The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will hold a press conference today at 11 a.m. EDT in which it is expected to announce it will file a lawsuit to block the planned US$129 billion merger between WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (06/27/2000) - Telesp Celular Participacoes SA, which
offers cellular service in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, plans to begin offering
Internet services to its subscribers using WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
technology, the company announced Monday.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (06/26/2000) - The Miss Venezuela pageant? Won it. The
Miss Universe Pageant? Won it. Degrees in political science and municipal
management? Got them. The race for president of Venezuela? Lost it, but led the
polls for a long time. A race for state governor? Won it. And last week, she
had a bouncing baby boy after a difficult, high-risk pregnancy.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (06/21/2000) - IFX Corp., which offers both free and
fee-based Internet services in Latin America, has received US$45 million in
private equity financing from UBS Capital Americas to strengthen its operations
in the region.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (06/21/2000) - ImpSat Fiber Networks Inc. has decided
that, to succeed in Latin America's telecommunications market, it needs to
shift its gaze from the sky to the ground.
A week after its foundation, the new
carrier formed by Bell Canada International Inc. (BCI) and Teléfonos de México
SA de CV (Telmex) is getting a third stakeholder.
United Parcel Service of America Inc.
(UPS) announced on Wednesday it will buy a U.S. company focused on providing
computer-related service and parts in Latin America.
A consortium controlled by Global Village
Telecom NV (GVT) has awarded a 3-year, US$240 million project to Nortel
Networks Corp. to build a telecommunications network that will provide voice,
data and Internet service in Brazil, the companies announced on Wednesday.
The new version of Windows CE, Microsoft
Corp.'s operating system designed to be embedded in devices, can now be
ordered, along with its application development tools, the company announced
Thursday.
America Online Inc.'s Latin America joint
venture announced Tuesday that it will partner with Banco Itau SA, one of
Brazil's largest banks, a move that both parties say will help them attract new
customers.
The dominant carriers in México and Canada
will link hands and head down to South America, where they hope to cash in on a
growing telecommunications market.
Users gathered here for Microsoft's TechEd conference seem uninterested in the company's legal woes.
ImpSat Fiber Networks Inc., a
telecommunications service provider, plans to invest US$30 million to launch
operations in Chile and Perú, increasing its presence in Latin America to eight
countries.
Microsoft Corp. brought this upon itself.
Microsoft Corp. is developing a security server that provides firewall and caching services for Windows 2000 users, a company official disclosed today at a briefing session during TechEd.