FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/11/2000) - Although observers have noted a
slowdown in investments for companies in Latin America's Internet market, CVC
Latin America and U.K.-based Antfactory Holdings Ltd. announced on Monday
they're partnering to invest US$100 million for e-commerce companies in the
region.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/11/2000) - America Online Inc.'s Latin America
joint venture on Tuesday launched its proprietary online service for México,
the region's second-largest Internet market in terms of users and
electronic-commerce revenue.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/10/2000) - As America Online Inc. prepares to take
its Latin America joint venture public, documents filed with the U.S.
government detail a rather bumpy ride so far for America Online Latin America
Inc.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/10/2000) - As proof that hard times aren't scaring
entrepreneurial spirits from betting on Latin America's Internet market, a
startup will officially launch on Tuesday an online insurance store for Latin
Americans and U.S. Hispanics.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (07/06/2000) - The Internet market in Latin America will
continue growing strongly in the coming years, but many of its companies will
have to merge, according to a report released Thursday.
Bullish about Latin America's Internet market, Microsoft Corp. today made a series of announcements designed to boost the company's e-commerce offerings and presence in the region.
The Internet samba in Brazil will have to go on without a Microsoft Corp. portal offering for now, because the company's most likely partnership didn't work out as had been originally planned, Microsoft executives said here today at the company's Latin America Enterprise Solutions Conference 2000.
Microsoft Corp. and Teléfonos de México SA (Telmex) provided details today about a joint venture announced in Oct. 1999 to operate a Web portal for Latin America, and pledged to dip into their deep pockets to support the project.
The rapid growth of Internet use among Latin American companies has prompted Compaq Computer Corp. to launch its iPaq Internet-access device in the region, as well as a business unit devoted to the ASP (application service provider) market, Compaq executives announced today at Microsoft Corp.'s Latin America Enterprise Solutions Conference 2000 during a press conference here.
Microsoft Corp. showed here today the prototype of a handheld device able to recognize voice commands and take dictation from users and whose purpose is partly to eliminate the difficulty of entering data into these types of devices.
When steel processor and distributor Ryerson de México SA de CV was looking for a way to differentiate itself in a commodity market last year, it turned to its IT department.
The spread of free Internet access throughout Latin America in part has prompted International Data Corp. (IDC) to revise its Net usage forecast for the region to 29.6 million users by 2003, up from the previous estimate of 19.1 million, the market research company said.
Strange bedfellows StarMedia Network Inc. and PSINet Inc. have decided to partner, showing that these days virtually anything goes in the manic Latin America Internet market.
Alcatel SA has been chosen to expand the IP (Internet Protocol) networks of Convergence Communications Inc. in six Latin American countries over the next three years in a project worth US$175 million, the companies announced today.
To most people, Alaska is the name of a U.S. state. To PC vendors in Latin America, the name probably triggers a major headache.