America Movil to deploy M2M services with Jasper Wireless
Jasper Wireless and America Movil have announced a joint venture agreement that will offer Jasper Wireless’ M2M (machine-to-machine) platform across America Movil’s property in the America and the Caribbean.
The platform will allow the mobile operators to connect and manage enterprise applications such as transport and logistics, e-health care and tracking. Jasper Wireless will provide America Movil with a single platform which will mechanize operations for M2M businesses deploying on the network. The service will commercially available from early Q1 2011. Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
According to ABI Research, the number of mobile M2M communications is set to triple over the next five years, and many industries in the region are evolving by introducing connectivity into their business processes. Tracking solutions for transportation is improving the safety for vehicles on the road and optimizing navigation.
The healthcare industry can also improve patient care through device communications and remote monitoring. Consumer electronics are being packaged with always-on access to Internet-based services via the mobile network. With a solution that can service diverse markets, Jasper Wireless is the key platform to connect M2M companies across America Movil’s operations.
According to Jahangir Mohammed, chief executive officer, Jasper Wireless, the company is seeing an increasing demand from customers requiring M2M solutions to help simplify complex deployments and meet market opportunities more quickly. Jasper Wireless has developed a single, complete platform that enables device manufacturers and service providers to build and grow a connected device business. The company is proud to partner with America Movil to accelerate market entry for M2M devices throughout Latin America.
America Movil 3Q Net Profit Rises 8.8% (Latin America)
America Movil SAB has reported its Q3 results. As per the results the company recorded gains in revenue and profits as it expanded its base of mobile and fixed-line customers, and consolidated results of other telecommunications companies also controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim.
According to America Movil, its net profit rose 8.8% in the July September quarter from a year earlier to $1.86 billion. Revenue rose 5.3% to US$ 12.47 billion while operating cash flow, measured by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, rose 6% to US$5.11 billion.
America Movil added 5.5 million wireless subscribers in the third quarter, bringing the total to 216.8 million, or 12% more than a year ago. Brazil led wireless growth with 1.9 million additions, followed by Mexico with 1.1 million. The company, which operates in 17 countries across the America, also increased its fixed-line service subscriptions by 11%, for total accesses including wireless of 266.8 million.
According to the company, wireless data continued to be the major driver of growth, exhibiting a growth rate of 27.1%, with its share of wireless service revenues rising to 22.0%. In the fixed-line business broadband and video services maintain a strong momentum. With the economies recovering in the company’s region of operations — some of them expanding quite rapidly — and data services continuing their rapid rise on both the fixed and wireless platforms, their operating and financial results for the third quarter turned out to be quite solid.
Alcatel-Lucent wins America Movil’s Mobile Backhaul deal
America Movil has chosen Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution for its mobile networks in 11 countries: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
According to Javier Rey, Alcatel-Lucent’s Vice-President for the America Movil , by consolidating services over a single, packet-based network, America Movil will dramatically simplify operations and reduce operating expenditures as well as be able to offer its customers the highest quality and most advanced mobile IP services. The company’s industry-leading mobile backhaul solution, which has helped service providers worldwide transform their networks to all-IP, will enable America Movil to economically and efficiently upgrade its infrastructure.
Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 7750 Service Router (SR) and 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR) along with the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) for the three-year transformation project.
America Movil Profits mount by 8.8% in Q3
Am©rica M³vil has announced that its third-quarter revenues increased by 5.3% to US$12.4 billion, while net profits rose by 8.8% to US$1.9 billion. Wireless service revenues of US$6.72 billion, which represent approximately 60% of service revenues, rose 9.1% while fixed-line revenues remained flat.
The company recorded a subscriber base of 266.8 million, a rise of 11.5% compared to last year. This includes 216.8 million wireless subscribers, up 11.6% year-on-year, and 50 million fixed line accesses that increased 10.9% in the period. Of that, 28.1 million correspond to fixed voice, 12.5 million to broadband and 9.4 million to PayTV. The company added 5.5 million wireless subscribers in the third quarter, 37.6% more than in the same quarter of 2009 with postpaid net additions 22.4% greater than those of a year before.
According to the company, the subscriber growth was remarkable in Mexico, where net Central America they tripled whereas in Chile and Colombia they were up 189% and 121% respectively. In total gains Brazil came in first with 1.9 million net additions, followed by Mexico with 1.1 million, Colombia with 352 thousand, Chile with 336 thousand and Argentina with 295 thousand. The company’s operations in Ecuador and Peru added 268 and 218 thousand subscribers respectively. The fastest growth in relative terms was observed in Chile with 32.8%, and the U.S. with 26.2%, followed by Peru with 18.1% and Brazil with 15.3%.
