Chile

Telefónica del Sur (Telsur), a fixed-line operator, has reached an agreement with mobile market leader Movistar to use the latter's network in order to provide mobile services.... 2008-11-18

Telefónica Chile has announced that it will double the speed of its broadband services without altering the price of the packages. The news comes just days after the company's... 2008-11-11

Spain's Telefónica has acquired the remaining 55.1% stake it did not already hold in its Chilean telecoms unit, Telefónica Chile (CTC). Telefónica acquired series A shares... 2008-09-16

Peru's upcoming WiMAX licensing spectrum auction is to see the participation of Chinese operator ChinaTel. The company announced that it was interested in the spectrum in a press... 2008-09-12

Wireless and push-to-talk (PTT) operator Nextel has said it will increase investment in 3G technology in order to improve its standing in the four Latin American mobile markets in... 2008-08-15

One of Chile's largest alternative broadband providers has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to deploy its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in a district of the country's capital, Santiago.... 2008-07-30

Struggling equipment manufacturer Motorola has announced the reorganisation of its Home and Mobility Networks unit into three smaller divisions. The creation of these units will... 2008-07-28

Latin American digital trunking operator Nextel has reported an 84.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in profits for Q208. The operator is owned by US holding company NII Holdings... 2008-07-24

Former long-distance monopoly operator Entel has said that it sees itself developing as a technology solutions provider for business. Moving further away from its traditional telecoms... 2008-07-08

Latin America's largest internet service provider (ISP), Terra, has acquired exclusive rights to broadcast the 2008 Olympic Games live over the internet in Latin America, the company... 2008-07-08