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.

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.

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.

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.

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.