Wireless data was the major reason for the company’s growth, revealing a growth rate of 27.1%, with its share of wireless service revenues rising to 22.0%. In the fixed-line business broadband and video services maintain a strong momentum.
America Movil to combine fixed, mobile operations under Claro brand (Argentina)
Mexican telecoms operator America Movil will join its fixed and mobile operations in Argentina under the Claro moniker from 20 October 2010.
According to reports, the move will make Claro the first operator in the country to offer telephone and internet services under a single brand, on the same bill and using its own infrastructure.
America Movil began the incorporation of its fixed line subsidiary Telmex Argentina with its local mobile unit Claro in August, after America Movil took control of Telmex’s parent Telmex International the previous month.
In the coming months, the sale of products and services will be combined in retail outlets and customer service centres, with a diverse focus on the mobile market.
According to the company, it also plans to obtain a license to provide pay TV services, which the operator will require investment in Telmex’s fibre network to reach customers’ homes directly.
Mexico’s spectrum auction delayed
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MVS Comunicaciones and Iusacell appeal to suspend the auction of mobile spectrum in the 1850MHz-1990MHz and 1710MHz-2170MHz bands has been granted by a court of Mexico.
The two operators has cited the bidding rules as unfair and argued that the Secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) should first renew its licenses in the 2.5GHz band before the process begins.
Telcel, Mexico’s largest operator by subscribers has also voiced its discontent with the bidding rules. According to Daniel Hajj, CEO of America Movil, Telcel’s parent company, although the company is participating in the auction, they are not very happy.
India’s mobile market eyed by Vivendi France
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vivendi France may take over 51% of the India’s Datacom Solutions. Two rounds of talk have taken place between the officials of Vivendi and Datacom team and both the sides will meet again in a few weeks to take the discussion forward.
Owned by Videocon group, Datacom solutions has also attempted to sell a stake to Etisalat or Turkcell foundered during the credit crunch. Rumors were also there that America Movil or France Telecom could be interested in acquiring a stake in the company.
Datacom already has radio spectrum covering 21 of India’s 22 circles and have the advantage of its parent’s vast distribution network for selling phones and SIM cards, despite the late launch. Earlier, it was said that the firm is planning a US$2.8 billion GSM tender, but nothing seems to have happened since that was announced.
Telcel and Telmex tie-up opposed by Mexican cablecos
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mexico’s antitrust watchdog, the Comision Federal de Competencia (Cofeco), has been requested by the country’s cable television operators to reject businessman Carlos Slim’s plan to merge his wireless and fixed line operators, Telcel and Telmex.
According to Camara Nacional de la Industria de Telecomunicaciones por Cable (CANITEC), a trade body representing cablecos including Megacable, the tie- up could effectively cripple competition in the Mexican telecommunication sectors.
The plea came after the revelation that America Movil (AM) is planning to consolidate both Slim’s other telecoms companies Carso Global Telecom and Telmex Internacional (Telint). America Movil took the decision to create a regional telecoms giant offering fixed line, wireless and broadband services, to more than 250 million subscribers.
Amdocs solution to be deployed by Telecom Americas (Claro)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Amdocs’ proprietary support customer ordering, sales force automation, e-commerce and web self-service solutions have been rolled out by Brazilian mobile operator Telecom Americas (Claro).
Claro’s entire sales channel network in Brazil will be supported by Amdocs’ platform, including all its call centers, dealerships and retail kiosks.
In order to extend its sales channel and increase potential revenue opportunities, Claro, a unit of Mexican mobile giant America Movil, plans to introduce e-commerce as a new service in the country.
Share exchange offered by America Movil to Carso, Telmex Internacional shareholders
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A share exchange offer to the shareholders of Carso Global Telecom and Telmex Internacional will be launched by Mobile operator America Movil. 2.0474 shares of the stock will be exchanged by America Movil for each Carso share.
An indirect 59.4 percent stake in fixed-line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) and 60.7 percent in Telmex Internacional would be gained by America Movil through this share swap. Telmex Internacional shareholders would then be offered around 0.373 America Movil shares or MXN 11.66 (approximately USD 0.92) in cashes for each of its share.
America Movil has also planned to delist Telmex Internacional and Carso Global Telecom from all stock exchanges following the stake swap. Integrated (voice, data and video) services in the region is intended to be offered by America Movil, independent of the platform on which they are generated via this business consolidation.
