BROWSING: Chile
Global Crossing Genesis Solutions expands broadcast and media services across its Latin American network
Global Crossing | February 8, 2011 | Press Release
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., /PRNewswire/ --Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading IP solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network, today announced that the broadcast and media services offered by its Global Crossing Genesis Solutions...
Fixed broadband connections in Chile growth only 3.8 percent in first half of 2010
Cisco | February 8, 2011 | Press Release
Mobile Connectivity Instead Shows Accelerated Adoption, Growing Nearly 40 Percent
SANTIAGO, Chile - Feb 8, 2011 - Cisco Chile issued today the Cisco® Broadband Barometer report, which shows an accelerated growth for mobile connections (40 percent) against a...
Sodexo calls on Global Crossing to optimize its IT platform
Global Crossing | February 2, 2011 | Press Release
Santiago, Chile -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP and Ethernet solutions provider, today announced the completion of a major consolidation and upgrade to the information technology (IT) platform of the Chilean affiliate of...
Update: LTE in Latin America
Maravedis | January 26, 2011 | Cintia Garza
Latin America is the quietest region in terms of LTE deployments and operator commitments. Other regions such as Europe and Asia Pacific have shown much more LTE activity, accounting for 35% and 26% of the 145 LTE...
Subtel likely to have to modify net neutrality regulation – lawyer – Chile
Business News Americas | January 24, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Chilean telecoms regulator Subtel is likely to come under considerable pressure over the next few days to modify recently published regulations for an internet neutrality law, which have provoked the ire of internet consumer groups,...
Comba collaborates with ECTEL to enable wireless communications inside remote desert environment at the ALMA construction site, Chile
Comba | January 21, 2011 | Press Release
Wireless Coverage to Help Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - January 21, 2011) - Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited ("Comba" or "the Group," Hong Kong stock code: 2342), a leading wireless enhancement solutions...
Movistar Plans $100M Investment Fund
Emii | January 18, 2011
Chilean telecoms operator, Movistar, is planning to launch a $100 million innovation investment fund, BNamericas reports, citing El Mercurio. The new vehicle will support technological innovation in the infrastructure network at the Telefonica division.
The fund will target new companies and new applications to...
Movistar to launch US$100mn innovation investment fund – Chile
Business News Americas | January 17, 2011
Chilean telecoms operator Movistar, of the Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) group, is preparing to kick off a US$100mn investment fund to support technological innovation in the infrastructure network, newspaper El Mercurio quoted the company's executive president, Claudio Muñoz, as...
Telefonica to Invest $700 Million in Chile in 2011, Diario Says
Bloomberg | January 7, 2011 | Eduardo Thomson
Telefonica Chile SA, Chile’s largest telephone company, plans to invest $700 million this year, Diario Financiero said.
The company plans to invest a significant portion of that amount in broadband and fiber optic assets, the Santiago-based newspaper said,...
Mobile tower sharing, leasing seen surging to 49k in 2015 – Regional
Business News Americas | January 6, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
The number of mobile phone antenna towers that are shared or leased to third parties in Latin America could expand at a 20% CAGR from 2010-15, reaching 49,000, ABI Research practice director Aditya Kaul told...
SMEs, corporations eager to adopt cloud computing – NEC – Chile
Business News Americas | January 4, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Chilean SMEs and corporations are "eager" to adopt cloud computing, enabling them to see savings in total cost of ownership and energy expenses, Jose Ignacio Rio, product and presales manager for Chile with Japanese telecoms...
Internet growth presents opportunities, challenges for Exceda in 2011 – Brazil
Business News Americas | December 30, 2010 | Josh Miller
Brazilian IT services provider Exceda grew 100% in 2010 and, as the company expands regionally, aims for annual increases of at least 70% in 2011 and 2012, founder and CEO Claudio Marinho told BNamericas.
Exceda will...
Minimum telecoms disruption following 7.1 earthquake – Chile
Business News Americas | January 3, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Chilean telecommunications networks suffered minimum disruption following Sunday's (Jan 2) magnitude-7.1 earthquake in the south of the country, according to information from telecoms regulator Subtel and operators.
No deaths or damage was reported by national emergency...
Tech Mahindra plans to buy software developers in Latin America
Bloomberg | Ketaki Gokhale | December 30, 2010
Tech Mahindra Ltd., partly owned by BT Group Plc., plans to acquire software companies in Latin America to help more than double sales in the next three years.
Tech Mahindra aims to buy companies that write software codes...
Sprint Nextel extends iDEN deal with Motorola through 2013
December 21 2010 - 1:02 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Motorola announced the extension of its iDEN support for NII Holdings Inc. in October. That deal runs through 2014 and covers the supply of hardware, software and services to NII...
EMERGING MARKETS-Chile's peso hits 30-month high, real sinks
By Samantha Pearson and Jean Luis Arce |Â Reuters |Â Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:23pm EST
* Brazil's real loses 0.8 pct, Mexican peso down 0.3 pct
* Chile's peso firmer on copper and rate hike (Adds comments, updates prices)
SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Chile's peso...
Chile certifies devices for Digital TV
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...
Year-end Bonanza for NII Holdings
December 15, 2010 | Zacks
NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD -Â 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...
Mobile now dominant in Chile
December 14 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mobile penetration in Chile has surpassed the 100% mark, as the country’s National Statistics Institute released a report showing that there are now 1.13 mobile devices in the South American country...
EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks up on US data, but Brazil slides
By Luciana Lopez and Michael O'Boyle |Â Reuters | Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:52pm EST
* Bovespa down 0.33 pct, Mexico's IPC up 0.08 pct
* Strong U.S. retail data support in Chile, Mexico
* Brazil shares struggle on uncertainty next year (Updates to afternoon)
SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY, Dec 14...
Chilean Peso Advances as U.S. Retail Sales Boost Risk Appetite
Bloomberg | By Eduardo Thomson  | Dec 14, 2010 12:42 PM CT
Chile’s peso rose for the ninth time in 10 days as a bigger-than-forecast increase in U.S. retail sales in November bolstered the appetite for riskier assets and near-record copper prices signal increased export revenue.
The...
comScore Introduces Online Video Measurement Service in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Spain
comScore Press Release:
YouTube.com Makes Google Sites the Top Ranking Video Property across Latin America and Spain
Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of comScore Video Metrix in Brazil, Mexico, Chile,...
Chile Has More Cell Phones Than People – Government Statistics Agency
By Anthony Esposito |Â Published December 14, 2010Â | Dow Jones Newswires
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- There are more cell phones in Chile than there are people, the government's INE statistics institute said Tuesday.
With 19.4 million cell phones distributed across the Andean nation as of October, there were...
NP a game changer for manufacturers as well as operators – Samsung – Chile
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...