America Movil

Vodafone Business, the enterprise unit of UK telecommunications group Vodafone, has signed an Internet of Things (IoT) partnership with Latin American telecom carrier America Movil, the former said in a release. Under the terms of the global IoT agreement, IoT …

  VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Chinese vendor ZTE has surpassed by far the milestone of 60 agreements with operators worldwide in the field of 5G, James Zhang, a senior VP at the Chinese vendor, told RCR Wireless News. “We had cooperation …

America Movil capex won’t go to 5G for the next two years Mexican telecom group America Movil, the telecoms giant controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, is not expecting to increase capex in Latin America in the next …

SÃO PAULO–America Movil’s Claro launched LTE Advanced Pro in Brazil as a strategy to get fast speeds and meet customer demand for more data traffic. The carrier is tapping three-channel carrier aggregation using the frequency 2.5 GHz, 1.8 GHz and …

The new agreement will cover initiatives in Mexico as well as other Latin American markets Korean company Samsung Electronics and Latin American mobile telephony giant America Movil have signed a letter of intent to develop a series of projects across …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

SÃO PAULO – America Movil’s wireless unit in Brazil, Claro, held a “5G” technology demonstration at Futurecom 2016 with vendor partner Ericsson and using the 15 GHz frequency band. In a video interview with RCR Wireless News, Claro’s engineering director …

SÃO PAULO – Oi is not selling assets in Brazil as it continues to work on a restructuring plan, CEO Marco Norci Schroeder told journalists at the Futurecom event, held last week in São Paulo. “We don’t intend to sell assets …

Security is one of the major concerns surrounding the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and not only physical security. Information and communications technology providers interviewed by RCR Wireless News for a special Olympics series (check all stories here) put cybersecurity at the …

RIO DE JANEIRO–Two years after Brazil hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in South America. The Olympic Village will house around 17,000 participating athletes, and …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Two years after Brazil hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in South America. The Olympic Village will house around 17,000 participating …

América Móvil agreed to pay the fine connected with stock purchases of Puerto Rico Telephone by CEO Carlos Slim and family Mexico-based telecom giant América Móvil agreed to pay a $1.1 million fine to resolve an investigation by the Federal …

The French telco acquired a controlling stake in Groupama Banque French telecom group Orange announced an agreement to acquire a 65% stake in compatriot financial institution Groupama Banque and launch a mobile-only banking service.  Under the terms of the agreement, …

Operators will have 30 days to pay for the spectrum Mexico telecoms regulator IFT confirmed that as part of a recently completed spectrum auction, local mobile operator Telcel, owned by America Movil, will pay 2.1 billion pesos ($118 million) for …

The tender for 4G LTE spectrum is set to begin on February 15 Mexican telecommunications regulator Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) confirmed that mobile operators America Movil and AT&T will be allowed to participate in a 4G LTE mobile spectrum auction …

5 things to know today … 1. AT&T’s plan to swap spectrum with Telefónica in Mexico has been approved by the Mexican government. The Federal Telecommunications Institute authorized AT&T to use the 1.7/2.1 GHz band in certain areas of Mexico, …

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro is set to host its first Olympic Games next year. From an information technology and telecommunications perspective, sponsors are responsible for implementing the infrastructure needed for the games, as well as provide connectivity at all …

Targeting 2016 test, Ericsson partners with América Móvil and Brazilian government In coordination with the Brazilian government and carrier América Móvil, Swedish ICT and telecom vendor Ericsson plans to test “5G” mobile networks in Brazil in 2016, and also will …

1. Nokia appears to have cleared the last major hurdle in its $17.6 billion purchase of Alcatel-Lucent. Today, China’s Ministry of Commerce gave conditional approval to the merger, which has already been approved in the U.S. and Europe. China gave …

TBR report predicts U.S. and European operators to lead way in NFV and SDN investments Spending on network virtualization technology including software-defined networking and network functions virtualization is expected to hit $157 billion by 2020, driven by telecom operators based …

América Móvil posted 219.999 billion pesos ($13.7 billion) in second quarter revenue, almost flat (-0.1%) compared to the same quarter in 2014. However, the company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization decreased 5% year-over-year and net income dropped 16% year-over-year. Looking …

FCC found TracFone violated device-unlocking rules for Lifeline customers TracFone Wireless ran afoul of the Federal Communications Commission’s device unlocking requirements tied to its Lifeline service offerings that could cost the prepaid provider more than $83 million. The FCC’s Enforcement …

The world’s five largest wireless carriers account for roughly 2 billion mobile connections, according to the latest data from the World Cellular Information Service. China Mobile leads with 816 million customers, making it the world’s largest wireless carrier by far. The …

America Movil’s Brazilian mobile unit, Claro, announced a strategy focused on including zero-rating access to Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp in its prepaid and postpaid packages. The announcement was made less than two months after Claro’s president, Carlos Zenteno, said that …

AT&T is reportedly talking with Telesites to lease Mexico towers AT&T’s push into Mexico is reportedly set to include a tower agreement with rival America Móvil’s recently spun off Telesites business. Bloomberg recently reported that the two companies were in …