RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WTISD – Press Release Belize Tops CANTO’s New WTISD – Video Competition! William Mahler Junior For the past seven years CANTO has commemorated the annual World Telecommunications Information and Society Day (WTISD) with an essay competition open to students…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 05/16/14
Friday, May 16, 2014 Jamaica’s internet subscriptions en route to 1mn – Jamaica Claro, Orange win Dominican Republic spectrum awards – Dominican R. Telefónica highlights increased Mexico, Colombia, Chile Q1 contribution – Regional IDB measuring LatAm, Caribbean broadband penetration – Regional Cash-strapped Hondutel shuts customer…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 05/10/14
Chile’s VTR sees 10% revenue decline on forex movements – Chile, Puerto Rico Dominican Rep holds public consultation on digital TV norms – Dominican R. Costa Rica’s ICE, Telefónica launch telephony, internet works – Costa Rica Entel grows in Q1 as profit drops –…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 05/03/14
LatAm broadband is getting cheaper – report – Regional Roundup: Costa Rica phone thefts, Dominican Republic’s accessibility plan, digital TV setback – Regional Cuba’s Etecsa to improve mobile e-mail service – Cuba Russia, India and Cuba criticize NETMundial – Regional Nokia’s revenue falls as it…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 04/25/14
Netflix reaches 12.7mn int’l subscribers, plans price hike – Regional Roundup: Microsoft, Orange Dominicana, Ideiasnet – Brazil, Dominican R. Cuba files complaint against US over covert social network – Cuba Chile advocates for net neutrality at NETMundial – Regional Firefox mobile OS added FM…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 04/18/14
Friday, April 18, 2014 Roundup: Level 3, Embratel, Indotel – Regional Cybersecurity, greater internet representation top LatAm claims at global internet forum – Regional Dominican Republic telcos object to approval of Orange acquisition – Dominican R. Digicel sells 60,000 own-brand smartphones – Jamaica CWC…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 04/11/14
Cuba controversy: Castro cries foul, US pleads innocence – Cuba Indotel approves Orange Dominicana sale – Dominican R. USAID accuses AP of inaccuracies in Cuba controversy – Cuba Jamaica to earn US$115mn in 700 MHz spectrum sale, renewals – Jamaica Dominican Republic’s telecom regulator resumes…
ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition
Ooredoo and ITU, the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology are looking for the most promising tech start-ups aimed at inspiring the creation, aggregation or digitization of local content, particularly in non-Latin scripts. This may involve local script content, or resolving the…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 04/04/14
Friday, April 4, 2014 Indotel finalizing tougher service quality regulations, price caps – Dominican R. Columbus International completes US$1.25bn bond offering – Regional Could Cuba’s foreign investment reform boost the telecoms sector? – Cuba Digicel expands presence in Turks & Caicos – Caribbean Roundup: Orange,…
CANTO Weekly Newsletter – BNamericas: 03/28/14
Digicel to build underground fiber optic network in Jamaica – Jamaica Columbus International to issue US$1.25bn unsecured notes – Barbados CA pushes telcos to go beyond MDM with enterprise mobility platform – Regional Telefónica announces global content delivery partnership with Akamai – Regional Panama renews…