Marketwire | Elephant Talk Press Release | Dec 20, 2010 10:15 ET
SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - December 20, 2010) - Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK) (http://www.elephanttalk.com/) anticipates that new regulations from Brazil's telecom regulator, Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (Anatel), could create opportunities for Elephant Talk and a...
NextTVLATAM News Release | Friday, December 17 2010
The Chilean Government presented a single seal that will certify which receivers are suitable for Digital TV under ISDB-T. The objective is aimed at "making the Chilean TV set market transparent and providing the population with proper...
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Interview with 4G Americas' Erasmo Rojas. He discusses the future of telecom in Latin America and its growing market.
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Bloomberg | By Jose Orozco | Dec 14, 2010 3:22 PM CT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on Telefonica SA’s Venezuelan mobile-phone operator, Movistar Venezuela, and Digitel GSM to cooperate with government efforts to assist 130,000 people displaced by heavy rains or face expropriation.
“The enabling law will obligate them,...
Bloomberg | By Iuri Dantas and Matthew Bristow | Dec 16, 2010 6:29 AM CT
Brazil’s decision this month to raise banks’ reserve requirements to slow credit growth may “precede” conventional monetary policy action, the central bank said.
The central bank, in the minutes of the Dec. 7-8...
Colombia Reports | MANUELA KUEHR
Colombia's State Council on Wednesday suspended the implementation of the European terrestrial digital TV standard DVB-T due to a "procedural error," reports Semana.
The National Television Commission board decided to adopt European digital TV standards, but according to the high court, the...
RapidTV News | Iñaki Ferreras | 12-16-2010
The Colombian government has introduced new measures to impose a tax on pay-TV operators which will be operational from 1 January 2011.
From that date, cable TV, DTH and the rest of Colombian pay-TV operators will have to pay 7%...
By Rogerio Jelmayer and Paulo Winterstein | Published December 15, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica SA (TEF, TEF.MC) wants to almost triple the number of Brazilian cities that have access to its third-generation, or 3G, service by the end of next year. The...
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ | CARACAS, VENEZUELA
President Hugo Chavez's government is proposing to impose broadcast-type regulations on the Internet with a law that would ban messages deemed to provoke panic or show disrespect for public authorities.
The proposed "Social Responsability Law" includes electronic media along with radio...
December 15, 2010 | Zacks
NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD - Analyst Report), a small-sized wireless services provider in several Latin American markets received yet another shot in its arm. Yesterday, the company announced that it has won wireless licenses in Brazil, which were recently auctioned by...
By Alex Leff | SAN JOSE, Costa Rica | Reuters
* First bids to end Costa Rica state-run telecom monopoly
* Mexico's America Movil and Spain's Telefonica in running
Mexico's America Movil and Spain's Telefonica placed bids on Tuesday to offer cell phone service in Costa Rica, pushing the...
By Crayton Harrison | Dec 6, 2010 10:33 AM CT
Telefonos de Mexico SAB should face sanctions for failing to comply with phone interconnection rules, Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission told the nation’s ministry of communications and transportation, Reforma newspaper reported today.
Phone carriers Telefonica SA, Axtel SAB and...
Zacks |Todd Bunton |Dec. 14 2010 - 12:27 pm
By the end of 2011, all new vehicles in Brazil will be required to have a GPS-based tracking system installed. This may not be good news for car thieves in São Paulo, but Ituran Location & Control Ltd. (ITRN...
Bloomberg | By Carla Simoes and Crayton Harrison | Dec 14, 2010 11:37 AM CT
NII Holdings Inc., operator of the Nextel brand in Latin America, paid 1.21 billion reais ($715 million) in a Brazilian government auction to gain airwaves to compete with Telefonica SA andAmerica Movil...
Interview with ICANN's CEO & President, Rod Beckstrom, and Chairman of the Board, Peter Dengate Thrush, following the close of ICANN 39 in Cartagena, Colombia.
ICANN 39 has concluded with strong commitment from the ICANN Board to the multi-stakeholder model.
Throughout the Cartagena meeting, supporting organizations...
Interview with ICANN's CEO & President, Rod Beckstrom, and Chairman of the Board, Peter Dengate Thrush, following the close of ICANN 39 in Cartagena, Colombia.
ICANN 39 has concluded with strong commitment from the ICANN Board to the multi-stakeholder model.
Throughout the Cartagena meeting, supporting organizations...
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers| December 9, 2010
Cartagena, Colombia… Rodrigo de la Parra, the Director General of Prospective Regulation of Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel) has been named as ICANN’s new Latin American representative.
De la Parra has also served as the Mexican representative...
For mobile operators, vendors and their customers, these are the best of times and the worst of times. We all live and breathe in an always-on, wireless broadband connected world where fast is fine, more is good, faster is better – and best, faster,...
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. For mobile operators, vendors and their customers, these are the best of times and the worst...
Press Release Cisco
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec 9, 2010 – Cisco today presented the 14th edition of the Cisco® Broadband Barometer, a study conducted by IDC. The study shows that the total broadband market in Brazil reached 16.2 million connections in the first half of...
Monday November 22, 2010 - 09:58 AM EST | Released By O2 Secure Wireless, Inc.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 11/22/10 -- O2 Secure Wireless, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: OTOW) announces that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Earthcom Service Inc., has entered into a Lease Agreement to secure Retail...
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
The introduction of number portability (NP) in Chile in mid 2011 will oblige not only operators to up their game to retain customers but also device suppliers to re-orient their product portfolio to suit new services, Aldo Vidal, Samsung...
Sydney, Australia – Sinusoid Pty Ltd today is pleased to announce the release of Audio Kit 1.4 for iOS. Audio Kit is a collection of four tools which are essential for those working in audio, sound and music; A real time Spectrum...
