Articles tagged with: Sao Paulo

Nokia Siemens Networks Opening Operations Centre in Brazil

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced the setting up of its fifth Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) - this time in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the first GNOC in the Americas and it aims to serve a growing base of Latin American operators seeking to outsource network operations so that they can focus on core activities of their business. The GNOC will be established with an initial 15 million euro investment and host up to 300 expert technicians, responsible for managing up to 20 million subscribers. The center will be operational from January 2011. more

Ericsson Expands Brazilian Managed Services Contract

Ericsson says that it has extended its existing managed services contract from Telefónica Brazil covering the network operations center in São Paulo more

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International MVNOs May Use Brazil to Enter LatAm Markets

The launch of MVNOs in Brazil could act as a beach-head for international companies to enter the Latin American market, concludes Signals Telecom Consulting in a recent report. more

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Brazilian VAS Market Rising - Still Below Regional Average

Over the past three months uptake of Value Added Services (VAS) in Brazil has increased from R$1.8 billion to R$2 billion, but is still below the Latin American and global average, reports Acision. The number of subscribers with smartphones and access to faster 3G internet has led to greater adoption of VAS, especially music services, but the main barrier to faster uptake is the cost of these services. more

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Brazil's Oi: Signs Deal to Buy Rival Brasil Telecom

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's largest phone operator Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, or Oi, announced Friday the much-anticipated deal to buy control of smaller local rival Brasil Telecom Participacoes, creating a major local operator to face regional giants Spain's Telefonica and Mexico's America Movil. more

Brazil's Embratel to Spend BRL600 Million on WiMax Through 2009

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian long-distance telecom provider Embratel Participacoes will invest 600 million reals ($351 million) in setting up a WiMax broadband Internet network in 200 cities by the end of 2009, a company official said. more

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Brazil's Oi Close to Brasil Telecom Takeover Deal

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's leading telecommunications firm, Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, or Oi, is close to taking over rival Brasil Telecom Participacoes after controlling shareholders reached an agreement on the key points of the deal. more

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Brazil Telecom TIM Sees Extra Pressure on Margins in 2008

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian mobile phone operator TIM Participacoes will see extra pressure on margins in 2008 due to the launch of its third generation services and the entrance of rival Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, or Oi, into the key Sao Paulo market, Chief Financial Officer Gianandrea Castelli Rivolta said Wednesday. more

Brazil's Oi Signs 3G Deals with Nokia Siemens, Huawei

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian telecommunications firm Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, or Oi, signed contracts with Nokia Siemens Networks and China's Huawei Technology for the installation of third generation wireless infrastructure across this continental-sized country, a company spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. more

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Brazil Oi Says Brasil Telecom Takeover Talks Intensified

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Controlling shareholders of Brazilian phone company Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, or Oi, said Thursday that talks over the takeover of rival Brasil Telecom Participacoes have "intensified in the last few hours", but no deal has been signed more

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