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Articles tagged with: Claro
America Movil Deploys Amdocs to Support Triple-Play in Dominican Republic
Amdocs has announced that Dominican Republic telco, CODETEL has deployed its CES (customer experience systems) for convergent wireline, wireless, broadband and IPTV billing, ordering and customer relationship management. more
Related Tags: amdocs, america-movil, iptv, broadband, Dominican Republic
Chilean 3G License Tenders Tied - Bids to Commence in 60 Days
Two bidders for Chile's 3G license auction have tied on the technical submissions and will now proceed to a closed bid tender within the next 60 days, the regulator has announced. Only two bidders emerged for the three available licenses, Chilean cable-television and broadband operator VTR and Nextel Chile. more
Related Tags: subtel, 3g-license, antitrust, nextel-international, telefonica-moviles, Chile
Alcatel-Lucent to Build Backhaul Network for Claro Panama
claro Panama, an America Movil affiliate, has selected Alcatel-Lucent to build its all IP nation-wide mobile backhaul network. Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS (Internet protocol/Multiprotocol Layer Switching) solution will provide claro Panama a full IP backhaul network for optimized cost and scalability. Alcatel-Lucent also will provide a range of services such as network consulting and design, installation, operations and maintenance. more
Related Tags: claro-panama, america-movil, alcatel-lucent, backhaul, Panama
Chilean Operator Plans $500 Million CAPEX in 2009
Chilean telco, Entel has outlined plans to spend up to US$500 million on network upgrades during 2009 - with 80% of that being set aside for the company's 3G network. more
Related Tags: capex, entel, nextel, Chile
Chile Publishes Details of 3G License Tender
The Chilean telecoms regulator, Subtel has published the tender details for a round of 3G licenses, which it anticipates will bring a new entrant into the market. The auction for the licenses is due to be held in July, a notice on the regulators website announced. more
Related Tags: 3g, 3g-license, ovi, telefonica, entel, compete, movistar, nextel, antitrust, subtel, nextel-international, telefonica-moviles, Chile
Brazil Q4 2008 Market Update - Almost 10m added in best quarter ever
The Brazilian market passed the 150m customer mark during Q4 08 and recorded a best-ever figure for quarterly net additions. The gain of 9.85m was more than 1.6m higher than the previous best of 8.22m, the Q4 07 figure. With a year-end total of 150.62m, Brazilian penetration stood at 78.1%. Annual growth was down slightly on the 24.9% recorded in both Q2 08 and Q3 08, but at 24.5% it was still higher than the 2007 figure of 21.1%. In real terms, annual growth was even more impressive with an all-time high of 29.66m net additions in 2008, up 8.61m on the 2007 gain. more
Related Tags: arpu, tim, oi, vivo, Brazil
Brazil's CDMA Base Heading Towards Extinction
The latest monthly data from Anatel, the Brazilian regulator, shows a marked reduction in the pace of the growth in the market. This should come as no surprise - the fourth quarter saw a record number of new connections and included two of the four best months ever. The industry added a total of 1.31m new connections in January, to take the market total to 151.9m, equivalent to nearly 70% penetration. more
Related Tags: amazon, w-cdma, telenor, cdma, america-movil, vivo, Brazil
Brazil's Penetration Set to Surpass 80% as Total Market Reaches 140m
Brazilian penetration is racing upwards, with a 14.0pp gain in the twelve months ending 30th September 2008 taking the figure to 73.2%. This compares to an 8.3pp gain in the prior twelve months. At the time of writing, penetration is likely to be approaching 80%, and although it is common for markets to slow down as 100% penetration is neared, a penetration rate in excess of 90% by the end of 2009 is a possibility. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, cdma, tim, tim-brasil, brasil-telecom, oi, gsm, vivo, Brazil
Jamaican Operator Aiming for 3G Launch in November
Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) expects to launch its 3G network on 15th November, according to the company's senior vice-president of business sales, Leroy Reid. Speaking at a local conference, he said that the company would have a phased rollout initially in the main business district along with St Catherine and St Thomas. more
Related Tags: iphone, ericsson, cdma, america-movil, digicel, siemens, Jamaica
Brazil September 2008 Customer Numbers
The total number of mobile connections in Brazil reached 140.79m at the end of September 2008, equivalent to a penetration rate of 73.2%. Monthly net additions stood at 2.37m down from 3.09m in August, but up on the 1.82m recorded in September 2007. The Brazilian market follows a strongly seasonal pattern, as the chart on the left shows: August is traditionally the second best month for growth, behind December. more
Related Tags: tim, oi, vivo, Brazil