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December
Investment of $5.4bn will include cable to US, improved networks and bids for 4G spectrum
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3i appoints chairman after spending $53m on minority stake in Brazil cable company Blue Interactive
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LTE services based on Alcatel-Lucent’s kit to start in Montevideo and Punta del Este
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DirecTV’s Sky Brazil introduces TD-LTE services using NSN infrastructure
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Caribbean operator Lime to offer up to 130 TV channels over broadband internet connection
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TIM Participações wins most as it acquires nine blocks of 1800 megahertz spectrum for $61m
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November
Colombian government may liquidate Colombia Telecomunicaciones venture with Telefónica over capitalisation plan
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African Development Bank and Brazilian investors back project linking Africa, South America, North America and Europe
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América Móvil and AT&T to work together on VPN services for multinational firms in Latin America
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Telefónica and China Unicom reach strategic agreement to use points of presence on each other’s networks
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TV programme producer Azteca wins tender to build fibre optic network in Colombia
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October
Eircom confirms that it received third party offer but does not name Digicel
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UNE of Colombia splits LTE contracts between Huawei for phase one and Ericsson for phase two
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Telefónica spends $395m on Venezuela subsidiary to enhance 3G network and digital TV service, and waits for LTE approval
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Telefónica aims for 100% ownership of two cable operators in Brazil if regulator approves
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Chile regulator Subtel agrees service launch using Telefónica’s Movistar infrastructure
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Mexico’s Grupo Salinas claims Telmex and Nextel have not launched services using 3.5 GHz spectrum licences
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Telefónica Brazil’s Vivo plans to grow data transmission capacity in Amazonas state
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Carlos Slim’s América Móvil looks to buy the remaining 40% stake in Teléfonos de México
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América Móvil teams up with Citigroup for $50m mobile banking joint venture across Latin America
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September
National fibre optic project will grow the number of internet connections to 8.8 million by 2014
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Caribbean operator starts upgrade with 21 megabit HSPA in the Cayman Islands
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Spanish operator’s Brazilian unit will switch to Vivo brand by first quarter of 2012 following merger
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TIM Brasil says Telecom Italia has no plans to sell any of its 67% stake in the Brazilian operator
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Telefónica creates global resource unit, moves Spain into Europe and puts digital operation in UK
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Telefónica poised to merge fixed and mobile operations after Colombia decides to reduce stake in Colombia Telecomunicaciones
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August
Government has granted approval for Digicel acquisition of Claro network and spectrum as part of three-country swap
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Regulator calculates that Telefónica’s Movistar unit must pay $830m for licence-renewal in Peru
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Carlos Slim’s Brazilian operator plans to take majority stake in cable operator Net Serviços after new law is passed
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Porto Seguro and Telecom Datora win licences to operate as MVNO on TIM Brasil network
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New law will allow telecoms operators to compete in the cable television sector
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Brazilian operator looks at running LTE alongside 2G in the 1.8 gigahertz band
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Telefónica Moviles wins 15 megahertz, while Tigo and Comcel win 5 megahertz each
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Hong Kong and Latin American companies agree to interconnect ethernet services
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Directors support move by Carlos Slim to merge Telmex with América Móvil in $6.5bn deal
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Revisions could lead to market concentration, warns president of Brazil ISP association
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July
Competition regulator investigates Carlos Slim’s deal with satellite company following rivals’ complaints
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Move by Portuguese government removes obstacle to merger of Portugal Telecom with Oi of Brazil
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Telecom Italia buys Brazilian energy company’s optical fibre network through TIM Celular
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Government’s Niba network plans to deliver up to 10 gigabits to 39 nodes after $7bn investment
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Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei win as Ecuadorian state operator shifts network to HSPA
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June
Central American operator confirms that deployment of HSPA+ is already underway
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Collaboration solutions for Mexican enterprise market following agreement with Carlos Slim’s phone company
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Competition from Telefónica and TIM pushes Mexican operator to invest $1.19bn in Claro
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Telecoms vendor aims to double production of radio base stations in São Paulo
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Centro Empresarial and Conecel Holding have been banned from bringing claims against Ecuadorean operator
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May
Alcatel-Lucent is reported to have won a contract with Carlos Slim’s company to build fibre to a million homes in Mexico
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The Brazilian regulator is to sell spectrum licences for WiMax in the 3.5GHz band
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April
AT&T has sold its 49% interest in Mexican telecom operator Alestra to co-investor Alfa
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Telefónica plans 20% workforce cuts in Spain as CEO Cesar Alierta focuses on Latin America and Germany
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Satelites Mexicanos has filed for Chapter 11 protection for the second time in less than five years
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MVS Comunicaciones is to build an LTE network in Mexico in a consortium involving Intel and Clearwire
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March
Operators should go back to basics, Telecom Italia's Franco Bernabè tells Global Telecoms Business
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Operators should go back to basics — the consumers — says Franco Bernabè, who has run Telecom Italia for three years
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Portugal Telecom now owns 25% of Brazilian operator Oi, which may also buy 10% of PT
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Telefónica is restructuring its shareholding in Brazilian carriers Telesp and Vivo, to end up with 73.8% of Telesp
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US-owned Latin American operator NII, which trades as Nextel, is raising about $500m
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Telefónica CEO César Alierta tells Brazilian president of plan to expand services and networks
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CEO Franco Bernabè becomes executive chairman with new heads of Italian and Latin American operations
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Telecom Italia now owns 68% of Sofora, the company that controls Telecom Argentina
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Mexico’s Telmex is to split off, with one company focusing on rural and marginal areas of the country
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Nokia Siemens Networks has won the contract to upgrade and manage UTS’s Caribbean optical networks
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Brazilian regional power company Copel is building a 3,000 km fibre network with the help of NSN
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February
Vivo, the Brazilian operator controlled by Telefónica, is expected to invest $2bn this year
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Nextel operations in Mexico and Brazil are to use Huawei for their 3G roll out
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Carlos Slim's fixed and mobile operations in Mexico are to swap $1.3bn of debt
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January
Vietnamese operator Viettel has won the fourth mobile licence for Peru and plans to start operations this year
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Portugal Telecom and Brazil’s Oi are exchanging shares, which will see PT take 22% of Oi for $5bn
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European Union regulators are probing Telefónica and Portugal Telecom for possible antitrust violations
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New cable creates Cable & Wireless Communications Caribbean ring between Latin America and US
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A new high-capacity submarine cable will link the Cuban city of Santiago with Venezuela and later Jamaica
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Telefónica and América Móvil will be the first mobile operators to compete with Costa Rica’s incumbent
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Portugal Telecom has raised $120m by selling its 30% stake in UOL, a Brazilian ISP