Peru

Peru's government will launch mobile banking (m-banking) services by the end of 2013 as the Electronic Money Law (Ley de Dinero Electrónico) comes into effect. The law was... 2013-03-22

NII Holdings, the parent company for Nextel's Latin American operations, released its preliminary results for 2012 earlier this week. Chairman Steve Shindler described the results as... 2013-02-07

Sonda, the Chilean IT services provider and systems integrator, has reported fourth quarter and year-end 2012 results that show a strong underlying performance, despite a noticeable... 2013-02-04

Telefónica has renewed its operator licence with the Peruvian government for a further 18 years and 10 months, despite an ongoing dispute over unpaid taxes. The company described... 2013-01-23

Chile's Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) is looking to expand its Peruvian operations through the acquisition of Nextel Perú, and has allegedly placed an offer... 2013-01-08

Peru's largest mobile operator, Movistar, is offering subscribers a low- cost tablet computer with a monthly mobile broadband connection and aims to sell 50,000 units by February 2013.... 2012-11-21

Incumbent Telefónica is seeking three licence renewals with the Peruvian government. The ministry of transport and communications (MTC) says it will have a definitive answer... 2012-11-05

Peru's telecoms regulator, Osiptel, has begun a public consultation on creating new measurements of operator client care. Proposed changes will include the speed at which queries are... 2012-11-01

Tanzania's mobile market is gearing up for more competition with the expected arrival of a fast-growing international telecoms operator. According to local media reports in Vietnam,... 2012-10-08

Following poor Q212 results, NII Holdings' share price plummeted by 24%. The company added just 235,000 net additions in the quarter, operating revenue was down 15% from the level reported... 2012-08-08