications band 1710 MHz-2170 MHz. The government said it aims …

Brazilian Foxconn plant employees in the city of Jundiaí, Brazil, gave up going on a strike that was proposed last week due to bad working conditions. In a meeting held …

Cloud-based solutions have become essential tools in vendors’ portfolios and a key pillar of new product offerings. Now, telecommunications are staking out a place in the cloud, Gartner Research Analyst …

The Mexican Federal Antitrust Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia or CFC –Cofeco) has revoked a $925 million (11,989 million Mexican Pesos) April 2011 fine against Telcel for alleged monopolistic practices in …

Analytic data solutions provider Teradata (NYSE: TDC) announced an agreement to acquire Munich, Germany-based eCircle, a cloud-based digital marketing firm. The addition of eCircle is intended to enhance and expand …

The Cup Executive Group has asked Brazil’s state and city governments to negotiate agreements by December with telecom companies to manage the proliferation of cellular towers in anticipation of the 2014 …

IT departments have to deal with two different categories of data – structured and unstructured (such as video, photo, social media, etc.) – so vendors have begun to develop solutions …