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Articles tagged with: Telefonica and America Movil
Telefonica and America Movil Granted Mobile Licenses in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's monopoly for mobile phone services held by the state-owned Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has been broken after the regulator finally awarded mobile licenses to telefonica and America Movil. The two companies paid US$95 million and US$77 million respectively for their licenses, according to a statement from the regulator, Sutel. more
Related Tags: sutel, instituto-costarricense-de--electricidad, Costa Rica
Possible Delay to Mexican Radio Spectrum Auction
A Mexican court has accepted an appeal by MVS Comunicaciones and Iusacell and ordered a delay to the planned radio spectrum auction. The two companies had argued that the current bidding rules were unfair. A further hearing is to be held and a decision whether the auction can proceed is expected by mid-week. more
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, nextel, iusacell, telcel, mvs-comunicaciones, court, auction, usa, Mexico
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, televisa, grupo-televisa, auction, 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, cell-phone, 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, porta, telefonica,, 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, anatel, 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, value-added-services, congestion
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 Telcel'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, ice, rica, cagr, Costa Rica
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