Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved a bill submitted by the country’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto, which outlines proposals for major reforms to Mexican telecom sector...

One of the largest service providers across Latin America is extending its wireless backhaul program to Mexico following success in three other markets in the region...

The government of Mexico has taken aim at the country’s dominant operator America Movil with new proposals to encourage competition in the telecoms sector...

Brazil’s first 100G network has gone live. Deployed by Telefonica’s Vivo, the country’s first active 100G network uses architecture from network specialist Ciena to connect native 100GbE channels to the DWDM system, providing unprecedented speeds for outbound international traffic...

Latin America looks to be well on the way to joining the Asia-Pacific region in designating the 700MHz band as the standard for offering LTE services, with Brazil and Chile both opting to use the frequency...

Two rural Colombian networks will soon offer data, video and voice services via carrier-grade Wi-Fi...

Brazil’s number two operator, TIM Brazil, has outlined its plan to invest BRL10.7 billion ($5.4 billion) in the market by 2016...

The number three operator in Colombia is looking to merge with a smaller local provider to increase its presence in the market...

The global business unit of Telefonica – Telefonica Digital – has acquired a controlling stake in a major Brazilian healthcare provider...

A major Mexican operator is optimising its 2G and 3G networks to improve the quality and capacity of its voice and data service...

The Costa Rican regulator Sutel is implementing new systems to analyse and benchmark the performance of the country’s mobile network infrastructure...

According to reports, Telefonica will next year shift the location of its Latin American headquarters from Spain to Brazil, a process which will create 100 new jobs...

A new joint venture between one of the world’s largest operating groups and a major payments specialist will develop mobile payment solutions for Brazil...

Two of the largest operators in Brazil have laid out their plans for LTE launches...

The Brazilian Minister of Communications, Paolo Bernado, has delivered a coruscating tirade against regulation over the deployment of mobile infrastructure, which he believes is stymieing mobile growth...

Coastguard services around St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been augmented by the introduction of a new Global Maritime Distress and Safety System...

One of Mexico’s largest operators is deploying an LTE network across the country...

A new cloud-based mobile portal is being launched by a major Mexican operator...

Latin American telecom giant America Movil has reneged on a deal to acquire the entire El Salvador operation of Digicel...

Two major Brazilian operators have selected the vendors that will provide equipment for their LTE networks...

Argentinean mobile users are now able to have an additional telephone line on their mobile phone without the need to purchase another SIM card, following the deployment of a new service known as “Mi Número Extra”...

In an ambitious move, a major Brazilian operator is aiming to provide LTE coverage to seven cities by April 2013...

On Friday, the 21st of September, COFETEL, Mexico’s telecoms regulator, confirmed that Mexico has adopted the APT band plan for 700MHz digital dividend spectrum. In the arcane world of spectrum management this is a very exciting step...

Mexico’s regulator Cofetel has approved proposals to use the 700MHz band for mobile. Industry observers have expressed hope that other Latin American operators could be spurred to do the same in the wake of the development...

A major Latin American submarine cable network is being upgraded with 40G technology...

Over 40 Latin American operators are forming an alliance to address the issue of visibility of data roaming charges...

Colombia’s National Fibre Optic Project will see the largest and most modern fibre optics network deployed across the country...

Virgin Mobile (VMLA) has announced a debt funding agreement to fund its virtual operator Virgin Mobile Chile with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group...

A new agreement will see the development of new online sector franchises for launch in Latin America and Africa...

There has been a vast increase in data growth in most markets over the last few years, with rising mobile penetration in the rural regions of emerging markets often cited as a key driver for competitiveness.

This has lead to many discussions on how best to develop and promote mobile penetration in rural areas, with the most notable issues being those of infrastructure deployment and backhauling. Handling the boom in data-hungry services requires reliable networks that can offer increased capacity, but delivering such coverage to rural areas presents many challenges...

Thirteen countries across the Caribbean will soon benefit from improved customer service, following a new deal by one of the region’s leading operators...

The Mexican Government has refused to renew existing 2.5GHz licenses, as it intends to re-auction the spectrum for 4G broadband services...

A major satellite provider is aiming a series of tailored promotions at organisations in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa requiring high monthly volumes of broadband data for sustained periods of operation in remote sites...