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Details Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 13 April 2010 10579 views Inside Contactless, a provider of open-standard contact-less chip technologies, has announced that its MicroPass 4003 contact-less intelligent payment processor is powering the MasterCard PayPass contact-less payment technology recently launched in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... Details Category: [Revenue & Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html) 12 April 2010 10413 views Subex, which provides Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) for CSPs (Communications Service Providers), is set to strengthen its presence in Latin America. It is to provide its ROC fraud management system under a contract with Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad (TIS), who are acting for Movistar Colombia... Details Category: [Wireless Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-networks.html) 05 April 2010 10561 views Alvarion customer Feira De Santana Municipality has won the Prêmio Anuário TI & Governo award for Best Digital City Deployment in Brazil. Its Feira Digital project brings 300,000 people together wirelessly as well as providing public services to the municipality... Details James Barton Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 05 March 2010 10238 views Telefónica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, and MoreMagic Solutions, a mobile solutions provider, have announced that US friends and family of Telefónica customers are now able to recharge Movistar mobile phones throughout Latin America... Details James Barton Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 05 March 2010 8958 views Critical Path, a provider of messaging applications, has revealed search results indicating that consumers in emerging markets are dissatisfied with their social networking experience... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Trends & Forecasts](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-trends-forecasts.html) 03 March 2010 11368 views ABI Research is predicting that a strong economic base is set to boost revenues from Latin American mobile business customers by 9% this year. Expected figure for the revenue in question is US$11.6 billion... Details James Barton Category: [Regulation](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-regulation.html) 02 March 2010 11207 views The Russian WiMAX operator Yota has been granted bandwidth spectrum use in Peru by the Latin American country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, following the operator’s winning bid for the $3.9 million contract... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details James Barton Category: [Wireless Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-networks.html) 26 February 2010 11048 views The Dominican Republic will soon benefit from a new mobile WiMAX network, which is to be constructed by Samsung... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Trends & Forecasts](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-trends-forecasts.html) 24 February 2010 11959 views A new report from Companies and Markets provides a detailed analysis of the Central American telecoms market, listing great successes as well as markets which the authors considered to be under-achievers... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Features/haiti_unworkers300x225.jpg) Details James Barton Category: [Humanitarian Comms](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/humanitarian-communications.html) 22 February 2010 12335 views ITU has signed an important Cooperation Agreement with Singapore-based smartBridges Solutions, a leading provider of wireless broadband equipment, to provide WiMAX and WiFi systems to strengthen ITU’s on-the-ground disaster response capabilities... Details James Barton Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 19 February 2010 9471 views GyPSii has been selected by Genasys as its exclusive mobile social network partner. In partnership with Telefonica, they will launch a consumer-focused application to subscribers across Latin America... Details James Barton Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 17 February 2010 8267 views Siano Mobile Silicon, a supplier of mobile digital TV receiver chips, is set to bring Mobile Digital TV to mass-market levels in Brazil and China... Details James Barton Category: [Service Management](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/oss-service-management.html) 15 February 2010 12781 views NII Holdings, Inc. has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to manage its network operations throughout Latin America... Details James Barton Category: [Humanitarian Comms](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/humanitarian-communications.html) 15 February 2010 12219 views In what is believed to be the world's first m-giving campaign powered by 2-d barcode technology, delegates at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona are able to donate money to Haitian relief efforts by simply snapping a barcode with their mobile phones... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 10 February 2010 13366 views Designed to drive growth and boost revenues in Bolivia and Honduras, Comverse’s Voice HUB will be deployed via Millicom brand TIGO. Other benefits will be visual voicemail and call completion... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Trends & Forecasts](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-trends-forecasts.html) 09 February 2010 12754 views Maravedis has released its Brazil wireless broadband and WiMAX market analysis for 2010. Initial enthusiasm and success for WiMAX have cooled somewhat but 3G and cell have great futures. What follows is the Maravedis report’s executive summary... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details James Barton Category: [Humanitarian Comms](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/humanitarian-communications.html) 04 February 2010 15316 views Clickatell has extended its free SMS services to organisations providing aid to Haiti. The versatility of SMS has made it the communication channel of choice in the aftermath of the recent earthquake, and Clickatell’s move is sure to be welcomed not just by aid workers and residents in Haiti, but by those donating to the numerous charities providing aid to the country... