Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (Etecsa) – the state owned operator in Cuba has permitted the general public to access e-mail via their mobile devices. Limited to emails address with the domain @nauta.cu, cubans can now receive messages on their mobile phones. And at this time, no other webmail or free e-mail service is permitted, thus subscribers are recommended to redirect mail to their Nauta account.
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Movistar Peru launches LTE service
Movistar Peru has commercially launched its LTE network and plans to invest over USD 400 million over the next five years in the network deployment for the launch and expansion of 4G services. Currently covering 7 districts of Lima, Movistar’s LTE network includes Cercado de Lima, La Molina, Miraflores, San Borja, San Isidro, San Miguel and Santiago de Surco. Under the terms of its license, Telefonica will have to deploy 4G services in 234 district capitals and towns over the next five years.
Embratel to invest 2.2 billion BRL in Claro Brasil
Brazilian fixed line operator Embratel Participacoes plans to invest BRL 2.2 billion in mobile network operator Claro Brasil. Both companies are owned by America Movil. The initiative follows a board meeting in April, when Embratel, Net Servicos and Claro agreed to consolidate their activities and integrate fixed and mobile operations.
Embratel’s investment will be made in the form of purchase of Claro shares, giving Embratel a minority stake in the company. According to Embratel, the investment should facilitate the merger of the fixed and mobile platforms and the offer of integrated services to customers.
Vodafone enters Brazil market with Datora Telecom partnership
Vodafone has launched Vodafone Brazil with Datora Telecom and plans to develop and offer machine-to-machine (M2M) products to business customers in the region. Under the Vodafone Partner Market agreement, Vodafone’s non-equity partner Datora Telecom will re-brand its mobile arm to Vodafone Brazil, effective immediately.
Datora Telecom will also work with Vodafone Group Enterprise to develop and offer machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services to business customers, with unified voice and data mobile communications services and advanced enterprise roaming propositions to follow in 2014.
Vodafone says its new Vodafone Brasil partner market relationship with Datora Telecom will help support the growing number of multinational companies looking to expand in Brazil. Around half of Vodafone’s 1,700 multinational customers already have employees based in the country, and the trend is expected to continue. In 2012, Datora Telecom set up a dedicated M2M unit and has now installed more than 230,000 M2M connections for corporate customers
LatAm 3G and 4G Expected to Drive Mobile Revenues Over $100 Billion by 2017
According to research firm Frost & Sullivan, mobile services markets revenue in Latin America will eclipse USD $100 billion by 2017, growing by around 40% in just five years. What are the growth factors? Data networks like 3G, 4G, and LTE implementation are expected to make an unprecedented push into all markets of the region, with adoption rates as high or higher than almost anywhere else in the world.
These lofty predictions are based on a consistent increase in investments into 3G and 4G expansion, paired with aggressive marketing and improved quality of services by regional mobile operators. That, plus a population quickly becoming more adept to technology, especially smartphones has made the mobile services market one of the strongest on the continent.
Smartphone usership has also increased dramatically in places like Brazil, where local production has lowered costs, and made phones affordable and available to a larger percent of the population than ever before. With a greater number of overall mobile users, the natural progression will be growth in services; a concept not lost on local and international telecoms.
Subsidized prices and easy installment platforms will also be a big contributing factor in the mobile market growth, according to Frost & Sullivan. Mobile companies have diversified their market by offering pre-paid plans, and adjusted plans to include middle, and lower-middle class people into the active mobile market; something that just wasn’t possible a few years ago. With a newly diverse market, mobile operators have also been able to diversify their revenue stream.
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Bahamas Boosts Mobile Coverage During '13 CARIFTA Games
This past Easter weekend, in anticipation of the 2013 CARIFTA Games, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) made a strategic move by boosting its mobile data network in The Bahamas. The company made the decision based on an expected surge in usage during the region’s main athletics meetings which took place in the islands this past weekend.
The company’s local subsidiary, BTC needed to install a new mobile cell site in order to handle the increased usage volume at the country’s National Stadium on the island of New Providence. Adding to that, BTC also installed four more sites in the region to help share what they thought was substantially heavy mobile data traffic
BTC is relatively new to the data services market, launching a service called HSPA+ in January of 2012. Since then, they have seen a major spike in data traffic over their network, especially in the past six months. The company also reports that since the launch of the new network, BTC customers are making a staggering 500,000 calls per day, which are significant numbers for the islands.
According to Geoff Houston, CEO of BTC, “What we have seen is that the pent up demand for both voice and data in The Bahamas was extraordinary. These new cellular towers will provide even better data and voice services to our mobile customers.”
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Mobile Spectrum Tender in Uruguay
Uruguay’s telecoms regulator Ursec has launched an auction of spectrum blocks in the 900 MHz, 1900 MHz and 1700 – 2100 MHz (AWS) frequency bands, for provision of mobile communications services on the local market. Interested companies are invited to acquire the tender documents by 26 February for USD 3,600. The tender winner is expected to be announced on 13 March.
The government in auctioning two spectrum blocks in the 900 MHz frequency band, six blocks in the 1900 MHz frequency bands, and nine spectrum blocks in the 1700 – 2100 MHz frequency bands. The minimum auction price for each block of 5+5 MHz has been set at USD 7.5 million