Venezuela

On December 28th 2012, the state-owned National Telephone Company of Venezuela (CANTV) announced revenues of VEF16bn (US$3.72bn) for its mobile subsidiary, Movitel, in for 2012., of... 2013-01-03

Operators in Venezuela's telecoms market invested VEF4.42bn (US$1.028bn) in the first nine months of 2012, up 53.3% y-o-y. The regulator's Q312 data release comes as second-ranked Movistar... 2012-11-02

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

Venezuela's third-ranked mobile operator Digitel aims to launch LTE services in the country by the end of 2012. Nevertheless, it aims to continue 3G network deployment as its main strategy... 2012-10-23

Telefónica released its Q212 results a day early, along with announcing the suspension of dividend payments and share buybacks until the end of 2012. While results were disappointing,... 2012-07-26

Eight state-owned telecoms companies have inaugurated the Telecoms Organisation of the Americas (OITA). The companies plan to cooperate on regulatory, technological and commercial issues,... 2012-03-23

The Venezuelan Central Bank is to make more foreign exchange available to importers by changing the rules governing the Cadivi and Sitme. BMI believes the move may provide a welcome... 2012-03-12

Digitel revealed in February 2012 that it is to invest US$150mn to expand the capacity of its 3G network. This is a positive sign for the Venezuelan market, which is suffering a dearth... 2012-02-07

Despite announcements that Venezuela's state mobile handset producer Orinoquia surpassed production targets in Q111 and is expected to produce 700,000 Vergatorio handsets this year,... 2011-04-21

Mobile operator Telefónica has renewed demands to allow the repatriation of US$3bn from Venezuela, but BMI continues to doubt that the government will allow such significant volumes... 2011-04-07