Colombia delays LTE auction until December
Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) and the Spectrum Agency (ANE) have once again postponed the auction of spectrum licenses set to support LTE services. The delay...
View ArticleVirgin Mobile secures $11M for Chilean operations; to launch in Colombia...
After securing U.S.$26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business and launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in Chile, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) announced...
View ArticleColombia’s Emcali invests $460,000 to expand public Wi-Fi coverage
Colombian municipally owned company Empresas Municipales de Cali (Emcali) is investing U.S.$460,000 to expand public Wi-Fi throughout the city of Cali. According to the company, 140 more cells will be...
View ArticleBancolombia goes mobile; buys majority stake in MVNO Uff Móvil for $11.5M
Colombia’s largest bank is making a bold move into mobile with the acquisition of a majority stake in Uff Móvil. Bancolombia (NYSE: CIB) is paying $11.51 million (21 billion of Colombian pesos) for a...
View ArticleChilean GTD enters Colombian telecom market with acquisition of Flywan
CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (COLOMBIA)– Chilean fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD is expanding its business and will start operating in the Colombian telecom market. On September 3, the...
View ArticleColombia to have more LTE providers by end of year, says ICT minister
CARTAGENA, Colombia—”Before the end of this year, we hope to have more operators to offer LTE services,” said Colombian ICT Minister Diego Molano Vega, during the opening session Andicom (read all...
View ArticleColombian m-banking boosted by Bancolombia’s Uff Móvil purchase
CARTAGENA, Colombia—Bancolombia’s acquisition of a 70% stake in Colombia’s MVNO Uff Móvil is a milestone for m-banking development in the country. The purchase means the same company will manage both...
View ArticleVirgin Mobile to launch MVNOs in Colombia and Brazil over next nine months
CARTAGENA, Colombia—Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) is set to launch mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Colombia during the last quarter this year and in Brazil during the second half of...
View ArticleCRC: Mobile broadband major driver of Colombian ICT growth
Mobile broadband will be a major contributor to increasing Internet connectivity in Colombia, Carlos Andrés Rebellón, executive director of the Colombian telecommunications regulator, CRC, told RCR...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent scores Colombia broadband network deal
Azteca Comunicaciones Colombia tapped Alcatel-Lucent to help with the installation and operation of a national fiber optic telecommunications network designed to benefit people in 753 municipalities....
View ArticleChanges at top for Colombia’s CRC, Telefónica
Major leadership changes were announced this week at the Colombian telecommunications regulator (CRC) and the Spanish telecom operator Telefónica. CRC’s executive director, Carlos Andrés Rebellón, has...
View ArticleETB to issue $600 million in bonds abroad for fiber optic network expansion
ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota), a Colombian state-owned telecommunication company, plans to issue U.S.$600 million in bonds in international capital markets to fund the expansion of its...
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: Excluding Claro from Colombia’s LTE auction is counterproductive
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Despite all the...
View ArticleColombia moves toward LTE in 700 MHz; Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson to conduct tests
Colombia telecom regulators seem to be moving toward enabling spectrum in the 700 MHz band, internationally known as the digital dividend, to enhance high-speed mobile Internet benefits in rural areas....
View ArticleColombia postpones LTE auction to February, allows Claro to bid
Colombia’s LTE auction has been postponed again. The government announced that it will take place in February next year, and América Móvil’s Claro will be allowed to bid in the 2.5 GHz. The main reason...
View ArticlePromonLogicalis buys Cibercall in Colombia and Ecuador, eyeing Andean expansion
Colombia is becoming a very interesting country for investors. With the Vive Digital plan, the government is looking to boost Internet penetration in Colombia to decrease poverty, generate jobs and...
View ArticleColombian telecom operators complain about Claro’s wireless monopoly
Seven telecom operators have joined together to ask the Colombian government to make the wireless market more competitive. Avantel, Azteca, DirecTV, ETB, Movistar, Une and Tigo released a joint...
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: What is the big deal about LTE spectrum auctions in Latin...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. Spectrum...
View ArticleAnalyst Angle: Colombian mobile market cap proposal doesn’t benefit consumers
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. More than 200...
View ArticleVirgin Mobile set to launch Colombian MVNO, secures $14M in funding
Virgin Mobile Latin America Inc. (VMLA) closed a second debt funding agreement with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to fund its operations in Colombia. The debt facility is up to U.S.$14...
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