Latin America Telecom

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Articles in September, 2007 issue of Latin America Telecom

• Oceanic acquisition pending approval.(JAMAICA)(Oceanic Digital)(Brief article)
• Report: Pacifictel to deploy 20,000 new fixed lines in Ecuador by 2010.(ECUADOR)
• Oi agrees to US$360 million loan to expand broadband in Brazil.(BRAZIL)
• Subtel finalizes 3G auction plans.(CHILE)(Brief article)
• Venezuela likely to witness GSM expansion.(VENEZUELA)
• America Movil to invest $250 million to expand ClaroEs network in Guatemala.(GUATEMALA)
• Brazil plans to lower the number of telecom licenses.(BRAZIL)
• Anatel receives 205 comments on 3G bidding rules.(BRAZIL)
• Telmex seeks 450MHz spectrum.(MEXICO)
• Movistar introduces 3.5G broadband service in Argentina.(ARGENTINA)(Brief article)
• SeCom resolution allows telcos to provide fixed wireless.(ARGENTINA)
• Anatel drops telefonica/telecom Italia discussion from meeting.(BRAZIL)
• LatiNode expands VoIP coverage to Guatemala, Honduras.(HONDURAS)
• ParticipantsE efforts drive the robust growth of Latin American broadband services market.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)(Industry overview)
• 3G Americas study reports 250,000 potential 3G users in Uruguay.(URUGUAY)
• Vivo makes an offer of $639 million for stakes in Tele Norte and Telemig.(BRAZIL)
• BrazilEs Vivo sees cellular market share drop in July.(BRAZIL)(Vivo Participacoes)(Brief article)
• Cablevision affiliate to buy Bestel for US$325 million.(MEXICO)
• Telefonica Ecuador interconnects to iBasis for termination of international calls.(ECUADOR)
• Brazilian forum for digital TV selects Coding TechnologiesE and DTSEs MPEG-4 aacPlus/ DTS audio solution for digital terrestrial Television based on ISDB-T.(BRAZIL)
• Digicel selects Alvarion for Cayman WiMAX network.(CAYMAN ISLANDS)
• MetroNet wires Mexico.(MEXICO)
• Internet users in Colombia (millions).
• Ecuadorian mobile users rise to 9.25 million in H1 2007.(ECUADOR)(Brief article)
• Fresh slateE contract negotiations to start next month.(ECUADOR)(Brief article)
• Anatel says BrazilEs mobile user base near 111 million.(BRAZIL)(Brief article)
• Dotcom receives MVNO license.(CHILE)(mobile virtual network operator)(Brief article)
• Dauphin picks Transmode.(ST. MARTIN)(Dauphin Telecom)(Transmode Systems AB)(Brief article)
• Indec statistics may be inflated.(ARGENTINA)(Brief article)
• Claro to take control of Amazonia Celular from Vivo.(BRAZIL)
• America Movil told to pay taxes or leave country.(ECUADOR)
• VenezuelaEs telecom segment grows by 28 percent.(VENEZUELA)
• Telefonica has spent $1.1 billion in Ecuador.(ECUADOR)
• Brazil is likely to approve investment in Telecom Italia.(BRAZIL)
• Neovia and Redline initiate US$30 million WiMAX network in Brazil.(BRAZIL)
• MexicoEs Iusacell eyes expansion into Latin America.(MEXICO)(Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V.)
• Mobile banking hits Argentina.(ARGENTINA)
• PhoneBrasil announces $60 million JV with Amitelo and contract with Colombia government for 5 years.(BRAZIL)
• Wipro announces new global development center in Mexico.(MEXICO)
• Indigo questions BTC monopoly.(BAHAMAS)(Bahamas Telecommunications Company)(Systems Resource Group )(Brief article)
• Brasil Telecom: Q2 2007 net profits up 39 percent year-on-year to $77.58 million.(BRAZIL)(Financial report)
• Anatel to assess TEF, TI deal.(BRAZIL)(Anatel Brazil)(Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A.)(Telefonica)
• Iusacell contracts RFS for supply of equipment.(MEXICO)
• Entel Movil of Bolivia starts mobile service in rural Tarija.(BOLIVIA)