Orascom Telecom announces bid for stake in Brasil Telecom.(EGYPT)

A hard-nosed investment fund has seized control of two of Brazil's most profitable mobile operators and a PCS licensee covering a further 41 million people The fund in question is Opportunity, a powerful, but sometimes shady, Brazilian investment channel for money from inside and outside the country. One of its ......

Competition has increased in the Egyptian telecoms sector following the award of Egypt's third mobile network licence. Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology accepted a bid of E?16.7bn ($2.6bn) from a consortium of Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt Post, the National Bank ......

Brazil's new regulatory chief appears to have a more conciliatory attitude towards operators. But on the major issues for the mobile sector, he may find his hands are tied by legislation Luiz Schymura could hardly have taken up his 18-month tenure as president of Anatel, Brazil's regulatory agency, at a ......

You think you have cultural issues? Consider the career of Carla Cico, president and CEO of Brasil Telecom since February 2001. She's responsible for helping the $3.2 billion telecommunications company adapt to sweeping government-led changes in Brazil's telecom sector, which dissolved, and sold off, its state monopolies in late 1999....

HEADNOTE CEOWATCH HEADNOTE career path less traveled IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 5 Brasil Telecom CEO Carla Cico (center) introduced American depository shares to the big board in November 2001. You think you have cultural issues? Consider the career of Carla Cico, president and CEO of Brasil Telecom since February 2001. She's responsible ......

- Polygamous suitor Vodafone is finally through with its one-time sweetheart Japan Telecom. The leading British mobile phone operator is to sell its stake in the company to American investment fund Ripplewood Holdings, for about Y260bn. Vodafone explained that the company wants to concentrate on mobile phone operator J-Phone Co....

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49000) has announced the addition of Managed Services in Latin America: What It Will Take For MNOs To Make The Jump to their offering. Increasing competitive, operational, and financial pressures have sparked a radical rethinking of the operator's role in the network across the ......

I was reading an e-commerce merchant forum yesterday (forum was private so I won't post a link here). There was a post by a woman in Brazil who was frustrated with her partner in the United States. It seems this business is still a new site and the US partner ......

Beyond using Google alerts, which I've already highlighted there's a new free service that helps you keep track of your news coverage!I've talked about the power of using a Google alert for your own company and competitors to keep track of your news, but there's a new company that's offering ......

Having been instrumental in building her family´s business into a regional retail powerhouse, Dana Spain-Smith entered publishing in 2001 by purchasing a minority stake in the then struggling Philadelphia STYLE and took on the role of Chief Operating Office. Under her guidance, Philadelphia STYLE became a profitable periodical in 18 ......

One of the things about a downturn is that it allows for some interesting investing ideas and opportunities. Right now, as housing stocks drop, it is worth noting that there are some bargains to be had.