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In Top Ten LatAm Telecom Ranking, Brazil Remains King

SOURCE: PYRAMID RESEARCH Latin America, although home to the “B” in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) quartet of leading emerging economies, is still relatively small as a regional telecom...

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Brazil ICT: Contact Centers are Target of Service Quality Complaints

By Filipe Pacheco Telecommunications companies operating in Brazil are facing some big regulatory changes. And, as a result, so are the companies that outsource services to them.  In July, Brazil’s...

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Brazil Vs. China: Who is Really Winning the Race for ICT Leadership?

By Narayan Ammachchi Over the past decade, BRIC economies have taken the ICT world by the storm. While China overtook the United States to become the world’s biggest ICT exporter, Brazil proved the...

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Highline Brasil: Startup Aims to Support Massive Demands on Mobile

BY STAFF REPORT Homeland Investment Group and Grupo Promon have teamed up to launch a start-up firm that will offer telecom infrastructure outsourcing services to mobile operators in Brazil. The joint...

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New High-Powered Submarine Cable Will Interconnect Eleven Countries

BY STAFF REPORT French networking giant Alcatel-Lucent has secured a deal with America Movil to construct a 17,500-kilometer-long (10,875-mile-long) submarine cable system, connecting six Latin...

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Telefonica Buys Controlling Stake in Brazilian E-health Care Firm

BY STAFF REPORT Telefonica Digital, the digital arm of the Spanish telcom giant, has acquired a controlling stake in Brazil’s chronic care management firm Axismed. Telefonica has not disclosed how much...

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Vonage Moves into Brazil to Offer VoIP Service

BY STAFF REPORT United States’ IP telephony company Vonage has signed a joint venture agreement with Brazil’s Datora Telecom to deliver communications services in the Latin American country. Vonage...

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Major Brazilian Cities to have LTE Services By May

BY STAFF REPORT A majority of telecom operators in Brazil will launch LTE/4G services by the end of April this year and the service will be available in six major cities, according to Brazil’s...

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Brazil’s Broadband Picks Up Speed and Users

By Narayan Ammachchi The number of broadband connections in Brazil rose to 25.5 million in 2012, with more carriers luring consumers with high-speed Internet services, according to a survey conducted...

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Telebras and Antel to Interconnect Fiber Network

By Narayan Ammachchi Seeking to interconnect the fiber networks between the two South American countries, Brazil’s telecom operator Telebras and Uruguay’s Antel teamed up to build a network node near...

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4G Americas Calls for Swift Allocation of Radio Spectrum

By Narayan Ammachchi Wireless broadband services in Latin America will suffer if governments in the region delay the auctioning of radio spectrum,  says 4G Americas, a lobby group of wireless telecom...

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Level 3 to Boost Call Center Infrastructure in Brazil

By Narayan Ammachchi U.S. telecom services firm Level 3 Communications has struck a deal with Canon, Inc to support the Japanese firm’s call centers across Brazil. Under the deal, Level 3 would provide...

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Sale of Telecom Italia’s Argentina Unit Comes Under Investigation

By Narayan Ammachchi Italian market regulator Consob has reportedly begun an investigation into Telecom Italia’s decision to sell its stake in Telecom Argentina. This report from Reuters comes barely...

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Brazil’s Start-Up Program Draws Foreign Entrepreneurs

Taking a page from what has become known as “Chilicon Valley” in Chile, Brazil is generating momentum around its own entrepreneur-building aspirations. The last application for the newly developed...

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Frost & Sullivan: 2014 Predictions for Telecom in Latin America

Frost & Sullivan identified seven key Telecom trends for Latin America in 2014. The first four are related to network expansion, as Telcos are making efforts to increase the coverage of...

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IFC Lends Brazil $97M to Help Boost its Telecom Infrastructure

Narayan Ammachchi The International Finance Corporation, a unit of the World Bank, has decided to invest US$97 million in Brazilian telecom carrier ON Telecom to help the South American country bolster...

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AT&T Mulls Acquisition of America Movil Assets in Mexico

By Narayan Ammachchi AT&T is reportedly considering acquiring some assets of America Movil in Mexico in order to formally expand into Latin America. Carlos Slim’s America Movil has no option but to...

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Telecom Italia to Invest Billions to Bolster Brazilian Operations

By Narayan Ammachchi Telecom Italia has set aside US$4.5 billion to improve its mobile and fixed broadband network in Brazil, as the European telecom giant shelves its plans to buy out its Brazilian...

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Telebras and Antel to Interconnect Fiber Network

By Narayan Ammachchi Seeking to interconnect the fiber networks between the two South American countries, Brazil’s telecom operator Telebras and Uruguay’s Antel teamed up to build a network node near...

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4G Americas Calls for Swift Allocation of Radio Spectrum

Wireless broadband services in Latin America will suffer if governments in the region delay the auctioning of radio spectrum,  says 4G Americas, a lobby group of wireless telecom operators in the...

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