Satellite TV operator Sky Brasil has been given permission by Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel to launch a wireless broadband service using the 2.6 GHz spectrum band. Read more...

The arrival of a new entrant in Brazil’s 3G market plus increased spectrum holdings for incumbents are likely to see an acceleration in rollout around the country and better service quality. However, regulator Anatel's belief that prices will fall may be over-optimistic. Read more...

Sinditelebrasil, a trade body set up recently by Brazil’s private telecoms operators, is taking regulator Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel) to court in a bid to change the rules of next month’s auction of the one remaining national 3G licence. Read more...

An announcement by Mexican President Felipe Calderón that the 700 MHz band could be licensed in 2012, bringing the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting forward six years from 2021 to 2015, is set to stimulate new debate on the digital dividend in Latin America. Read more...

Brazil is to hold a “super auction” of spectrum consisting of 165 licences in five different bands, including provision for two new national licences and the possibility of a new market entrant. The auction will start on December 15. Read more...

Brazil has become the first major country in the Americas to break step with the US bandplan at 2.6 GHz. In line with Europe and much of the rest of the world, it has chosen ITU Option 1 instead. Read more...