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Providing Brazilians with a safer, more secure and convenient mobile experience
Tuesday 25 February, 2014 | Uncategorized
At the end of 2013, it was estimated that Brazil had: 114 million unique subscribers, accounting for over a third of Latin America’s total. 274 million mobile connections, with a market penetration of 136 per cent. 111 million mobile broadband connections, making it the ...
Providing Brazilians with a safer, more secure and convenient mobile experience
Wednesday 19 February, 2014 | Uncategorized
At the end of 2013, it was estimated that Brazil had: 114 million unique subscribers, accounting for over a third of Latin America’s total. 274 million mobile connections, with a market penetration of 136 per cent. 111 million mobile broadband connections, making it the ...
New GSMA report reveals how spectrum licence uncertainty jeopardises mobile services in Latin America
Wednesday 19 February, 2014 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
Greater Certainty and Longevity for Spectrum Licensing is Vital for Ongoing Investment in Mobile Networks Across the Region ...
New GSMA report demonstrates that LTE and Television services can coexist in Brazil
Friday 17 January, 2014 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
The GSMA today released findings of a new study from ATDI1, which examines ways to mitigate interference between new LTE mobile ...
The Digital Dividend in Latin America
Friday 20 December, 2013 | Uncategorized
A substantial amount of low-frequency spectrum is being freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television. This is known as the Digital Dividend. The 700MHz band (698–806MHz) offers an excellent balance between transmission capacity and geographic ...
Roaming Services in Latin America
Friday 20 December, 2013 | Roaming
Mobile operators from Latin America have developed roaming services in a remarkable way. Many of them- large, medium and small companies- offer services comparable (or superior in some cases) to operators in other regions with more developed economies such as Europe or ...
Mobile and Health in Latin America
Friday 20 December, 2013 | Uncategorized
The GSMA recognises that there is public concern about the siting of antennas and the use of mobile devices. These are low powered radio services and it is the GSMA opinion based on expert scientific reviews that there are no established health risks from exposures to radio ...
Infrastructure Sharing in Latin America
Thursday 19 December, 2013 | Infra
There is an increasing trend for mobile network operators (MNOs) in Latin America to adopt a variety of infrastructure models. This is being driven mainly by commercial and efficiency considerations, rather than regulatory mandates(1). GSMA understands that any ...
Beyond Coverage: The opportunity for mobile operators to improve access to energy in Latin America
Tuesday 17 December, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
Across Latin America and the Caribbean, millions of people live in energy poverty without access to lighting clean cooking solutions or connection ...
Plenary #40: Facilitate the networks deployment is key for the future investments that mobile operators are planning
Monday 2 December, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
The GSMA LA Plenary #40 in Lima had more than 350 attendees as a key meeting point for the mobile ecosystem. The meeting also provided the opportunity to focus the efforts on the next wave of investments coming in 2014 such as the start of deploying LTE in the region. More ...
The Digital Dividend in Latin America
Tuesday 26 November, 2013 | DD
A substantial amount of low-frequency spectrum is being freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television. This is known as the Digital Dividend. The 700MHz band (698–806MHz) offers an excellent balance between transmission capacity and geographic ...
GSMA report reveals fullscope of mobile’s impact on Latin America’s economies
Tuesday 19 November, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
A Transparent and Predictable Regulatory Environment is Needed to Support Future Investment and Innovation in the Region Ahead of today’s GSMA Latin America(1) Plenary Meeting #40 in Peru(2), the GSMA released a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the mobile industry ...
Rio de Janeiro launches pilot for public transportation NFC ticketing with smartphones
Friday 18 October, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
nfcriohomePartnership with mobile operators and smartphone supplier allows using mobile phone as a RioCard transit card and checking balances on the screen Rio de Janeiro will be the first city in Brazil...
LTE Roaming at the Center of BARG LA Agenda
Friday 13 September, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
The Billing & Roaming Working Group at GSMA Latin America held its annual meeting to discuss the latest innovations in the sector. Sixteen national carriers attended the meeting along with different suppliers from the industry. Key executives from more than 16 national ...
Consistent standards needed to ensure safe access to mobiles for all South Americans
Tuesday 3 September, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
The UN agency for IT has called on governments in Latin America to adopt a consistent science-based approach to the management of human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from mobile phone...
Ericsson Mobility Report: On the pulse of the Networked Society
Friday 30 August, 2013 | English News
Ericsson has performed in-depth data traffic measurements since the early days of mobile broadband from a large base of live networks covering all regions of the world. The aim of this report is to share analysis based on these measurements, internal forecasts...
Faster allocation of bandwidth required to support LTE growth in Latin America
Wednesday 28 August, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
AWS spectrum leading the way to regional 4G-LTE harmonisation. Less than half of Latin American countries (excluding the Caribbean) have been allocated additional spectrum in order to launch 4G-LTE, according to our research. This trend shows the underlying need...
CRT13: The digital gap and the use of ICTs to eradicate poverty, key topics at the Panama regional conference
Friday 2 August, 2013 | English News
More than 350 representatives of the public and private sector came together from July 23-26 for the 1st Regional Telecommunications Conference. Participants included state ministers, regulators and high-ranking mobile network operators from across Latin America...
New GSMA study reveals how mobile broadband has the potential to connect 149 million Latin Americans living at the bottom of the income pyramid
Wednesday 24 July, 2013 | English News
A new report published today by GSMA Latin America reveals that mobile broadband has the potential to bridge the digital divide and connect 149 million people that live today at the bottom of the socio-demographic...
GSMA: Innovative roaming packages are reducing rates and significantly improving services across Latin America
Tuesday 16 July, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
A new GSMA report released today shows that significant developments in the Latin American international roaming market have reduced the cost of data plans by 60 per cent and voice plans by 40 per cent over the past three years...