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Articles tagged with: Signals Telecom Consulting and Iden
Brazil Leads Lat-Am in Deployments, Connections and Demand for WiMAX and 3G Services
Signals Telecom Consulting has issued a commentary which notes that as from 2010 Brazil will account for the greatest number of WiMAX accesses in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, a position that it will keep in the medium term. Signals expects that the setting of regulations for the use of the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, plus the tendering of new bands, will provide a strong impulse to this technology in Brazil. Signals foresees the entry into the market of large-scale operators such as Telefónica (via TVA), which will use WiMAX to expand its area of operation outside Sao Paulo, and SKY (DirecTV), among others, which will join the current efforts being made by Embratel and Neovia. Signals expects that operators will carry out their own development to be able to add their own last mile. more
Related Tags: wimax, 3g, mobile-number-portability, wi-fi, rcom, mts, hspa, ovi, virgin-mobile, mvno, ict, rural, itu, telefonica, number-portability, Brazil
Latin America's WiMAX Market to Surpass $1 Billion in Revenues During 2009-2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a couple of reports which estimate that Latin America's WiMAX market is to to surpass US$1.04 Billion in revenues during 2009-2013. WiMAX will also account for around 1.8% of broadband connections in the region over the same time frame. more
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Mobile VAS Revenues in Brazil will Surpass $9.3 Billion by 2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report focusing on the mobile VAS market in Brazil, which highlights the fact that the slowdown in subscriber growth, the need to achieve positive returns on investment and the high mobile teledensity rates, which surpasses the 100% mark in cities like Brasilia and Salvador (Bahia), will trigger increasingly aggressive efforts by mobile operators to market Ring Tones / Music, Adult Content, Mobile TV and wireless broadband access. more
Related Tags: iphone, mobile-tv, sms, virgin-mobile, mvno, mts, hspa, vas, nextel, cdma2000, vivo, ev-do, Brazil
GUEST COLUMN - More spectrum, for whom?"
Mexico's antitrust authority CFC (Cofeco) recently won a legal battle upholding its decision to allow bidders no more than 35MHz of 1900MHz spectrum that was auctioned in 2005. This puts an end to temporary injunctions that allowed bidders to claim up to 65MHz and means the government must now re-auction any spectrum awarded in excess of the 35MHz permitted. more
Related Tags: at&t, boost-mobile, mvno, at&t-wireless, cingular, movistar, telcel, cdma2000, antitrust, cdma2000-evdo
Digicels Main Challenge in Central America - Report
Signals Telecom Consulting has released a report which analyses the strategies that Digicel has to implement in order to be successful in these Spanish speaking markets. Central America presents new challenges to Digicel as the operator's strategy in the Caribbean centered in aggressive marketing against the incumbent mobile player, which in many instances turned to be the slow-reacting Cable & Wireless. more
Related Tags: digicel, telefonica-moviles