Chile

Two months on from the announcement that Chilean fixed-line operators Grupo GTD and Entel would merge, the country's anti-trust agency has outlined its concerns about the deal on numerous... 2012-01-04

Chilean operators Grupo GTD and Entel have signed a non-binding letter of intent that will result in the merger of the companies. The two companies have operations across the telecoms... 2011-12-01

Conservative President Sebastián Piñera has called for the realignment of Chile's digital strategy after it fell 12 places in the UN's e-government ranking. Previously the most advanced... 2011-11-24

Latin America is set to have its first regional mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) as the UK's Virgin Mobile targets concessions in eight markets. The company was the first to... 2011-11-23

The price of consumer electronics goods in Chile have fallen 13% between August 2010 and 2011. The weaker dollar has helped make devices more affordable and unit sales have been boosted... 2011-11-02

Spanish Wi-Fi connectivity company Gowex has signed five agreements worth a total of EUR12mn with Argentine public entities. These new contracts come following the success of its Wi-Fi... 2011-10-21

Chilean telecoms regulator Subtel is to fine mobile operators Entel and Movistar CLP38mn (US$75,000) for failure of SMS services during the power blackout on September 24 2011.... 2011-10-20

América Móvil is to go full circle as the company made a US$6.5bn bid for the remaining 40% stake in Telmex it does not currently own. América Móvil was spun off from Telmex... 2011-08-02

US IT systems company Telcordia was awarded the contract to implement mobile number portability (MNP) in Chile. BMI welcomes the decision because Telcordia has a lot of experience implementing... 2011-07-27

The government of Chile aims to have at least 2mn mobile broadband subscribers by the end of 2011. This would equal or exceed the number of fixed broadband subscribers and put Chile... 2011-05-23