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Telecommunications / Perspectives

"We're expecting a boom in the data segment in 1-2 years"

Anthony Piniella

Corporate communications director
Amdocs


With the implementation of number portability in some countries across Latin America, and future plans for other countries to do the same, operators see the need to improve customer care services in order to avoid subscriber migration, thus providing fertile hunting grounds for US customer management solutions provider Amdocs. Amdocs sees increasing business opportunities throughout Latin America, and BNamericas talked to company corporate communications director, Anthony Piniella, to know more

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Increased productivity at the click of a button


Pierre Rodríguez

CALA region operations and marketing director
Polycom

October 30, 2009

ernational corporate service providers AT&T Global and Orange Business Services recently made Unified Communications announcements, the former expanding its telepresence platform to its Mexican operations, the latter upgrading its IP services portfolio acr more No permission

We didn't feel the impact of the crisis in Brazil


Marcelo Motta & Carlos Inglez

Solutions and marketing director/Marketing manager for mobile networks
Huawei

October 23, 2009

h the development of 3G network infrastructure across Brazil, Huawei continues to see increasing business opportunities in this segment. But the possibilities don't stop there. The Chinese company also sees growth potential in other segments, such as more No permission

Weekly Wrap|Perspectives

Published: Friday, November 06, 2009

Brazil took center stage once again this week, with the eternal debate between government regulation and free market economy physically manifesting itself in the battle between local telco Telefônica Telesp and French communications and entertainment group Vivendi for control of Brazilian telephony and internet provider GVT.

Less than 24 hours after GVT shareholders approved the removal of a poison pill clause from company bylaws, Telesp - the local unit of Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica - upped its offer for the firm to 50.50 reais per GVT share, thereby trumping its own previous highest offer of 48.00 reais per share. The latest offer pegs a value on GVT of some US$3.7bn.

The move is seen as a preemptive strike against Vivendi, which had originally submitted an unsolicited bid of 42.00 reais for GVT. The highest price may indeed prevail as Vivendi has said it would not enter a price war to acquire GVT, but market observers see the bid from Telesp as just another move to stifle competition, closing the market up and making it difficult for other international players to come into Brazil.

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Coming Up

  • November  06, 2009

    Comments are to be received until this date by development bank Nafin, under communications and transport ministry SCT's public consultation period on the planned auction of two strands of dark fiber. - Mexico

  • November  06, 2009

    Brokerage Celfin's purchase of a 20% stake in triple play operator VTR, from local industrial conglomerate Cristalerías de Chile for 167bn pesos (US$300mn), is subject to certain conditions being met by this date. - Chile

  • November  09, 2009

    Telefônica Telep plans to launch internet service on this date, with access speeds of 250Kbps, under the so-called "Programa Banda Larga Popular" which looks to bring low-cost broadband services to poorer households throughout São Paulo state. - Brazil

  • November  09, 2009

    The Office of Utilities Regulation expects to submit a determination notice on this date in its consultation to estimate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for telecommunications carriers. - Jamaica

  • November  10, 2009

    Executives from the principal telecoms operators will gather in Panama on this date at the NGT Latin America Summit to discuss technology investment to support market growth. - Regional