CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 11/08/13
Altice acquires major Dominican telecommunications company – Dominican R. C&WC sees slight revenue drop as Caribbean declines offset Panama growth – Regional Amdocs foresees positive growth outlook in Latin America, Asia for fiscal 2014-15 – Regional With a fresh US$1bn, BlackBerry cancels plan to sell…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 11/22/13
CANTO Weekly Newsletter Friday, November 22, 2013 Roundup: Regulatel, Alcatel-Lucent, GSMA , ITU – Regional Millicom announces acquisition of Multivisión – Regional Only half of Latin Americans are mobile users, despite penetration of over 100% – GSMA – Regional Roundup: Cantv, Tesacom, MEF – Regional…
CANTO Wrap October 2013
DIGICEL Caribbean mobile operator Digicel is investing another J$4bn (US$39.1mn) in Jamaica to improve its network and customer care delivery, building on the J$7bn investment over the last two years. The investment, reportedly focusing on expanding its 4G mobile network and upgrading its 2G…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 09/13/13
Roundup: TV Azteca, Digicel, Cantv, Telefónica – Regional American Tower to acquire MIP Tower Holdings – Regional Roundup: Fixed telephony, Cantv, Columbus – Regional Digicel chooses NAAP for asset management software – Caribbean Roundup: Ericsson, DirecTV, O3b Networks – Regional Mexico’s TV Azteca…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 09/24/13
Puerto Rico granted US$1.4mn for broadband network – Puerto Rico Digicel Jamaica launches fixed line services – Jamaica Roundup: SES, ICE, Digicel, TV channel – Caribbean, Costa Rica Latin America to be 2nd fastest growing region in Diameter signaling, says Oracle – Regional Tigo leading…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 09/06/13
Friday, September 6, 2013 Cable & Wireless to launch LTE in Cayman Islands – Caribbean 100,000 Cubans sign up for internet since restrictions lifted in June – Cuba Intelligence Series: Smart city movement on the rise in Latin America – Regional Claro Panama to…
CANTO Wrap August 2013
Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) saw some growth in mobile and broadband subscribers in its Caribbean and Panama units in the three months ending June 30 however market conditions in the Caribbean still “remain difficult,” particularly in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados, said in an…
CANTO Wrap July 2013
Normal 0 21 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} WORKING TO…
CANTO Wrap June 2013
Jamaica and Cuba made headlines in the last month, while an innovative satellite project took to the skies to provide broadband to emerging markets. Jamaica’s Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) approved a mobile termination rate (MTR) of J$1.10 (US$0.01), down from J$5, becoming effective July…
CANTO 2013 Hailed a Success
CANTO held its 29th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition (CANTO 2013) in the Happy Island of Aruba from the 14th -17th of July 2013. The highly acclaimed event was co-hosted by the local telecom operator, SETAR at the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino, Oranjestad. Over…
Suriname’s Team iDeals Wins First Place in the CANTO/Ericsson 3rd Annual i-Create e-Content Competition!
The iDeals team comprising of 19 year old Clint Siadis and 19 year old Ryan Soemodihardjo of Suriname is the winner of CANTO/Ericsson’s third i-Create e-Content Mobile Apps Competition. The annual competition rewards the most creative and innovative mobile application (apps) developers in the Caribbean. …
Trinidad & Tobago tops CANTO’s Essay Competition on “ICTs and Improving Road Safety”
Eighteen year old Dierdre Zoe Subran-Ganesh of Trinidad & Tobago emerged first in the highly acclaimed 7th Annual World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) Essay Competition. Ms Subran- Ganesh is no stranger to CANTO’s WTISD essay competition. This is her second attempt in a playful sibling rivalry…