- Telefónica loses "SMP" status in some São Paulo neighborhoods
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 25/Jul/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel accepted a request from Telefônica/Vivo for the operator to be no longer regarded as having significant market power (SMP) in certain areas. It rejected other SMP...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Triple-play plan Brazil boost for América Móvil
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 22/Jul/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Nearly 70% of América Móvil's new accesses in Brazil in Q2 came bundled in triple-play packages, the company reported in its latest earnings release. América Móvil revenues in the country, its larg...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - NET, Embratel Q2 incomes soar on growing customer bases
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 22/Jul/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Two of the three Brazilian carriers controlled by the América Móvil group saw strong Q2 income growth driven by higher-than-expected revenue. Fixed telecom services provider NET and corporate fixed...
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Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 27/Jun/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
The three América Móvil-owned companies operating in the Brazilian telecoms market – Claro, NET and Embratel – have surpassed 10mn pay TV subscribers in the country for the first time. ...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - NET leads Brazil's telecoms tax-exempt infra projects
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 11/Jun/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazil's fixed telecoms operator NET leads in number of projects approved under REPNBL, a federal tax-break program for telecoms infrastructure projects. The company just got the green light for 13...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Brazil's pay TV: América Móvil and DirecTV lose share in April
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 22/May/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazil ended April with 18.6mn pay TV subscribers, following the addition of nearly 170,000 subscriptions in the month, according to telecoms watchdog Anatel indicators. In April, pay TV was presen...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - With DirecTV, AT&T to become Brazil's fifth largest telecom group
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 20/May/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
AT&T's purchase of satellite TV operator DirecTV for US$48.5bn should automatically convert the US company into Brazil's fifth largest telecoms group by total revenue, according to analysts. DirecT...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Fixed broadband, pay TV drive AMX's Brazil results
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 30/Apr/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
The fixed line business, comprised of broadband and pay TV services, drove America Móvil's strong Q1 performance in Brazil. According to the company's financial release, revenue from Brazilian oper...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Roundup: Level 3, Embratel, Indotel
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 14/Apr/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
The Argentine subsidiary of global IP connectivity solutions provider Level 3 (NYSE: LVLT) has been awarded ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 certification for its Advanced Security Testing (AST) services in eight...
Related Topics: Regional , Telecommunications - Fiber still accounts for less than 4% of Brazil's fixed broadband connections
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 07/Apr/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazil ended February with over 22.5mn fixed broadband subscriptions, but only 3.4% of them were provided via fiber optics, according to data released by telecoms watchdog Anatel. The agency has st...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Brazil TV subscriptions inch up in February
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 04/Apr/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazil ended February with 18.2mn pay-TV subscriptions, for a slight 0.5% increase over January and up 9.5% from the year before, according to data from telecoms watchdog Anatel. During February,ju...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Brazil's Anatel to hire new call center after service disruptions
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 13/Mar/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazil telecoms watchdog Anatel will hire a new call center company after several users reported problems in contacting the agency, Anatel reported on its website. The regulator identified "failure...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Roundup: Level 3 Communications, Embratel, Public telephony
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 18/Feb/2014 | Written by Juan Pedro Tomás
IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has selected Level 3 Communications to deliver Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL) and dedicated internet access (DIA) services to its offices in Brazil, Level...
Related Topics: Peru , Brazil , Telecommunications - América Móvil Brasil reports largest Q4 revenue growth in over a year
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 12/Feb/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Mexican telecoms giant América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) reported year-on-year revenue growth of 10.9% for its Brazilian operations in Q4, which is the "best figure posted in more than a year," the carrier sa...
Related Topics: Brazil , Mexico , Telecommunications - Brazil's telecoms sector less optimistic than in 2013
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 07/Jan/2014 | Written by Pedro Ozores
The Brazilian telecoms industry remains optimistic about the business landscape in 2014, with 47% of companies expecting the year ahead to be better or much better than last year, according to a surve...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - AMX: Embratel to invest nearly US$1bn in sister company Claro Brasil
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 27/Dec/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazilian telco Embratel plans to invest 2.22bn reais (US$943mn) in its sister company Claro Brasil, which are both owned by Mexican telecoms group América Móvil (NYSE: AMX), according to a statement ...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - On Telecom joins São Paulo popular broadband plan
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 18/Dec/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Brazilian telco On Telecom has joined São Paulo state's popular broadband plan, Banda Larga Popular, and will offer broadband services at reduced prices, the state's finance department reported. A ...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Embratel's Star One to launch US$321mn Ku band satellite by end of 2014
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 17/Dec/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Star One - the satellite subsidiary of Brazilian telco Embratel, controlled by Mexico's América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) - is planning to launch a new satellite to support DTH services in the fourth quarter ...
Related Topics: Brazil , Regional , Telecommunications - Cisco chosen as 2016 Rio Olympics networking, server supplier
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 10/Dec/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has been selected as the official sponsor and supplier of networking equipment and server infrastructure for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The an...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - AMX interested in potential consolidation of Brazilian market
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 28/Oct/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Mexico-based telco América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) will be interested in the consolidation of the Brazilian market if that takes place in the future, CEO Daniel Hajj Aboumrad said in a conference call with ...
Related Topics: Brazil , Mexico , Telecommunications - Huawei, Vivo deploy first WDM transmission route in the Amazon jungle
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 15/Oct/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer Huawei and Vivo (NYSE: VIV), Brazil's largest mobile carrier, have deployed the first wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) data transmission route in the ...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Roundup: Prepaid subscribers, Yelp, Febratel
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 23/Aug/2013 | Written by Juan Pedro Tomás
Eight out of every ten mobile lines in Ecuador are prepaid, according to the telecoms watchdog Supertel. The country ended last month with a total of 17.2mn mobile subscribers. According to Superte...
Related Topics: Ecuador , Brazil , Telecommunications - Embratel's Star One to invest US$400mn in construction of its largest satellite
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 16/Aug/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Star One - the satellite subsidiary of Brazilian telco Embratel, controlled by Mexico's América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) - is to invest US$400mn in the construction and launch of a new satellite, the Star On...
Related Topics: Brazil , Regional , Telecommunications - GVT outstrips Telefônica Brasil in pay TV accesses for the first time
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 09/Aug/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
With an expansion of just 0.16% in the country's subscriber base in June, the Brazilian pay TV market saw at least one significant development in the month, with carrier GVT overtaking rival Telefônic...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Claro TV launches triple-play offer, but downplays quad-play "cannibalization" risk
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 07/Aug/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Claro TV, the satellite pay TV (DTH) service belonging to Brazilian telco Embratel, which is part of the América Móvil group (NYSE: AMX), has launched a triple-play deal for residential customers with...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - América Móvil launches quad-play deals in Brazil
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 06/Aug/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
Mexican telecoms giant America Móvil (NYSE: AMX) has launched quadruple-play services in Latin America's largest telecoms market, Brazil, combining fixed telephony, broadband, HD pay TV and mobile tel...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - São Paulo authorities aim to connect whole city with free Wi-Fi
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 05/Aug/2013 | Written by Pedro Ozores
The authorities of Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, are considering providing free Wi-Fi coverage for the whole metropolitan region, local news source Teletime reported, citing São Paulo services sec...
Related Topics: Brazil , Telecommunications - Bolivia to drop Chile and turn to Argentina and Brazil for cheaper internet
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 29/Jul/2013 | Written by Kieran Lonergan
Bolivia will connect to Brazil and Argentina's fiber optic network instead of Chile's from April 2014, in a move that will reduce internet costs in the country by up to two thirds, said the Bolivian g...
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