February 2015

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Tourists driving Netflix’s pay-TV strategy in Cuba

BMI View : Growth in Cuba's tourism industry is behind Netflix's decision to launch its streaming video services there. The relaxation of trade sanctions is expected to lead to a boom in investment in hotels and related service...

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SPOTLIGHT: Futurecom changes hands – Brazil, Regional

Latin America's main information and telecom event, Futurecom, has changed hands. After 16 editions, the conference was sold by the Veiga family, who created and organized it through the Provisuale events company, to UK's Informa Telecom & Media group. Contacted...

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SPOTLIGHT: Cuba’s journey on the internet

Cuba is on the brink of a new era, what with the US announcing the rekindling of relations, and the island taking steps to open up its borders and provide its citizens with public internet access. The country's telecom...

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Cuba to maintain mobile rates

Cuba's state-owned telecom Etecsa does not plan to lower its mobile phone plans, despite the fact that current rates are too high for most citizens. According to local daily Diario de Cuba, the firm currently charges 10 convertible pesos...

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Jamaica gives nod to CWC-Flow merger

The Government has approved the acquisition of Columbus Communications by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), but Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell is asserting that he was able to achieve major concessions for consumers in return...