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Articles tagged with: Signals Telecom Consulting and Movistar
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, personal, telcel, iusacell, Argentina
Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013
Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversi�n) plans to auction off 821 - 824 MHz and 866 - 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is designed to increase the level of competition in the local marketplace as well as expand the availability of mobile coverage in the country. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, roaming, rural, mvno, mts, hspa, vas, compete, personal, oi, cdma2000, adult-content, ev-do, claro, Peru
Colombia's Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Pass S$ 7.1 Billion by 2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which takes a look at the mobile services market in Colombia with a focus on the VAS offering of local mobile operators. more
Related Tags: wimax, mts, hspa, mobile-broadband, vas, tigo, Colombia
Mexican Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Surpass $11.9 Billion Mark by 2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which examines the Mexican mobile services market with a focus on the Value Added Services (VAS) offered by local mobile operators. The report notes that the Mexican market is characterized by a VAS offering focused on SMS services. The slowdown in subscriber growth and the development of 3G networks, however, will force operators to aggressively pursue a VAS offering that is not focused on text messaging. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, sms, text-messaging, mvno, mts, hspa, vas, compete, digicel, telcel, nextel, adult-content, millicom, Mexico
Lat-Am Operators Pushing On-Net Traffic
According to a report from Signals Telecom Consulting, one strategy implemented by a variety of operators in different American mobile telephony markets has been to encourage communications within their own networks or "On Net". In order to accomplish this, these operators have developed differentiated rates structures for communications originated and ended on their networks. The objective is to encourage the concept of "community". The implementation of this policy can be seen in promotional campaigns carried out by Movistar in Argentina, Chile, Peru, etc. more
Related Tags: sim-card, arpu, tim, entel, telcel, claro
Uruguay: Mobile lines total 3.2mn at end-Nov
Uruguay added 1.43mn mobile lines in the first eleven months of 2007 to total 3.2mn, local newspaper El PaÃs reported. more
Related Tags: Uruguay
GUEST COLUMN: Centennial takeover target following Islanet acquisition
Puerto Rico's telecommunications market is going through a transitional period right now which is forcing established companies to rethink their strategies for attracting new clients and revenues. This transformation is the result of external and internal influences on the market, all of which have a strong impact on a small country of less than 4mn inhabitants, which nonetheless boasts a high purchasing power (US$19,100 GDP per capita) compared to the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, starbucks, sprint-nextel, fcc, 802.16e, hotspots, centennial-communications, iptv
Antel invests US$20mn to deploy 3G network
Uruguayan state-run telecoms operator Antel is planning to invest US$20mn to deploy a 3G network based on UMTS-HSDPA technology in the country, local press reported. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, alcatel-lucent, huawei
Ecuador talks tough on 2008 mobile concessions
The Ecuadorian state has lost nearly US$1bn since 1993 due to badly negotiated mobile concession contracts, local newspapers quoted the country's President Rafael Correa as saying. more
Related Tags: rafael-correa
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, iden, at&t-wireless, cingular, telcel, cdma2000, antitrust, cdma2000-evdo
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