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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...

Comcel approved the purchase of Telmex Colombia

Good Morning Colombia | December 26th, 2010 The board of the mobile phone giant has approved the purchase of 93.26 percent ofof the Mexican company with presence in the country . This confirms the rumor that the communications market analysts and stock aired for months in...

Colombia reduces Pay-TV tax contribution rates

NexTVLatam | Monday, December 20 2010 The Colombian National Television Commission decided to reduce from 10% to 7% the percentage on gross income tax paid by Pay-TV operators. Such measure will become effective as from January 2011. According to the aforementioned agency such decision is...

Colombian Stock Movers: Fabricato Drops, ETB Rises on Sale Plan

Bloomberg | By Camila Russo | Dec 16, 2010 1:54 PM CT The following companies had unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 1:44 p.m. New York time. The IGBC Index rose 0.2 percent to 15,384.47, while the...

Telefonica Colombia to donate to aid flood victims in Colombia

Through twitter and press releases, José María Álvarez-Pallete announced that Telefonica is donating 4550 million Colombian Pesos (about $2.3 million USD) to victims in Colombia. The floods in Colombia were caused by heavy rains and the rupture of the Canal del Dique, a major...

State Council suspends adoption of Europe digital TV standards

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...

Colombia imposes tax on pay-TV

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%...

ICANN 39 Post-Cartagena Interview: Beckstrom & Dengate Thrush

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...

ICANN 39 Post-Cartagena Interview: Beckstrom & Dengate Thrush

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...

Seasoned Internet Policy Expert Named as ICANN’s Latin American Representative

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...

Colombia Internet Audience Increases 31 Percent in Past Year to Rank as Fastest-Growing Market in Latin America

comScore Offers Complimentary Webinar: State of the Internet Colombia Bogotá, Colombia, December 9, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from its latest study on Internet usage in Colombia. The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing...

Colombia Internet Audience Increases 31 Percent in Past Year to Rank as Fastest-Growing Market in Latin America

BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from its latest study on Internet usage inColombia. The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing Internet market in Latin America, growing 31 percent in the past year to...

Slim's America Movil gets into TV programming

(Reuters) - Leading Latin American wireless operator America Movil has begun producing programing for Colombian television, appearing to signal a first step into regional media from its owner, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. The company is a telecommunications giant in Latin America, but was not known...