Telefónica has selected Comarch to provide Configuration Management, Network Planning & Design across its Latin American operations.
The government of Mexico has received its first bid to build a state-owned network from an unnamed consortium.
Telefonica has closed its deal with Vivendi to acquire its Brazilian broadband unit GVT.
Following a significant drop in customers for its Nextel Mexico unit, NII Holdings has filed for bankruptcy.
Telefónica has chosen Huawei to manage its Latin-American networks, with the Chinese vendor providing its end to end Performance Management Solution.
America Movil has reportedly contacted several operators that it believes could be interested in acquiring some of the Mexican assets that it is being forced to sell.
Entel SA has signed ZTE to build out the first large-scale FTTx network in Bolivia covering all the 4 regions.
Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas is reportedly attempting to acquire 50% of Iusacell from broadcaster Televisa, in a deal which would give him full control of Mexico’s number three operator.
Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano has stated that the firm may abandon the sale of its stake in Telecom Argentina to Fintech if it continues to face regulatory delays.
Telecom Italia has delayed the deadline for the sale of its stake in Telecom Argentina until September 25th.
Telefonica has stated that it will divest its holding in Telecom Italia – and therefore its interest in TIM Brasil – following its acquisition of Brazilian fixed provider GVT from French media group Vivendi.
After stating its intention to bid for a majority stake in TIM Participacoes, Brazilian operator Oi is now reportedly looking for a bidding partner.
Vivendi has confirmed that it will hold exclusive talks with Telefonica regarding the sale of its Brazilian fixed-line unit GVT.
Brazilian operator Oi is gearing up to bid for a majority stake in its rival TIM Participacoes, the local unit of Telecom Italia.
Telecom Italia has entered the bidding for Brazilian fixed provider GVT, making an offer of around €7 billion. This was swiftly countered by rival Telefonica submitting a €7.45 billion bid for the operator.
The Peruvian National Bank Association ASBANC has chosen Ericsson's Wallet solution to power next-generation mobile financial services.
Vodafone is reportedly interested in acquiring one of Brazil’s three leading operators, with TIM mooted as the primary candidate.
Ceragon Networks has been selected by Andired to provide high-capacity backhaul solutions as part of a new nationwide broadband network deployment in Colombia.
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has announced that he intends to change Ecuador's telecommunications law on the allocation of 15% tax on profits.
Telefonica has confirmed that it is in talks with a Mexican mobile firm via a regulatory filing, but has declined to name the company in question.
Tigo Bolivia has launched a 4G high-speed internet service offering users up to 100 Mbps.
Claro’s Costa Rican unit has chosen Ericsson to supply its LTE network.
Millicom has launched a low-cost mobile English language learning course called EduMe English in Rwanda.
America Movil controller Carlos Slim has expressed his belief that potential buyers for the assets that the operator plans to sell are unlikely to come from within Mexico.
America Movil is selling off some of its Mexican assets in order to reduce its market share to less than 50%.
The telecoms ministry of Argentina, Secom, has detailed the rollout conditions that the winners of its upcoming 4G spectrum auctions must adhere to.
Caribbean operator Wind Telecom has awarded ZTE a contract to build the Dominican Republic’s first 4G TD-LTE network.
Satellite service provider Gilat has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement under which Gilat Colombia will use Intelsat Ku-band capacity to support the Kioscos Vive Digital 2 (KVDII) project.
Brazilian operator Nextel has launched 4G/LTE services in Rio de Janeiro, allowing subscribers access to download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.
Voting technology and services provider Smartmatic has been awarded a contract by Brazil´s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to guarantee data and voice communications in the 15 most isolated states during the general elections to be held in October.
Anticipating a surge of user activity surrounding 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, three operators in Brazil are working with Aptilo Networks to enable Wi-Fi offloading and carrier Wi-Fi throughout the country.
Mexican quad-play provider Maxcom has selected NetCracker to deliver a large-scale OSS transformation that will improve its order-to-cash process and network design, build and optimisation capabilities.
Syniverse is providing an LTE roaming trial environment to BTC (Bahamas Telecommunications Company), enabling the operator to transition to 4G roaming services.
In advance of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, Claro Brazil is enabling LTE data roaming for its subscribers with Syniverse.
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