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Mobile operators in Paraguay billed $455mn in the period of Jan-Sept

  • November 18th, 2008
  • 6:42 am

Mobile service operators in Paraguay have billed $455mn in first nine months of 2008, a rise of 15% since last year. The rising sales were driven by heavy investment for network expansion and upgradation by the operators.
With the end of June’08, the number of mobile phone lines reached 5.45mn mobile lines, up by 16% since last year, with nearly 757,486 new new mobile lines activated in the country in H1′08.

   

Personal totals subscriber base to 13.75Mn in Q3′08, VAS leads to rising ARPU (Argentina)

  • November 10th, 2008
  • 7:15 am

Personal, the Argentina based mobile operator, posted net profits of US$51.4million in Q3′08, a rise of 31% in comparison to $39.58 Million last year.
Personal’s revenues in Q3′08 counted to $0.55 Billion, up 23% from $0.45 billion a year earlier. The operator’s subscriber base totalled to 13.75 million in Argentina and Paraguay at the end of September, up by 18%.
According to COO, Telecom Argentina, Personal’s parent company, Personal has the highest market mix of prepaid and postpaid subscribers as well as the highest participation of value added services (VAS) for service revenues, leading to greater ARPU.
The Paraguay unit, which operates under the Núcleo brand, had a subscriber base of 1.81mn at the end of Q3, a rise of 21%. The Argentine operation totaled the subscriber base to 11.94mn at Q3′08 end, up by 18%. Nearly 66% of Argentine subscribers are prepaid.

   

Millicom launches 3G services in Guatemala, Honduras and Bolivia

  • September 1st, 2008
  • 6:00 am

Millicom, the global teleco, announces the launch of 3G services in Guatemala, Honduras and Bolivia. The launches in Paraguay, El Salvador and Colombia will be followed before the end of this year, with which the roll-out of 3G across all six of its markets in Latin America will be completed. Millicom is providing the full portfolio of 3G services including high speed mobile broadband, internet access for mobilecustomers via laptop, TV on mobile handsets, music and video downloads and video calling.
“The launch of 3G services in Latin America is the first step in the process of meeting the needs of our higher ARPU customers for broadband services. Broadband is expected to be a significant growth segment in these markets and one which we expect will be an important driver to our businesses going forward.”  says Marc Beuls, President and CEO of Millicom.

   

iPhone 3G launches in 20 countries on August 22

  • August 7th, 2008
  • 12:18 pm

The iPhone 3G will be launched in twenty more countries on August 22. All the operators concerned have made their formal announcements. 10 countries are Latin American.It is predicted that SingTel will also join the mix, but the reports are yet to be confirmed.

August 22 releases

    * Argentina - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Chile - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Colombia - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Czech Republic - O2
    * Ecuador - Telefonica and America Movil
    * El Salvador - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Estonia - Eesti Mobii Telefon
    * Guatemala - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Honduras - America Movil
    * Hungary - T-Mobile
    * India - Bharti Airtel and Vodafone
    * Paraguay - America Movil
    * Philippines - GlobeTelecom
    * Peru - Telefonica and America Movil
    * Poland - Orange and Era
    * Romania - Orange
    * Uruguay - Telefonica and America Movil

   

American Movil to begin iPhone sales in 10 countries across Latin America

  • August 7th, 2008
  • 7:23 am

American Movil, largest operator in Latin America, announced that it would begin selling Apple iPhone this month in ten countries of Latin America.

According to American Movil, the new iPhone will be available from August 22 in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

It was in May that the company signed a deal for iPhone distribution across Latin America.

America Movil has already started sale of the device in Mexico and its Brazilian unit Claro is expected to begin sales soon.

   

Ericsson awarded WCDMA/HSPA network contract in Paraguay

  • March 19th, 2008
  • 9:05 am

Mobile and broadband communications company Ericsson announced on that the company has been chosen by Personal, a telecomms operator in Paraguay, to supply a nationwide WCDMA/HSPA network.

Under the one-year frame agreement, Ericsson will be the sole supplier of a WCDMA/HSPA radio network and a fully IP-based common core network, including Ericsson’s Mobile Softswitch Solution. The agreement also includes a range of professional services, including network design, network deployment and systems integration, network review and knowledge transfer. Ericsson’s HSPA solution is expected to boost network capacity, allowing Personal to broaden its service offering and tap into new revenue streams.

Next-generation mobile broadband services, including high-speed mobile Internet access, mobile TV and video, and mobile-music related services will be introduced for customers.

   

 

 

 

Copaco says new low-price service will encourage ADSL take-up (Paraguay)

  • September 10th, 2007
  • 2:29 pm

Paraguay’s state-backed fixed line operator Copaco says it expects to have signed up 10,000 broadband internet subscribers by the end of this year. The firm currently has around 6,000 ADSL customers. It says it is launching a new broadband tariff later this month which will offer a fixed number of minutes of internet use each month for around USD20; its existing unlimited use plan costs USD25 a month.Copaco’s commercial director Hugo Sosa says he is confident that the new product will lead to a significant expansion of the company’s broadband subscriber base. Paraguay has one of South America’s lowest internet penetrations, with a market which is still controlled by the state-run incumbent and has little room for alternative providers.

