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Latest Telecoms News from Brazil
Brazil's Vivo See Profits Jump on Lower Debt Costs
Brazilian mobile network operator, Vivo Participacoes saw its 3rd quarter net profit jump by 154% to US$197 million, largely due to lower borrowing costs. Revenues were up by 4% to US$2.2 billion....
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TIM Brazil to Launch Qualcomm Supplied App Store Early Next Year
TIM Brazil and Qualcomm have announced a joint agreement to launch the first multi-platform wireless applications store in Latin America....
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Astellia Wins Latin American Network Monitoring Contracts
Nextel International has awarded a contract to Astellia to monitor its networks in selected Latin American markets. ...
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Alcatel-Lucent Upgrading Brazilian Network
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has deployed a packet optical transport and microwave packet radio backhaul network for TIM Brazil in its metropolitan markets....
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Vivendi to buy Brazilian telecoms operator GVT
Vivendi will offer EUR2 billion ($2.9 billion) to acquire Brazilian Internet and telecommunications company GVT, the French media and entertainment company said Wednesday....
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Hughes to Provide Satellite-Based Cellular Backhaul Services in Brazil
Satellite operator, Hughes Network Systems says that its Brazilian subsidiary has signed agreements with two unnamed Brazilian cellular operators to provide satellite backhaul services connecting remote cellular base stations to their GSM networks....
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Brazil's TIM posts Q2 Net Loss Shrinks
Brazil's TIM Participacoes has reported an improved second quarter loss of R$15.2 million, compared with a loss of R$66.3 million a year earlier. EBITDA rose by 15.5% to R$736 million, an EBITDA margin of 22.3%...
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Latin America Losses from VoIP to Exceed US$18.4 Billion by 2014
Landline and mobile telephony losses from VoIP are expected to exceed US$18.4 billion by 2014 in Latin America, reports local research house, Signals Telecom Consulting. ...
Vivo Subscriber Base Passes 46 Million Mark
Brazilian mobile network operator, Vivo has reported that it attracted 1.178 million new subscribers in the second quarter of this year, bringing its total to 46.8 million. The company says that is market share has now reached 29.3%....
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Vivo Upgrades Anti-Fraud Software
Brazilian mobile network operator, Vivo has upgraded its anti-fraud platform based on software provided by ECtel....
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