CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 01/01/16
< Dominican Republic delays digital switchover – Dominican R. Over 70% of Cuba’s internet accounts opened in 2015 – Cuba Happy New Year! See you in 2016 – Regional Costa Rica looks to expand internet services – Costa Rica SuperCom to bring m-money solution to…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas 12/18/15
O3b signs with Arianespace for four more satellites – Regional Costa Rica’s Racsa grows for first time in 6 years – Costa Rica Claro Nicaragua launches m-banking service – Nicaragua How the US Fed hike will impact LatAm – Regional LatAm still high growth for…
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…