Cable & Wireless Communications has unveiled Project Marlin, a $250 million investment programme covering its networks across the Caribbean and Central America.
Tech Mahindra is entering the Mexican market as part of its strategy to expand into the Americas region.
Cable & Wireless Panama (CWP) has launched MovilCash, Panama’s first mobile money service.
Chilean operator Entel has pledged $2.8 billion worth of investment into 3G and 4G networks across the next three years.
Mexican regulator IFT has unveiled the new rules that it will impose on America Movil in an attempt to undermine the operator’s dominance, thereby improving competition in the market.
Brazilians will soon be able to use their smartphones to carry out contactless payment transactions when shopping following an initiative by Claro, Giesecke & Devrient, and Brazilian bank Bradesco.
Infrastructure provider Internexa is using a 100Gbps transponder delivered by NEC to provide optical transmission throughout Colombia.
A new agreement between Sub10 Systems and Mexico-based Sitec will see the former’s millimetre wave wireless Liberator products made available across the country.
The Mexican regulator Ifetel has identified Telcel and Telmex, the mobile and fixed arms of Carlos Slim’s America Movil, as the most dominant in the telecoms sector.
The Mexican regulator Ifetel has named the players that it considers to be most dominant in the telecoms and broadcast sectors.
Jinny Software has signed a multi-year agreement with CWI Caribbean (LIME) to provide messaging platforms across its operation.
Telefónica Digital is deploying Funambol’s personal cloud solution across Telefónica operating units in Europe and Latin America, with the service already live in Brazil.
Telefonica has extended the availability of its in-house M2M management system to three more Latin American countries.
Colombian LTE newcomer Avantel has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks to supply the complete infrastructure for its LTE network.
America Movil’s Uruguayan division Claro Uruguay has chosen Alcatel-Lucent as its 4G/LTE network supplier.
Telefonica and Iusacell are reportedly discussing whether to combine their networks fully in Mexico.
Chile is now ranked as the best market in the region for its business environment, according to BMI. It has overtaken Brazil this quarter, having received a boost to its industry rewards.
America Movil’s Peruvian operation Claro Peru has selected Starhome MACH’s Gateway Location Register (GLR) and Optimal Voicemail Deposit (OVMD) solutions.
The world is more connected now than ever before. As more devices are connected on the internet, there is a distinct need for innovative and flexible data solutions.
Virgin Mobile’s Latin American MVNO is preparing to launch in two of the region’s largest mobile markets.
Latin American mobile messaging aggregator Tedexis has selected a MMX Messaging Gateway from Anam Technologies.
Ocean Networks has commissioned Xtera Communications for the turnkey supply and installation of its SAPL (South America Pacific Link) submarine cable system.
Latin American mobile provider NII Holdings, which operates as Nextel, has signed wholesale agreements with Telefonica that will grant its Mexican and Brazilian customers access to nationwide 3G voice and data services.
South America is experiencing strong growth in the telecoms space, making it the top priority for investment in emerging markets, for 2014.
The Brazilian securities regulator CVM has created a setback for the merger of Brazil’s number four Oi and Portugal Telecom by ruling in favour of Oi’s minority shareholders. Despite this, the country’s regulator Cade has approved the deal without restrictions.
Myriad Group has announced significant uptake of its MSNGR chat service across Latin America during Q4 2013.
All mobile network operators face the challenge of improving their customer service without driving up OPEX, but for those in emerging markets this is an even greater priority since customers may be less comfortable with mobile technology than those in more established markets.
Telefonica has dismissed reports that it was planning to collaborate with Brazilian rivals in order to break up Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit, TIM Brasil.
Gilat Satellite Networks has been awarded two projects aimed at connecting remote communities in two Latin American countries.
TIM Brasil has deployed 100G optical networking equipment supplied by Xtera Communication on a long-haul transmission infrastructure in north east Brazil.
Caribbean operator Columbus International has implemented a new CRM and billing solution from Cerillion in El Salvador.
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has become the first operator to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile data services in the Cayman Islands.
America Movil has been told by the Mexican regulator IFT (Federal Telecommunications Institute) that its market dominance will be investigated in accordance with new regulation to crack down on any one operator having too strong a presence in the market.
Myriad Group has announced an agreement with Twitter which certifies Myriad's "Twitter for USSD" service as an approved Twitter experience.
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