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Harris Corp. Brazil: With Federative Republic of Brazil to provide Falcon III and Falcon II tactical radios to the country’s armed forces. Brazil will deploy the radios in a range of humanitarian,...
View ArticleTelevisa in talks with Iusacell over possible partnership
Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV) said it was currently in talks with mobile operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. regarding a potential partnership that could see Televisa add a...
View ArticleTelevisa invests $1.6B for stake in Mexico’s Iusacell
Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator Group Iusacell S.A. de C.V. that will allow Televisa to add mobile services to its...
View ArticleBoost Mobile bolsters international flair with rate plan options
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continues to tweak its prepaid efforts adding a more pronounced international flair to its Boost Mobile subsidiary. Boost Mobile customers can now add unlimited calling,...
View ArticleNII extends iDEN handset deal through 2014
Motorola Mobility Inc.’s (MMI) iDEN technology either received a new lease on life or an expiration date today as the company announced an extension to its supplier agreement to supply iDEN handset to...
View ArticleNextel Mexico announces US$ 375 M loan from the China Development Bank to...
Nextel Mexico has signed an agreement with China Development Bank (CDB) to receive a US$ 375 million loan in order to acquire 3G network infrastructure from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a global...
View ArticleBits & Bytes: Altair approved by China; Cellular South becomes C Spire...
Altair Semiconductor, 4G LTE chipsets, announced that its “FourGee-3100/6200 TDD/FDD-LTE” chipset has been approved by China for use in LTE networks. The Chinese Ministry of IT approval comes after...
View ArticleFeature Report: Peru: A mobile market set for growth
Dominated by the two largest Latin American telecom operators, Peru’s wireless market still holds promise. As observers have noted, there is room to grow in Peru as mobile penetration is at 96%, 2G...
View ArticleCarrier Wrap: NII Holdings looks to unload Peru operations; LTE continues to...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest...
View ArticleNII Holdings sells off Peru operations for $400M
NII Holdings, which is based in Reston, Va., announced it has sold its Peru operations to Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ENTel) for $400 million. The deal furthers NII’s plans to focus its...
View ArticleNII, Motorola launch PTT app in wake of Sprint Nextel iDEN shut down
Looking to continue push-to-talk communication capabilities between customers across the Western Hemisphere, NII Holdings and Motorola announced a smartphone application that will allow users in the...
View ArticleLatAm Wrap-Up: Nextel to launch LTE in some cities; Colombia prepares $53M...
When NII Holdings reported its third quarter results. The carrier, which is also known as Nextel in Latin America, also announced plans to deploy LTE in select cities in 2014. According to NII Holdings...
View ArticleLatAm Wrap-Up: Vivo targets postpaid and data, claims it follows antitrust...
Despite a recent negative antitrust ruling, Vivo, the Brazilian unit of Spanish Telefónica, views 2013 as a good year. The carrier focused on increasing its postpaid base and encouraging data usage...
View ArticleLatAm Wrap-Up: NII Holdings,Telefónica sign 3G network sharing deal
Telefónica has agreed to provide NII Holdings’ subsidiaries in Brazil and Mexico with nationwide voice and data coverage services using the Telefónica’s 3G wireless networks in those markets. NII...
View ArticleNextel identifies revenue sharing difficulties in the B2B2C model
Sharing revenue in a business to business to consumer (B2B2C) model can be complex from an IT point of view. How is revenue apportioned and how is it measured? In addition, what should carriers do to...
View ArticleNII Holdings taps Shindler to replace Dussek as interim CEO
Another change has come to the c-level team at NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America. The company announced that Steven Shindler, currently the chairman of the board,...
View ArticleNextel quietly launches 3G data plans in Brazil
With little fanfare, NII Holdings’ Brazilian operations, Nextel Brazil, has started to offer 3G data plans in a handful of markets across the country. The carrier has started to sell modem data plan...
View ArticleLatAm Wrap Up: Entel buys Nextel Peru; Virgin Mobile MVNO launches in Colombia
Last week was a busy one for Latin American carriers. While U.S.-based NII Holdings announced it is exiting Peru by selling its Nextel operations to Entel, Virgin Mobile announced the soft launch of...
View ArticleLatAm Wrap-Up: Brazil’s carriers meet LTE goals for Confederations Cup
April 30 was the final day to deploy LTE networks in the Brazilian host cities of the FIFA Confederations Cup, and the largest four carriers that were granted LTE licenses met the deadline. Telefónica...
View ArticleLatAm Wrap-Up: TIM up, Nextel down in Q2; LTE tests in Venezuela
While TIM posted a 12% rise in its second-quarter profit, beating forecasts on strong cost controls, NII Holdings’ Nextel operations presented a consolidated net loss of $386 million. TIM, Brazil’s...
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