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Latin America

Latin America provides Slim's pickings

Regional Trends - Latin America

Wednesday, 12 April 2006 19:49

The man believed to be the third richest in the world, Carlos Slim Helu, is to buy three Latin American telecoms operations from US carrier Verizon Communications...

Costa Rica - a Latin tiger?

Regional Trends - Latin America

Monday, 27 March 2006 13:02

A whole tranche of factors is making its presence felt as Costa Rica assumes increasing importance as a centre for investment. Enter an educated workforce with a strong command of English, political stability, tax breaks, lower costs, and proximity to North America. This article is based on one which recently appeared in the American business press. It may appear to paint a rosy picture but it reflects a developing market's attempts to join the already developed.

More competition for Telmex, demands Mexican official

Regional Trends - Latin America

Monday, 27 March 2006 12:11

Vicente Fox, Mexico 's head of state, is under pressure from the country's competition chief to create a challenge to the private monopoly of Telmex. Eduardo Pérez Motta, head of the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) has identified a slowing-down on the path to full competition, which could have implications affecting the ultimate implementation of a level playing-field.

Go global, GSMA warns Brazil

Regional Trends - Latin America

Monday, 20 February 2006 21:25

Users of mobile phones in Brazil will experience less interference if spectrum is allocated efficiently. The GSM Association has advised Brazilian regulator Anatel that it can build on its already successful spectrum policy if its allocation of the IMT-2000 core band in Brazil is consistent with global standards.

Survey: How to win and keep customers

Regional Trends - Latin America

Sunday, 05 February 2006 16:13

Two of the world's developing telecoms markets, Thailand and Brazil feature in Nokia's new survey of almost 4,000 customers in five markets (Germany, the UK, and the US are the other three). The research was aimed at one of the biggest problems facing operators worldwide - customer turnover, or churn as it is more commonly known.

GSM is Brazil's network of choice

Regional Trends - Latin America

Monday, 30 January 2006 21:50

Just three and a half years after it first arrived in Brazil , GSM is now used by more than 50% of Brazilian mobile phone users. According to the Brazilian regulator Anatel, of the 86 million people with mobile phones in Latin America 's largest country, more than 44 million are connected to GSM networks.

Mobile is crucial to Latin America's economies says GSMA

Regional Trends - Latin America

Tuesday, 13 December 2005 11:57

Latin America's mobile industry generates almost US$20 billion of economic activity each year: nearly 1.3% of regional GDP and 2.5% of the region's capital investment. Last year, moreover, mobile operators invested more than US$7 billion in Latin America.

Venezuela fines/shuts Nokia, Siemens, Ericsson

Regional Trends - Latin America

Tuesday, 11 October 2005 12:44

Venezuela's tax agency Seniat declared last Wednesday that it had imposed fines and ordered the temporary closure of various foreign companies' offices in the country due to tax irregularities.

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