CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 12/11/15
Eight carriers bidding in Brazil spectrum auction – Brazil, Puerto Rico Dominican Republic to update telecom law – Dominican R. Digicel makes m-money move in Jamaica – Jamaica LatAm LTE connections jump nearly 350% in 3Q15 – Regional Gartner: Smart connected things to hit 1.6bn…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 11/27/15
Etecsa tests e-mail servers as Cubans experience poor service – Cuba Network deals in brief: Telefónica-Accedian, Oi-Amdocs – Mexico, Regional Telefónica to sell UC, collaboration solutions with Unify – Regional Last batch of Mexican channels to switch-off analog ahead of December 31 deadline – Mexico…
Mobile Broadband Enabled Globally in the 694-790 MHz Frequency Band
Geneva, 23 November 2015 – The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), currently in session 2-27 November, has taken a key decision that will provide enhanced capacity for mobile broadband in the 694-790 MHz frequency band in ITU Region-1 (Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia) and…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 11/20/15
CWC accepts US$8.2bn Liberty bid – Regional Mexico to turn off analog signal in more cities, including Guadalajara – Caribbean Roundup: Nokia, SAS, NCR – Brazil, Regional Ericsson, Inmarsat ink maritime connectivity agreement – Regional Honduras connects 2,000 schools to internet – Honduras …
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 11/13/15
Liberty Global LatAm operations post 6.7% revenue growth – Chile, Rico Huawei strikes Cuba smartphone deal – Cuba Digicel to invest US$100mn in Jamaica FTTH roll-out – Jamaica Ericsson, Cisco team up, put IoT in sights – Regional Telefónica deploys new PoP in Florida –…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNAmericas 11/06/15
CWC revenue up as integration of Columbus continues – Caribbean Sprint inks roaming deal with Cuba’s Etecsa – Cuba Tower sale proceeds prop up TIM’s bottom line – Barbados, Brazil Watchdog growls at Digicel over ad-blocking plan – Caribbean Turks and Caicos asset sale weighs…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 10/30/15
Liberty Global in talks to acquire CWC – Caribbean, Central America Level 3 decouples Venezuela from earnings statement – Regional, Venezuela LatAm netted nearly US$200bn from digital economy – Regional DirecTV drives up revenue for AT&T – Mexico, Regional TIM tests 3-carrier LTE aggregation –…
Haitian Orphans Connect to the World Thanks to Satellite
http://www.intelsat.com/blog/haitian-orphans-connect-to-the-world-thanks-to-satellite/ It has been more than five years since the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake decimated the island nation of Haiti. While the country still strives to rebuild and regain its socioeconomic footing, one company has made a commitment to aiding more than 450 orphans who…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 10/16/15
Spanish-speaking nations to have 60% of Caribbean LTE lines – Regional British Virgin Islands 700MHz auction suspended – Caribbean, Virgin Islands Cuban telecom development dependent on US changing laws – Cuba IN BRIEF: C&W Networks inks 20-year agreement for dark fiber services – Caribbean World Bank…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 10/23/15
Digicel teams with start-up to provide electricity to rural Haiti – Haiti Claro deploys Ericsson Radio Dot System in Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico Cuba, El Salvador are only LatAm countries with no LTE – Cuba, El Salvador América Móvil eyes lower capex in 2016…