Smartphone penetration: 24% in Argentina, 20% in Mexico, 14% in Brazil
In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%. Argentinians still lead when it comes to how often they use their...
View ArticleBrazilian e-commerce reaches $25B, more than half of Latin American total
Over the past two years, Latin American countries showed significant growth in e-commerce sales. In Brazil alone, e-commerce grew 43% between 2010 and 2011, reaching a total of more than $25 billion,...
View ArticleChilean telecom report shows broadband penetration has tripled
The Chilean government has released a telecommunications report showing that broadband penetration has tripled over the past two years. Internet connections reached 90% of the populated territory in...
View ArticleReport: Shipments of consumer M2M devices will reach 37.9 million in 2016
Over the next five years, shipments of consumer machine-to-machine devices are forecast to grow at a 39.8% compound annual growth rate to reach 37.9 million devices in 2016, according to a new research...
View ArticleChina Telecom, China ComService unveil Latin America expansion plans
China Telecom do Brazil, which is directly managed by China Telecom Americas, announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes international private leased circuits, IP...
View ArticleFinance and banking: 7 digital trends to watch
The digital revolution brought a lot of disruption to different economic, political and social sectors. No one can ignore the impact of social media, especially enterprises. In this new era, customer...
View ArticleCisco survey: Customers want to use financial services anywhere, with any device
Consumers want banks to deliver financial advice and banking services through both virtual and physical channels. But despite the popularity of virtual banking, global consumers still value the...
View ArticleM2M revenues expected to reach $92 billion in Latam by 2020
By 2020, the Latin American region is expected to account for U.S.$92 billion of the total potential U.S.$1.2 trillion worldwide revenue for mobile network operators with machine-to-machine...
View ArticleReality Check: IT is changing
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Around the world, IT...
View ArticleAccess to information and communication technologies increases in Uruguay
The percent of Uruguay’s population with access to information and communication technologies has grown. According to Uruguay‘s National Institute of Statistics (INE) the total inhabitants who owned...
View ArticleBrazil’s Oi taps Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft as IPTV providers
Brazilian carrier Oi announced it has chosen Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft as its IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) vendors. Oi expects to launch IPTV services during the second half of this year....
View ArticleBrazil signs deal with Huawei to develop mobile Internet in 450 MHz band
China-based telecom equipment provdier Huawei signed a statement of commitment with Brazil’s Ministry of Communications (Minicom) focused on the development of new technologies to support broadband...
View ArticlePeru to start national fiber optic backbone project
Peru’s telecommunications investment agency, Osiptel, has proposed a measure to promote broadband development and the construction of a national fiber optic backbone. It aims to provide high-speed...
View ArticleNET Serviços to increase investments, double cities, expand Wi-Fi hotspots
Brazilian NET Serviços, owned by América Móvil, plays an important role for the company by selling triple play services (fixed broadband, pay-TV and wireline phone). América Móvil attributes its...
View ArticleBrazilian companies join together to help small ISPs offer pay-TV
There are thousands of Internet service providers (ISPs) across Brazil. Many of them focus on providing inhabitants of small cities with Internet access. Their job is huge, since Brazil is more than...
View ArticleEntel enters residential fixed service market, offering DTH, fixed wireless...
The largest telecommunications company in Chile, Entel (Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A), announced that it will enter the residential fixed service business in Chile, offering fixed...
View ArticleOTT may be regulated in Latin America over next three years
CARTAGENA, Colombia—Over-the-top (OTT) content is already streaming over the Internet, and several companies around the globe have launched services. However, Caribbean and Latin American telecom...
View ArticleChile’s Internet penetration reaches 53.6%
Internet penetration in Chile reached 53.61% of all households, according to the secretary of telecommunications (Subtel). The agency also announced that Internet penetration per capita jumped from 13%...
View ArticleGoogle Brazil’s president detained for failing to remove YouTube videos
The president of Google Brazil, Fabio Coelho, was arrested and later released on September 26, for not removing two videos from YouTube that allegedly contain slander and defamed a mayoral candidate in...
View ArticleOi launches IPTV services
Brazilian carrier Oi has launched IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) and broadband services with speeds up to 200 Mbps based on its fiber to the home (FTTH) network. When Oi named Alcatel-Lucent and...
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