SMA slates January 19 prequalification deadline for 3G auction

Jamaica's Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has invited companies to submit requests for proposal documents outlining prequalification requirements to participate in an auction for the provision of ...

• Colombia

   Gilat to provide services under Compartel I project until 2010

  Israeli satellite equipment supplier Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) expects to provide serv...   more

• Uruguay

   Ancel expects to reach 1.5mn mobile lines in the short term

  Uruguayan mobile telephony operator Ancel expects to reach 1.5mn mobile lines in service in the coun...   more

• Regional

   Roundup: Personal, connectivity program, Movistar, Facebook

  Argentine mobile telephony operator Personal has opened three commercial offices in Buenos Aires pro...   more

• Bolivia

   Entel expands revenues in 2008

  Bolivian state-owned operator Entel increased revenues in 2008 compared to the previous year, after ...   more

• Virgin Islands

   Innovative sells assets in chapter 11 proceedings

  The Virgin Islands' financially troubled Innovative Communication Corp (ICC) - the parent company of...   more

• Argentina

   Antitrust agency steps in on TI's plans to take full control of TEO

  Argentine antitrust agency CNDC has issued a resolution obliging European telecoms operator Telecom ...   more

• Guyana

   GT&T, internet café owners dispute use of VoIP

  Guyana incumbent telco GT&T is seeking a solution to a dispute with local internet café owners assoc...   more

• Cuba

   Etecsa adds 130k subscribers in 2008

  Cuba's state controlled telco Etecsa has added more than 130,000 mobile phone subscribers since the ...   more

• Argentina

   Report: Smartphone segment reaches 4.5% of total mobile telephony market

  The smartphone segment currently accounts for approximately 4.5% of the total mobile telephone marke...   more

• Brazil

   IN BRIEF SES New Skies to provide satellite distribution for Record

  Dutch satellite services provider SES New Skies will provide two satellites for the distribution of ...   more