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AT&T Latin American Ambitions May Be Slowed By Brazil

AT&T’s (T) Latin American ambitions could take a hit if Brazil’s wireless market consolidates before the U.S. telecom giant has a chance to make a bid for TIM Participacoes or Oi. TIM (TSU), controlled by Telecom Italia (TIA), is the country’s No. 2 wireless service provider. Brazil’s other three wireless phone companies — Telefonica (TEF), America Movil (AMX)-controlled Claro, and Oi — plans to make an offer for TIM in order to carve it up among

U.S. Wireless Gear Spending Seen Rising 8% In 2014

U.S. wireless service providers will spend $36.3 billion on network infrastructure and equipment in 2014, up 8% from last year — but that rate is slower than the growth in the prior two years, says the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in a new report. Spending on wireless infrastructure equipment rose 11.7% in 2013 and 18.9% in 2012, says the trade group. Verizon Communications (VZ) and AT&T (T) have completed most of their network