MVS Net to close mobile broadband operations (Mexico)
MVS Net’s spokesman Felipe Chao has stated that the company will shut down its mobile broadband services on 30 June.
MVS Net has been trying to renew its license for over three years to operate the 190 MHz bandwidth in the 2.5 GHz spectrum and obtain authorization to provide mobile broadband services.
To speed up the license renewal process, in April, MVS Comunicaciones set up a consortium with Intel, Clearwire, and Alestra to develop a 4G network in Mexico, with planned investments of nearly US$1 billion. The operator’s current decision is due to the lack of an agreement with the government.
According to the company, the project termination will also stop the planned investment of over US$1 billion. MVS Net currently provides mobile broadband services to approximately 14,000 users.
Nextel to introduce 3G services in Brazil in H2 2012
Alan Strauss, CTO of parent company NII Holdings has stated that Nextel will comply with the deadline set by Anatel for the activation of its 3G service in Brazil.
He stated that the 3G network construction had started 4 months ago and the services will be rolled out in Brazil in the second half of 2012. In Mexico, 3G services will launch start by mid-2012. The statutory deadline in the tender regulations for the H band for the roll out of 3G services is 18 months.
This period runs from the signing of the contract, which is estimated to occur within the next few days, after confirmation appeared in the Official Gazette last week.
Myriad to Ship Industry-Leading Java Virtual Machine on Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform
Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), a global leader in mobile technology having shipped over 3.8 billion software applications on more than 2.2 billion phones, today announced an agreement to ship Myriad’s Jbed Advanced Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on Qualcomm Incorporated’s Brew® Mobile Platform (Brew MP™).
Myriad’s Jbed Advanced, a market-proven Java ME platform, will be pre-integrated and optimized for Brew MP to boost application performance and deliver dynamic experiences on mass-market phones. Incorporating Jbed Advanced as part of Brew MP will help minimize integration costs, and dramatically improves time-to-market for OEMs.
“We’re pleased to collaborate with Qualcomm to extend the reach and scale of our Jbed Advanced JVM. Millions of consumers will benefit from Java applications and more engaging mobile experiences across a range of mass-market devices,” said Ed Zylka, vice president and general manager, North America, Myriad Group.
“By incorporating Myriad’s Jbed Advanced as part of Brew MP, we are able to simplify the process of making a market-proven JVM available to our OEM customers. OEMs will benefit from simplified development and faster time-to-market,” states Jason Kenagy, vice president of product management for Qualcomm Internet Services.
Jbed Advanced, Myriad’s highly optimized Java engine, powers one out of ten phones in the market today. Built for best-in-class performance to ensure faster start-up and response times, Jbed Advanced will enable Brew MP mobile users to run advanced services on mass-market devices.
About Myriad Group
Myriad Group AG is a global leader in mobile technology and has shipped over 3.8 billion software applications in more than 2.2 billion mobile phones. Its comprehensive portfolio includes browsers, messaging, Java, social networking, user interfaces and middleware for all types of mobile phones, from ultra?low cost handsets to advanced smartphones.
The company provides both individual components and complete solutions, which enable handset manufacturers and operators to deliver amazing experiences on mobile phones. Myriad also develops USSD?based customer self?care platforms that deliver over 10 billion messages a year to 220 million mobile users across more than 35 mobile operators worldwide.
Myriad was created from the combination of industry leading companies, Esmertec and Purple Labs. It operates worldwide, with offices in Switzerland, France, UK, USA, Mexico, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia. Headquartered in Dübendorf Zürich Switzerland, Myriad is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX Symbol: MYRN).
Google introduces AdSense for mobile content in 15 countries
Google has introduced AdSense for mobile content in 15 countries. Following are the fifteen countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Slovenia, Thailand, and Turkey.
AdSense is an ad serving application run by Google Inc. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis.
For mobile websites, AdSense will automatically detect the type of phone viewing the site and deliver ads to match.
Samsung revenues to cross $10 bn in 2012 (Latin America)
Samsung Electronics in Latin American intends to reach US$10 billion revenues in markets by 2012.
Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung has stated that the company believes more business opportunities will emerge in the regio. Samsung expects US$8.5 billion in annual sales in the Central and South American markets by the end of this year, and that will be increased to US$10 billion next year.
Samsung operates two manufacturing plants in Mexico and Brazil, and has three parts suppliers in Argentina.
CEO added that Samsung should grow further, which means that they should spend big in pushing for strong expansions in emerging markets when developed markets are showing signs of stagnating.
