A major telecom player in Latin America is looking to increase its presence in Europe...

A major Central American communications service provider has chosen to consolidate its existing mediation systems supporting customers in Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua and El Salvador...

A new 3G mobile broadband network is launching in Ecuador to meet the rising demand for mobile broadband connectivity across the country...

One of the leading telecom groups in the Latin America region has acquired an analytics tool in order to analyse the composition of its installed base of devices...

The net income of Latin American telecom giant America Movil dropped in Q411 despite a rise in revenues...

LTE has now become the de facto standard of choice for the evolution of wireless networks in Latin America. Although adoption rates have typically been faster in North America, where the regulatory environment is perhaps more amenable to rapid growth, most major operators in Latin America have at least trialled the technology...

One of Latin America’s largest broadband access networks is launching in Mexico...

A major Brazilian cable firm is to be assimilated into the operations of one of Latin America’s most prominent players...

Latin America’s leading wireless services provider, America Movil, has selected Alcatel-Lucent to provide infrastructure for its LTE/4G network rollout across the continent...

 Data published by Chile’s major telecoms operators and the national regulator, Subtel, show that after a surge in net additions in late 2010, mobile subscriber numbers continue to be buoyant...

After introducing cloud-based services in 2011, the leading enterprise services provider in the Caribbean is now expanding its suite to target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region...

 A new residential broadband service capable of delivering speeds of up to 100 megabits per second has launched in Jamaica...

Wireless broadband services using 4G technology are now available in Brazil...

 Latin America’s first commercial 4G/LTE wireless network will be deployed in Uruguay...

Cloud computing is on the rise in Latin America following the launch of cloud services in Argentina by Telefónica...

 A new centre for the delivery of remote services across Latin America has been inaugurated in Mexico...

Localised versions of a popular free PC-to-cell SMS chat application are launching in India, Mexico, Brazil and the Philippines...

Mobile users in Puerto Rico will soon be able to enjoy a superior experience in data applications - including internet surfing, online gaming, social media and video conferencing – following the announcement of a new deal between the island’s leading operator and Ericsson...

A Costa Rican MVNO has implemented a device management system to lower its customer care costs...

Mobile banking services could be set to take off in Latin America following the announcement of a joint venture between the region’s most prolific operator, America Movil, and the US bank Citigroup...

The first 4G network to launch in the Cayman Islands has gone live...

Panama’s government has begun a green initiative to digitise the majority of the country’s civil administration...

Nokia has announced that it is downsizing its handset business, cutting 3500 jobs...

The ITU Global Symposium for Regulators closed today with the adoption of Best Practice Guidelines aimed at advancing the deployment of broadband connectivity worldwide...

The mobile networks of 12 Caribbean territories are to be modernised via a new core network and multi-standard radio base stations...

Jamaica’s Prime Minister has approved the acquisition of Claro’s Jamaican operations by Digicel...

One of Panama’s key operators is upgrading its mobile network to fourth generation technology (4G) in a bid to meet the country’s growing demand for mobile data...

Subscribers of the only mobile operator in the Bahamas are no longer required to pay an additional charge for calling between the 29 islands of the archipelagic nation...

Latin America’s fastest broadband network is being launched by the Chilean market leader Entel. Based on HSPA Evolution technology from Ericsson, the network will allow peak data rates of 42Mbps...

Latin American operator Telefonica is launching its mobile financial services offering – and has declared that it will avoid the pitfalls that affected early mobile money deployments in Africa and Asia...

Latin America outperformed other regions in mobile revenue growth for the period 1Q 2010 to 1Q 2011...

With smartphones increasingly prevalent in developed markets, demand for the services they offer is rising in emerging markets too – but pricing can be prohibitively expensive. Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of messaging software firm Synchronica, believes it’s not specific devices that are coveted, but their functionality – and this is why feature phones are on the rise in emerging markets. Developing Telecoms editor James Barton caught up with Carsten Brinkschulte to discuss this trend...

New MVNO services will launch throughout Latin America via a partnership between MVNO specialist Tribe Mobile and Virgin Group, which operates a mobile virtual network in the UK...