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Articles tagged with: Telefonica and America Movil
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, iusacell, telcel, three, radio, Mexico
Colombia Government Fines Mobile Phone Cos $448,100 for Overcharging
BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- Colombia's antitrust agency fined the local mobile units of Mexico-based America Movil and Spain's telefonica for charging higher costs when customers made phone calls from fixed-lines to mobile phones. more
Related Tags: antitrust, Colombia
Mexico's America Movil Signs New Ecuador Concession
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's America Movil, Latin America's largest mobile operator, said Tuesday that it has signed a new operating concession with the Ecuadorian government. more
Related Tags: rafael-correa, alegro, Ecuador
Telefonica's 2Q Mexico Wireless Subscribers Up 38% to 14.1 Million
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Spanish phone giant telefonica said Thursday its wireless subscriber base in Mexico reached 14.1 million at the end of the second quarter, up 38% from a year earlier. more
Related Tags: prepay, grupo-iusacell, movistar, iusacell, nextel, Mexico
Brazil Anatel: Oi/BRP Rule-Change Proposal Ready by Mid-Sep
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's telecommunications regulator, Anatel, will complete rule-change proposals necessary for the takeover of local integrated telecom operator Brasil Telecom Participacoes by local rival Tele Norte Leste Participacoes', or Oi, by the middle of September, an Anatel official said Wednesday. more
Related Tags: compete, brasil-telecom, oi, Brazil
Latin America: Proliferation of 3G Networks Will Drive Adoption of Mobile TV
In some Latin American mobile markets, such as Argentina and Chile, voice service has begun to reach saturation levels. As such, Value Added Services (VAS) like Mobile TV represent an alternative that allow operators to increase both revenues and customer loyalty. This situation has gained even more potential thanks to the roll out of 3G networks in the region. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, edge, entel, seven, telcel
Mexico Q1 '08 - Telefonica Gains Ground, but Telcel Maintains Dominance
The Mexican mobile market closed the quarter with 71.041m customers, up 2.345m on the quarter and 11.55m on the year. A majority of the new customers connected to Telcel, the America Movil subsidiary, taking its total base to 51.5m, or 72.5% of the total. This dominance is quite unprecedented and no other operator in any competitive market comes close to matching TelcelĂ's dominance. That the market has been competitive or supposedly competitive ever since mobile communications were first introduced nearly 20 years ago makes the situation all the more extraordinary. more
Related Tags: arpu, iden, nextel, Mexico
Costa Rica: An Imperative for ICE to Implement Defensive Strategies
The recent passage of the General Telecommunications Law (LGT - Ley General de Telecomunicaciones) cleared the way for the entrance of new competitors into the Costa Rica mobile market. Signals Telecom Consulting points out that America Movil, Digicel, Millicom and telefonica are the most important candidates for launching operations in a market that is attractive for various reasons: low mobile teledensity (less than 40%), high ARPU levels (the highest in Central America) and the absence of a prepaid market. more
Related Tags: roaming, arpu, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, compete, mobile-internet, CostaRica
Mexico's Slim Family Eyes Spanish Telecom Market
Mexico's Slim family still wants to offer telecommunications services in Spain three years after one of its companies backed out of a wireless spectrum auction in that country, according to a key family member. more
Related Tags: telcel, new-york, Spain
Yet Another iPhone Announcement
Launched:
- USA (AT&T)
- UK (telefonica O2)
- Ireland (telefonica O2)
- Germany (T-Mobile)
- Austria (T-Mobile)
- France (Orange)
Related Tags: orange, mobistar, teliasonera, o2, apple