   

 

 

 

 

 

Ericsson wins with Personal

  • August 1st, 2007
  • 2:51 pm

Ericsson has won a contract to expand, modernise and upgrade the national GSM network of Paraguayan mobile operator Telecom Personal. Ericsson says its mobile softswitch solution will be deployed to increase coverage and capacity on the network. Personal Paraguay, which offers services under the name Nucleo, is majority owned by Telecom Argentina. It is Paraguay’s second largest cellco, with 1.3 million subscribers and a 34% market share at the end of March.

   

Telecel boosts coverage

  • June 13th, 2007
  • 3:20 pm

Telegeography writes…Telecel Paraguay says it has expanded its networks to 22 new towns so far this year, bringing its total coverage to 180 towns and cities, reports BNamericas quoting local newspaper ABC Color. Telecel, which is owned by Millicom of Luxembourg, had more than 1.42 million subscribers and a 37% market share at the end of March, according to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database. It offers services under the brand name Tigo.

   

 

 

 

Redline Wins in Paraguay

  • June 2nd, 2007
  • 9:17 am

Redline Communications Inc., (AIM:REDL) a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that Personal, a leading Paraguayan mobile and WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, has chosen Redline’s RedMAX™ family of products to power its Hipuu! WiMAX service in Paraguay. With Redline’s WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products installed, Personal can now deliver a true WiMAX experience to thousands of businesses and residents in Paraguay’s capital city.

“To meet the expectations of our Hipuu! Customers, we required a true certified WiMAX solution that has a proven track record in delivering voice, video and data communications,” said Mr. Marcelo Prudencio, General Manager, Personal. “Redline is recognized worldwide as a leading WiMAX vendor with the experience and WiMAX Forum Certified systems that would ensure a reliable, scalable, carrier-class WiMAX network that supports more than 250 users per base station, which we believe is more than any other WiMAX solution.“

Personal is installing Redline’s proven high-capacity RedMAX system, which includes the RedMAX Outdoor subscriber Unit (SU-O), because it can be quickly and easily installed at the customer premise. This ease of installation, combined with the network manageability and provisioning supported by the Redline Management Suite has enabled Personal to rapidly deploy and expand its Broadband network, with the ability to sustain thousands of customers per base station. In addition, the RedMAX system has enabled Personal to extend its service area to reach additional customers, with links of more than 30 km (18 miles). Redline’s WiMAX solution also supports the delivery of guaranteed service levels agreements (SLA) for business and residential users, allowing Personal to tailor its service packages to suit its various markets. The Personal WiMAX network has been deployed by a collaborative deployment team that included Personal, Brightstar, a Redline Value Added Distributor and world leading wireless distribution and supply chain solutions provider, Cisco, Softnet Logicalis and Redline.

Personal has completed the roll out of the RedMAX network in Asunción and Great Asunción and is continuing its network expansion to enable the Company to offer a nation wide package of services for corporate and residential customers. Personal’s initial RedMAX deployment phase generated a rapid return on its WiMAX investment, enabling it to quickly initiate network planning to expand its services more to more customers in additional regions. Personal expects to triple the number of subscribers on its network by year end, resulting in one of the world’s largest WiMAX Forum Certified networks to date.

Among the many objectives of Personal’s WiMAX network, is its goal to increase the availability of Internet access for the Paraguayan population, especially its youth. Mr. Prudencio continues, “Along with the development of our Personal Hipuu! Service, the Company is carrying on a Social Responsibility Project which includes the donation of fully equipped computer laboratories, including personal computers, printers and free Internet access to those schools operating in low income areas of Asunción and the rest of the country.”

“As carriers execute on the demand of high-bandwidth services, they have a crucial need for high capacity, high performance systems that enable them to support more users via the most cost effective means available, and WiMAX provides an optimized path to accomplish this,” said John Bonadurer III, General Manager WiMAX, Brightstar. “Redline’s RedMAX solution has been proven to support high concentrations of users on a single sector, providing carriers with an exciting return on investment.”

Softnet Logicalis, Redline’s Silver Certified Partner, has played a critical role in the WiMAX network planning and deployment phases and will continue to work with Personal to ensure maximum network performance. The integration of Cisco’s core switching equipment will enable Personal to more easily manage all data traffic over Personal’s entire network infrastructure.

“Redline consistently delivers industry-leading broadband wireless products that establish the most advanced carrier-class wireless networks,” said Kevin Suitor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Redline Communications. “As the most widely-deployed WiMAX Forum Certified™ system, RedMAX enables the performance and features carriers need to deliver increasingly advanced communications services and scalability to expand their subscriber base over time.”