The Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) market is set to explode in Latin America as the region’s mobile market matures, new regulations come into force and more network operators open their doors to MVNO partners.
Almost every Latin American mobile operator launched 3G services in 2008, as the region’s carriers scrambled to push data services in order to offset falling voice revenues and satisfy consumers’ growing hunger for value added products.
UK-headquartered speech to text specialist Spinvox has signed a deal with Spanish carrier Telefónica that will see its text voicemail service made available to Telefónica’s entire Latin American customer base. The carrier has almost 125 million customers in the region.
Lack of spectrum availability has held back WiMAX growth in key Latin American markets, but there are signs this barrier is coming down. For such a culturally and economically diverse region as Latin America-which stretches from Mexico to Argentina and has 19 independent countries in between-it might seem inappropriate to talk about ‘Latin American trends’. [...]
Millicom International Cellular, the mobile carrier headquartered in Luxembourg, has launched 3G services in Guatemala, Honduras and, Bolivia. The launches in Paraguay, El Salvador and Colombia will follow today, tomorrow and before the end of this year respectively, completing the roll-out of 3G across all six of its markets in Latin America. Millicom says that [...]
Why operators and vendors need to study the mobile education market Issue 125 October 2005 Featuring: Latin America: High hopes, despite low ARPU Private equity funds: Targets to buy dry up
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