The Brazilian securities regulator CVM has created a setback for the merger of Brazil’s number four Oi and Portugal Telecom by ruling in favour of Oi’s minority shareholders. Despite this, the country’s regulator Cade has approved the deal without restrictions.

Myriad Group has announced significant uptake of its MSNGR chat service across Latin America during Q4 2013.

Telefonica has dismissed reports that it was planning to collaborate with Brazilian rivals in order to break up Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit, TIM Brasil.

Gilat Satellite Networks has been awarded two projects aimed at connecting remote communities in two Latin American countries.

TIM Brasil has deployed 100G optical networking equipment supplied by Xtera Communication on a long-haul transmission infrastructure in north east Brazil.

Caribbean operator Columbus International has implemented a new CRM and billing solution from Cerillion in El Salvador.

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has become the first operator to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile data services in the Cayman Islands.

Myriad Group has announced an agreement with Twitter which certifies Myriad's "Twitter for USSD" service as an approved Twitter experience.

The Brazilian trustbuster Cade has taken aim at what it perceives as Telefonica’s market dominance, ruling that the Spanish operator must divest its holding in Telecom Italia’s TIM Brasil or take on a new partner for its own subsidiary Vivo .

Vodafone has entered into a Partner Market agreement with Latin American operator Datora Telecom to rebrand Datora’s mobile arm as Vodafone Brasil.

Myriad Group has announced that its Myriad Updates service, including Facebook for USSD, has recently been launched in association with the Orange Group in Cameroon, Congo & Senegal, and Movistar in Costa Rica & El Salvador.

Telecom Italia has strongly denied recent reports that it would sell its Brazilian subsidiary in order to reduce its debt.

Orange has confirmed that it will sell its Dominican operation to Luxembourgian cable and telecoms private equity firm Altice.

TeliaSonera International Carrier has added 11,500 fibre miles (18,400 km) to its global backbone, which will provide diverse connection into South America.

NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has completed two previously announced deals to sell various communications sites to American Tower Corporation.

Eutelsat is expanding its services in the French West Indies and French Guiana.

Newcomer Brazilian operator On Telecom is launching a range of broadband services for residential customers in Sao Paulo and the surrounding environment using wireless LTE / 4G spectrum to provide high-bandwidth connectivity.

Ericsson has been selected by China Mobile to deploy LTE TDD in 15 key provinces in China.

Myriad has rolled out the latest version of its MSNGR chat service across five major operators in the America Movil group.

Brazilian operator Oi has stated that it may sell shares in order to raise money for further acquisitions should the need arise.

Telefonica is looking to take on America Movil in Mexico, where the latter has a hefty market share of around 70%.

ZTE has introduced three new smartphones for users in Mexico, including the latest models in the bestselling Blade series, adding localised innovations and upgraded features to deliver a better user experience to Mexican consumers.

Telefónica Global Solutions has deployed 100G coherent optical transport technology from network specialist Ciena on Telefónica´s SAm-1 submarine and terrestrial network, which connects the U.S. to Latin America.

Brazilian operator Oi Brasil has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks to supply the infrastructure for its LTE network.

America Movil registered a drop of almost 50% in its net profits in the third quarter, which the group attributes to economic issues in the Latin America region and particularly Mexico, as well as higher finance costs.

TeleCommunication Systems announced today the deployment of TCS Family Locator and Workforce Locator applications for wireless subscribers of Claro.

Cable & Wireless Communications has been chosen to supply email services for Jamaica’s technology ministry.