Brazil

Spain-based Telefonica has added a fourth dimension to its service product portfolio in Brazil. The operator, present in the fixed-line and broadband markets through TELESP, as well... 2006-10-31

The Brazilian broadband market is still in its infancy, with a penetration rate of just 2% at the end of 2005. However, subscriber numbers are growing fast, with the market expanding... 2006-10-13

The Brazilian telecoms industry is becoming an increasingly important market for Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, after the vendor reported that the country... 2006-10-09

Mexican operator Telmex, the majority shareholder in Embratel, Brazil's leading long-distance operator with a 72.4% share is to launch a public offer on the Sao Paulo stock exchange... 2006-09-29

Brazil's third-largest mobile operator Claro has revealed that it is in discussion with cable TV operator Net over plans to offer a quadruple-play package of fixed-line, mobile, internet... 2006-09-22

TIM Brasil claims to be the only cellular operator in Brazil with nationwide coverage, and to be the leading GSM operator in the country, with 17.8mn GSM subscribers in Q106 out of... 2006-09-07

Brazil's No2 mobile operator TIM Participações is bracing itself for the arrival of competition in a segment of the market it has until now had sole domination over, the sale of... 2006-08-29

According to figures recently released by Brazil's regulatory body Anatel, the GSM mobile market continued to dominate, with a 59.3% share of the local market as of end-July 2006,... 2006-08-23

Brazil's second-ranked mobile operator TIM Brasil has managed to reduce its net loss for Q206 by 25.3% to BRL249mn, against BRL333mn in the previous year, with revenues up by 14.8%... 2006-07-26

Continued reduction in the number of minutes for incoming traffic caused by the migration from fixed-mobile to mobile-mobile traffic has led to Brazil's leading mobile operator Vivo... 2006-07-24