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Cloud-computing service providers should install their infrastructure close to their clients to mitigate risks, said Gartner VP Gene Phifer, adding that as cloud service providers deploy that strategy, they will …

Motorola Solutions Inc. could expand its business in Brazil, where the company has been operating for 35 years. Motorola Solutions CEO Gregory Brown met with the Minister of Communications Paulo …

Telephone operators will be able to offer pay-TV in Brazil. The Senate on Tuesday approved a project called PLC 116 that standardizes new sector rules, allowing the entry of telephone …

In Brazil, number of Internet broadband access connections surpassed 45.7 million in July, up 56.72% compared to July 2010. According to the monthly balance sheet prepared by the Brazilian Association …

Brazilian telecom carrier Oi confirmed that it bought Wi-Fi company Vex for R$ 27 million (US $16.8 million). Vex operates more than 40,000 hotspots in Brazil and other countries throughout in Latin …

Every company will adopt cloud computing in the near future, and even now a lot of enterprises don’t know it, but they are using some kind of cloud services. According …

An increase in the machine-to-machine market may be driven by smart grid adoption, which is in its very beginnings in Brazil and other Latin American countries due to the lack …

Although Venezuela ended second quarter with 26.8 million active mobile-phone subscribers, this number represents a decrease of 4.65% compared to second quarter 2010. The decrease is from final disconnections of …

Ministers of Communications from Brazil and Colombia, along with the General Secretary of Unasur, has firmed an agreement to boost cooperation and trade between the two countries. During the Investment Forum Colombia-Brazil, …

Paraguay counted 248,000 mobile Internet users in the first half of 2011, a 14% increase from December 2010, when the country had 217,000 accounts. Statistics were published in La Nación …

Cloud computing has emerged as a top priority and a long-term, cost-effective solution to store content, both in the enterprise space as well as with consumers. As mobile and fixed broadband penetration …

Insead has just released InnovaLatino, the result of a  two-year collaboration between Insead and the OECD Development Centre, and funded by the Telefónica Foundation. The objective of InnovaLatino was to research …

After three rounds of bidding and three hours’ time, the ICT Ministry of Colombia auctioned 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 1900 MHz band, of which 25 were assigned. The …

Indian mobile phone manufacturer Micromax said it is investing R$ 20 million (US $12.6 million) to begin selling its devices in Brazil. The expectation, according to Mauro Federici, Micromax’s country …

The Brazilian government’s recent announcement to cut taxes (called Brazil Maior)  in order to push forward some sectors may be the weapon needed to prevent the country from entering an …

Brazilian carrier Net  and pay television programmer Globosatlaunch today introduced a new video over Internet offer called Muu. Service will be available for Net’s subscribers, who won’t be charged to access the …

If there is an auction for 4G spectrum, carriers should jump to buy it. However, it’s not the only way to offer better data traffic to customers, said Qualcomm Inc.’s Bill Davidson, senior …

Latin America Gmail‘s users can now make phone calls. Since last year, it was possible for U.S. users to  call any mobile phone or landline directly from Google Voice, and now …

Intel Corp. aims to play in wireless and device markets, introducing digital signage and machine-to-machine solutions. “We are working with some players to validate our chips to tablets and smartphones,” …

Brazilian Minister of Communication Paulo Bernardo said Brazil will have a pilot high-speed broadband project by the Rio+20 Conference — a United Nations’ Conference on Sustainable Development, held June 4-6 in Rio …