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Articles tagged with: Iusacell
Mexico Raises Spectrum Cap on Forthcoming Auction
The Mexican anti-trust commission, CFC has reviewed the details of the forthcoming radio spectrum auction and raised the spectrum cap to 90MHz per individual mobile network operator. The previous plans had imposed a limit of 80Mhz. more
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, nextel, telefonica, telcel, america-movil, three, radio, Mexico
Vigilante Taxi Drivers Reporting Crimes over 3G Phones
Taxi drivers in several Mexican cities have been fitted with equipement enabling them to send pictures and messages to the local police forces when they see incidents that should be reported. The communications are sent over Grupo iusacell's 3G network. more
Iusacell Selects Level 3 for IP Traffic to the USA
Mexico's Grupo iusacell has contracted with Level 3 Communications to provide high-speed Internet Protocol (IP) services. The Level 3 network will carry telecommunications traffic delivered to the U.S. from iusacell in Mexico. more
Related Tags: level-3, partner, andrew, Mexico
Mexico Radio Spectrum Auction Could Raise $1.5 Billion
Mexico's government could look forward to charging US$1.5 billion for wireless radio spectrum which is due to be auctioned off later this year. Basing its estimate on recent auctions in other country's, banking group, Banamex said that the government should expect between US$1-$1.5 billion from the licenses. more
Related Tags: telcel, telefonica, nextel, cofetel, competition-commission, Mexico
Mexico's Grupo Iusacell Losses Deepen on Currency Depreciation
Mexico based mobile network operator, Grupo iusacell has reported that its first quarter revenues rose slightly to Ps.2.9 billion (US$207 million), compared to Ps.2.8 billion (US$200 million) in the same period in 2008. The company registered a net loss of Ps.678 million (US$48.5 million), compared to net loss of Ps.279 million (US$20 million) for the same period of the previous year. The result was primarily due to foreign exchange losses as a result of the depreciation of the peso during this quarter. more
Related Tags: grupo-iusacell, tim, itu, Mexico
Mexico's Iusacell Loses 600,000 Customers Due to Clean-Up
The Mexican mobile market finished the year on 77.93m customers with a below-par performance for customer growth in Q4 2008. In fact, the quarterly increase of 2.24m was the smallest gain since Q2 06 and the smallest fourth-quarter gain in five years. The main cause of this was iusacell's loss of 0.56m customers as the result of a customer clean-up programme. more
Related Tags: tim, ovi, telefonica, telcel, nextel, Mexico
Grupo Iusacell Suspends Repayments of US Dollar Debt
Mexico's Grupo iusacell has begun talks to renegotiate its foreign currency-denominated debt, and has suspended repayments of all US-Dollar debt pending the talks. The company says that it has been affected by the strong devaluation of the Mexican peso versus the U.S. dollar and the current world economic slowdown. The Peso has declined by over 20% against the US Dollar last year. more
Related Tags: rsa, itu, ovi, iden, grupo-iusacell, Mexico
USB Modem Cost for 3G Connections in Latin America More Than US$53
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which analyzes the offer of Internet access via 3G connections from 20 mobile operators in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. One important differentiation factor in unlimited packages is the type of device used to gain access to the network. more
Related Tags: 3g, signals-telecom-consulting, personal, movistar, telcel, Argentina
Iusacell Slips into Q4 Loss on Currency Fluctuations
Mexico's Grupo iusacell has reported that its net revenue during the fourth-quarter dropped slightly to Ps.2,982 million (US$199.7 million), compared to Ps.2,993 million in the same period in 2007. The company registered a net loss of Ps.1,978 million (US$132.5 million), compared to net income of Ps.346 million (US$23 million) for the same period of the previous year. The result was primarily due to foreign exchange losses as a result of the depreciation of the peso during this quarter. more
Related Tags: 3g, itu, grupo-iusacell, Mexico
Mexico - 75 million Mark Passed, 75% Penetration Beckons
The Mexican mobile market surpassed the 75m mark during Q3 08 to finish the quarter with just under 75.7m customers. In proportionate terms, annual growth continued the decline that began in Q3 07, although the rate of 17.2% was still a reasonably strong figure. At the end of the quarter penetration stood at 68.6%, up 9.4pp annually, and it thus seems a near- certainty that the 75% mark will be reached during 2009. more
Related Tags: arpu, cdma, telefonica, movistar, telcel, Mexico