Movistar Mexico crosses 20 mn customers milestone in Q1
Movistar Mexico has reported that its mobile customer base grew to 20.05 million at the end of March, of which 1.58 million were contract customers.That compares to a total 19.66 million in December and 17.81 million in March 2010.
The fixed wireless customer base almost doubled to 604,100 users at 31 March, up from 381,100 in March 2010, bringing Telefonica’s overall customer base in Mexico to 20.66 million users.
Net subscriber additions reached 395,000 in the quarter. Telefonica Moviles Mexico saw first-quarter revenues plunge 10.8 percent year-on-year in local currency to a reported US$598 million, while OIBDA also fell to US$164 million from US$190 million.
Ericsson to hire 1,500 staff for Indian managed services centre
Ericsson has stated that it will be hiring around 1,500 additional staff in India by the end of this year to support remote access to its managed services contracts.
The company already employs nearly 3,500 staff at the managed services centre at Gurgaon, which remotely looks after mobile networks around the world. Apart from India, Ericsson has similar facilities in Romania, China and Mexico and has more than 45,000 people in this unit.
According to Mr Magnus Mandersson, Senior Vice-President and Head of Global Services, Ericsson, India is a very important market for us and is growing. Demand continues to be good and if all goes as per plan, we would add more than 1,500 people by the end of December this year.
Telmex installs Wi-Fi connections at Anahuac University (Mexico)
Telmex will be installing its ‘WiFi movil en Infinitum’ service at the Anahuac University of Queretaro.
Additionally, Telmex, via the Telmex Technological Institute (IntTelmex), will incorporate the institution in its innovation and research network dubbed Academica.
The Academica project supports collaboration and interaction among higher education institutions (IES), as well as between IES and the corporate sector.
America Movil CFO says court ruling will not affect earnings
America Movil CFO Carlos Garcia Moreno has stated that the Mexican Supreme Court’s recent ruling enforcing the interconnection rates set by the telecoms regulator while they are disputed in court will not affect Telcel’s earnings or investment plans.
According to the executive, the Supreme Court ruling does not alter the companies’ right to challenge regulators’ decisions in court, although it affects the timing as mobile operators will have to receive and pay the lower rates set by Cofetel until a final decision is reached.
he added that the lower rates would marginally affect flows, but not earnings. Neither will the decision affect America Movil’s plans to invest more than US$8 billion this year in the 18 countries where it operates.
Telcel plans to invest over US$1 billion this year as it continues expanding its nationwide 3.5G data network.
Garcia Moreno also rejected reports that Mexico’s interconnection rates are among the most expensive internationally, saying that in 2006-2009 in dollar terms they were below the median of 17 western European countries, and only slightly higher in 2010 after the peso appreciated.
The CFO also revealed that the second quarter is seasonally strong for subscriber adds because of Mother’s Day, so the company could end up revising its subscriber guidance higher.
According to Garcia Moreno, Telcel currently accounts for about 20 percent of America Movil’s overall revenue.
Alcatel-Lucent Q1 revenues grow by 15% (France)
Alcatel-Lucent has reported that its Q1 revenues grew by 15.2 percent to US$5.44 billion compared to the year-earlier period.
Networks operations saw a strong year-on-year increase as all divisions grew their turnover.
Wireless revenues rose by nearly 34 percent, driven by sales of WCDMA, CDMA EV-DO and LTE equipment.
IP revenues rose by over 20 percent. Geographically, North American growth was up 40 percent on the first quarter of 2010 and accelerated vis-a-vis the fourth quarter of last year.
Revenues in Europe were down 1 percent, with sales in Western and Eastern Europe declining at about the same rate. China helped the Asia-Pacific achieve some growth despite lower sales in the rest of the region.
Sales in Brazil and Mexico drove rest of world sales, which were increased in the low double digits on the first quarter of 2010. Alcatel-Lucent reported a US$18.92 million adjusted operating profit in its latest period, compared with a US$283.86 million operating loss in the first quarter of the previous year, when it was hit by a sluggish world market and components shortages.
Its gross margin benefited from a good geographical and product mix, reaching 36.2 percent in the quarter, compared to 32.6 percent in the year-earlier period and 36.2 percent in the fourth quarter of last year.
The company explains the sequential stability in gross margin by the better product and geographical mix compensating for lower volumes.
Alcatel-Lucent reported a US$14.55 million net loss (group share), including a US$10.44 million one-time gain related to its management pension plan in the US. This compares to a year-earlier loss of US$794.68 million.
