Vodafone has entered into a Partner Market agreement with Latin American operator Datora Telecom to rebrand Datora’s mobile arm as Vodafone Brasil.

Myriad Group has announced that its Myriad Updates service, including Facebook for USSD, has recently been launched in association with the Orange Group in Cameroon, Congo & Senegal, and Movistar in Costa Rica & El Salvador.

Telecom Italia has strongly denied recent reports that it would sell its Brazilian subsidiary in order to reduce its debt.

Orange has confirmed that it will sell its Dominican operation to Luxembourgian cable and telecoms private equity firm Altice.

TeliaSonera International Carrier has added 11,500 fibre miles (18,400 km) to its global backbone, which will provide diverse connection into South America.

NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has completed two previously announced deals to sell various communications sites to American Tower Corporation.

Eutelsat is expanding its services in the French West Indies and French Guiana.

Newcomer Brazilian operator On Telecom is launching a range of broadband services for residential customers in Sao Paulo and the surrounding environment using wireless LTE / 4G spectrum to provide high-bandwidth connectivity.

Ericsson has been selected by China Mobile to deploy LTE TDD in 15 key provinces in China.

Myriad has rolled out the latest version of its MSNGR chat service across five major operators in the America Movil group.

Brazilian operator Oi has stated that it may sell shares in order to raise money for further acquisitions should the need arise.

Telefonica is looking to take on America Movil in Mexico, where the latter has a hefty market share of around 70%.

ZTE has introduced three new smartphones for users in Mexico, including the latest models in the bestselling Blade series, adding localised innovations and upgraded features to deliver a better user experience to Mexican consumers.

Telefónica Global Solutions has deployed 100G coherent optical transport technology from network specialist Ciena on Telefónica´s SAm-1 submarine and terrestrial network, which connects the U.S. to Latin America.

Brazilian operator Oi Brasil has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks to supply the infrastructure for its LTE network.

America Movil registered a drop of almost 50% in its net profits in the third quarter, which the group attributes to economic issues in the Latin America region and particularly Mexico, as well as higher finance costs.

TeleCommunication Systems announced today the deployment of TCS Family Locator and Workforce Locator applications for wireless subscribers of Claro.

Cable & Wireless Communications has been chosen to supply email services for Jamaica’s technology ministry.

Peruvian service provider Digital Way is deploying indoor and outdoor Smart Wi-Fi products from Ruckus Wireless to support the expansion of its popular WIGO Libre! Wi-Fi service throughout Lima. 

Venezuela’s consumer agency has prevented Telefonica subsidiary Movistar from increasing its prices in the face of an annual national inflation rate of nearly 50%.

TIM Brasil has deployed 100G optical networking equipment supplied by Xtera Communications on a long-haul transmission infrastructure.

The government of Mexico has reached an agreement with several licence holders that enables it to assume control of a 130MHz block of unused 2.5GHz spectrum.

Bolivia’s largest satellite network operator Entel has selected Gilat’s SkyEdge II solution for the government’s national digital inclusion initiative.

Following suggestions that TIM’s Brazilian operations could be acquired by Vodafone, Telecom Italia has dispelled claims that it is negotiating a sale of the operator in order to reduce its debt.

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) will launch LTE mobile data services later this year as part of its Christmas marketing campaign in The Bahamas.

Brazil’s largest telco Oi has agreed to merge with its major stakeholder Portugal Telecom (PT) to create a combined entity called CorpCo.

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is upgrading and expanding its sub-sea cable network in The Bahamas to pave the way for the launch of a range of new broadband-enabled services.

Brazilian telecommunications operator Linktel has installed Aptilo Networks’ Service Management Platform (SMP) as part of an upgrade to its nationwide network of Wi-Fi hotspots.

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is launching LTE services in the Cayman Islands, where it trades as LIME. It will be the first operator to offer the technology in the market.