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Trends & Forecasts](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-trends-forecasts.html) 03 February 2010 10798 views Brazil has long been a high performer in the world of emerging telecoms markets - in overall economic terms, she is a member of the CIRB group. And yet there are still challenges she needs to meet to become a mature telecoms power. Michael Schwartz analyses... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Operators](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/operator-news.html) 01 February 2010 12318 views Brightstar will now be managing online sales for Brazil’s Oi. Initially, globally familiar handsets such as those from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and Motorola will be available, along with well-known smartphone manufacturers like Blackberry, HTC, and Apple... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Vendors](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/vendor-news.html) 26 January 2010 10960 views Colombia’s Ministry of Communications has extended the contract which it signed with Gilat Satellite Networks by one year. Gilat will also transfer 300 telecentres to parts of Colombia without other means of communication... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Features/montana_hotel300x225.gif) Details Category: [Humanitarian Comms](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/humanitarian-communications.html) 20 January 2010 13612 views While the final death toll from the earthquake on Haiti has yet to be established, it is clear that many of the world’s leading organisations, public and private, have supplied emergency equipment and food and drink on a massive scale. This article by Michael Schwartz looks at the early help given by the telecoms sector... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/claro-600.jpg) Details James Barton Category: [Service Management](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/oss-service-management.html) 18 January 2010 11349 views Latin America’s largest mobile phone network Claro is set to augment its operations in Honduras by implementing Open Systems’ SmartFlex solution, following a decision from its operator, América Móvil. The move follows a successful deployment of the solution by Claro’s Enitel operation in Nicaragua... Details James Barton Category: [Wireless Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-networks.html) 23 December 2009 9568 views Nicaragua is set to benefit from a new WiMAX broadband network which will be deployed by Yota, a Russian internet access services provider... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Consumer Ecosystems](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/60-consumer-ecosystems.html) 18 December 2009 25643 views The Mobile Entertainment Forum has expanded into Latin America with a launch in Brazil, a market forecast to achieve tremendous success in the infotainment sector. So far, 26 founding members of the MEF’s Latin American branch have been declared... Details James Barton Category: [Service Management](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/oss-service-management.html) 16 December 2009 9317 views Ecuador’s Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones has selected Open Systems’ Open.flexIS solution to consolidate its back office. The project will take place over the course of 180 days... Details Category: [Trends & Forecasts](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-trends-forecasts.html) 07 December 2009 11204 views Research released by Frost & Sullivan and Colibria shows that mobile social networking is set to increase ten-fold in South America and Africa to a combined total of 527 million users in a market worth almost US$2.4 billion... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details James Barton Category: [Wireless Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-networks.html) 04 December 2009 13661 views The first 4G wireless broadband network in Trinidad and Tobago has been deployed by the majority state-owned operator Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT). The company was issued a temporary licence for the deployment of its fourth generation network in April... Details Category: [Investment](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-investment-mergers.html) 03 December 2009 11535 views Twenty-three cities across Mexico are set to benefit from high-speed wireless internet services, thanks to a US$700 million investment from MVS Comunicaciones SA, Clearwire and Intel... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details Category: [Trends & Forecasts](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-trends-forecasts.html) 02 December 2009 11497 views Wire-line infrastructure will be a better-understood product in Colombia as a result of the recently announced partnership between China’s ZTE and Colombia’s Javeriana University. Technologies such as NGN, transmission and net access are leading candidates for study... Details Category: [Satellite Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/satellite-communications-networks.html) 01 December 2009 10287 views More than 3,500 rural sites on Peru will enjoy the benefits of broadband satellite communications thanks to a contract signed between Gilat and Telefonica del Peru. The contract is part of Telefonica Latinoamerica's initiative to deploy broadband services across the region... Details Category: [Wireless Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-networks.html) 29 October 2009 11863 views COTAS, the Bolivian carrier, is set to deliver triple-play broadband services to residents and businesses as a result of a contract awarded to Airspan Networks. Airspan will establish a WiMAX NGN across major Bolivian cities... Details Category: [Wireless Networks](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-networks.html) 29 October 2009 13131 views COTAS, the Bolivian carrier, is set to deliver triple-play broadband services to residents and businesses as a result of a contract awarded to Airspan Networks. Airspan will establish a WiMAX NGN across major Bolivian cities... ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/highResLogos/placeholder-logo_1200x900.png) Details James Barton Category: [Service Management](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/oss-service-management.html) 21 October 2009 9899 views Starhome, a provider of roaming services for mobile network operators, has announced that TelCell St. Maarten, the mobile services division of the St. Maarten Group of Telephone Companies, has increased its customers’ roaming minutes by more than 47,000 per month since implementing Starhome solutions several months ago...