Brazil adds 2.2 million subscribers in April (Brazil)
Brazil added 2.2 million new subscribers in the month of April, representing an increase of 0.86 percent compared to March 2012. 3G terminals (mobile broadband) totaled 54.3 million hits, as reported by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
As per a report by DJN, TIM Participacoes SA added the most subscribers in the month, with 37 percent of net additions, far above second-placed Oi SA with 23 percent. Telefonica Brasil SA was third, with 22 percent of total additions, and Claro, the local unit of Mexico’s America Movil SA (was fourth with 16 percent.
Further, Telefonica, part of Spain’s Telefonica SA, was still the largest operator overall, with nearly 30 percent market share. TIM, a unit of Telecom Italia SpA was second with 27 percent, Claro was third with 24 percent and Oi had 19 percent.
Motorola Mobility and Nextel Launch Motorola i867w in White (Brazil)
Motorola Industrial Ltd and Nextel launched a white version of the Motorola i867w smartphone with exclusive Push-to-Talk (PTT) technology, designed for people with style and a lot to communicate. The new Android-powered smartphone offers instant high-performance communication, mobile Web access and text and picture messaging.
As per the company, Wagner Mendonça, iDEN sales director, Motorola Mobility Brazil, said that the Motorola i867w has a differentiated design that combines elegance with rapid communication. Whether one chooses the i867 for work, play, or both, the Motorola i867 lets one manage it all with best-in-class PTT and Android mobile technology.
The device is packed with features including Wi-Fi, 3.1 inch touch-screen, MP3 Player, Bluetooth stereo technology, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a 3 MP camera. Store images, videos and music on the included 2-gigabyte microSD HC memory card, or replace it with up to a 32 GB card, sold separately, to hold even more data.
More than 500,000 applications are available to browse and download on Google Play and the five customizable display screens let you access frequently used items rapidly. Users can also follow their social networks and use Google Mobile Services, including Google Maps with Navigation, Google Talk and Google Search right on the handset.
The Motorola i867w is commercialized with the Nextel Email application, enabling access to email accounts and messaging in real time. It enables up to ten personal email accounts and one corporate account with calendar. The handset features SWYPE for easy text entry and has two microphones with noise cancellation technology, allowing clearer conversations in noisy environments.
Brazil plans LTE auction in June 2012 (Brazil)
Brazil plans to auction spectrum in the 450MHz and 2.5GHz bandwidth on June 10 in an attempt to launch upgraded broadband technologies. According to reports, telecom operators TIM Brasil and Vivo had initially opposed the auction citing that it is too soon after the 3G rollout.
However, the regulator aims to hold the auction soon so as to ensure rollout of 4G services in time for the 2014 soccer World Cup. As per reports, operators winning the 2.5GHz spectrum will be required to launch their services by the end of 2013, in all the cities hosting the FIFA World Cup.
The operators expected to participate in the bidding are rumoured to include Claro, Oi and Nextel Brasil, along with TIM Brasil and Vivo.
TIM Brasil partners with Amdocs for Customer Experience Systems (Brazil)
Amdocs, the leading provider of customer experience systems, has announced that TIM Brasil, the second largest mobile service provider in Brazil, has selected the Amdocs CES (Customer Experience Systems) product portfolio and a range of Amdocs consulting, integration and implementation services for its new TIM Fiber residential broadband service.
Amdocs will speed time-to-market for TIM Fiber broadband services by providing the business support systems (BSS) and operational support systems (OSS) required to deliver these services. TIM’s new broadband offering follows its 2011 acquisition of AES Atimus, which operated a 5,000-kilometer fiber-optic network in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other major Brazilian cities. Amdocs is also providing the strategic business-process consulting that will allow TIM Brasil to rapidly integrate the Atimus network and begin delivering broadband services less than 12 months after the acquisition.
Luigi Longarini, chief information officer of TIM Brasil, said that following their acquisition of Atimus’ fiber-optic network last year, they knew that they needed to move quickly to consolidate their network into TIM and rapidly offer the broadband services customers are demanding. He added that they selected Amdocs for TIM Fiber based on the results the two companies have already achieved working together on the B/OSS transformation project announced last year. In addition, they are using Amdocs’ consulting and implementation services in order to ensure a seamless rollout of this new broadband service.
Rebecca Prudhomme, Amdocs vice president for product and solutions marketing, has said that Amdocs solutions will enable dynamic pricing bundles, rapid service creation and activation, and responsive customer service, while also helping TIM achieve greater operational efficiencies.
As prime contractor, Amdocs will serve as systems integrator for its own solutions and those of up to 30 other vendors, performing a wide range of services including end-to-end program management, SI (systems integration) testing and user training to ensure the entire system works seamlessly. The TIM Fiber initiative extends Amdocs’ relationship with TIM Brasil as announced in February and September 2011.
