Caribbean based, CCT Wireless has released a statement says that it is still working on restoring its GSM network following an outage across the British Virgin Islands. Customers are currently roaming onto rival Digicel’s network.
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Movistar Venezuela Plans 500 Million Dollar Network Investment
Movistar Venezuela has announced plans to invest 2.3 billion bolívars (US$535 million) upgrading its network during 2012. In addition to deploying an additional 230 base stations, the company will upgrade a further 860 base stations to HSPA+ capability.
The company also confirmed that it has been granted an additional 20Mhz block of spectrum in the 1900Mhz band.
The company added though that it is still working with the regulator on finalising its LTE deployment options.
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BVI Operators Compete for Customer Loyalty
British Virgin Islands based Digicel has topped up all prepay accounts with $15 of free credit to be used over the weekend only. At the same time, rival network, CCT is offering free access to its Wi-Fi network in a move to generate customer loyalty.
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Telefonica to Invest Heavily in Mobile Advertising in Brazil
Telefónica Digital today announced that it will make a multi million euro investment to kick start its access to the mobile advertising market in Brazil. The investment will use the UK model as a blueprint, with a local team put in place to accelerate the deployment of platforms and capabilities to harness the significant opportunity in Brazil.
Within an overall Brazilian ad market of €15 billion, which increased by 11% in 2011, mobile advertising is growing faster than in Western Europe, driven by the rapidly expanding adoption of smartphones.
The creation of a specialist mobile advertising team in Brazil will enable Telefónica and Vivo, its commercial brand, to drive revenues through faster implementation of media products and services. This includes push messaging, display advertising, loyalty products and location-based marketing.
Telefónica is further able to leverage its experience in building the mobile advertising market in Europe where it now has 23m customers opted in to receive tailored marketing communications via mobile.
“Brazil is booming and the advertising market is growing faster than Western Europe”, said Shaun Gregory, Director of Advertising at Telefónica Digital. “We will invest to build and deploy the best platforms, provide real time capabilities and accelerate these plans through acquiring the best people. Brazil is an exciting market for brands and agency groups, and we fully intend to leverage our knowledge and experience in other markets to make Brazil another important piece of the Telefonica global advertising family”
Telefónica Digital will take the learnings from the Brazilian market in developing its capabilities across the region.
Iusacell and Telefonica Agree to Share Network Infrastructure
Mexican mobile network, Iusacell and Telefonica’s local subsidiary have jointly announced an agreement to share their network infrastructure in the country.
The combined network will also start LTE trials later this year in anticipation of a commercial launch in 2013.
Under the terms of the agreement, which is slated to last for at least five years, Iusacell will gain access to Telefonica’s rural network, while Telefonica should be able to improve coverage in the cities, where Iusacell is stronger.
The network sharing deal is limited to their towers and fibre-optic networks. Where one network has coverage that the other lacks, roaming between the networks will be possible.
The companies declined to detail any commercial aspects of the deal, which still needs clearance from the regulator.
The move may help the two companies cut costs and compete with America Movil, which dominates the Mexican market with a market share of around 70%..
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Claro, Vivo, Oi and TIM win 4G licences in Brazil
Vivo, Claro, TIM Brasil and Oi have been chosen to provide the 4G mobile internet service in Brazil. The companies submitted bids of BRL 1.05 billion, BRL 630.191 million, BRL 340 million and BRL 330.851 million respectively, winning the spectrum auction held on 12 June by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel)
Frequencies in the 450 MHz band for rural mobile telephony were auctioned, too, and as there were no bids, the four operators that won the 4G auction will also be required to invest in that segment.
In the 4G auction notice, Anatel did not define what internet speeds operators must offer for the 2.5 GHz band service. For the 450 MHz band, the download speed must be at least 256 Kbps and the upload speed, 128 Kbps. In addition to the national and rural telephony lots, Anatel is also auctioning 268 lots of frequency bands for regional operations, and Sky Brasil won at least ten lots.
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6 Companies Apply for 4G Auction in Brazil
Six groups have applied to participate in Brazil’s 4G auction of spectrum in the 2.5GHz band. Regulator Anatel said it received bid proposals from Claro Brasil, TIM Brasil, Oi, Vivo, Sky Brasil and Sunrise Telecomunicacoes.
The opening of the bids is scheduled for 12 June, at Anatel’s headquarters in Brasilia. The winners will be those that offer the highest price for each frequency block. If all lots offered are sold, Anatel expects to raise at least BRL 3.85 billion, based on reserve prices. As for the 450 MHz band, which will serve to expand the coverage of telephone and internet services in rural areas, the winner will be the one offering the lowest price to the consumer. According to the licence requirements, all municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants will have 4G coverage by 31 December 2016.