Bellsouth Colombia

In 2003, Colombia opened the mobile telecommunications market to Personal Telecommunications Services (PCS) competition. The government issued a PCS license to new competitor Colombia Movil (Ola) effectively ending Colombia’s mobile telecommunications duopoly and opening the door for competition (Bellsouth, now Telefonica, and Comcel share approximately 80 percent of the cellular market). The bidding winner received a 10-year concession to develop the market and compete against the current cellular providers. State-owned telephone companies, ETB and EPM own Colombia Movil. ... [Read More]

Western Hemisphere Overview

Although no incidents of explicit terrorism occurred in Chile in 2003, terrorist-like tactics were employed in several cases, particularly in protest to the US-led invasion of Iraq. For example, a protester threw a Molotov cocktail at the US Embassy perimeter wall in March to protest policy on Iraq. Carabineros (uniformed police) guarding the embassy quickly arrested the perpetrator. Although two suspicious letters containing white powder delivered to the embassy and a telephonic bomb threat were all determined to be hoaxes, the Carabineros supplied HAZMAT teams and bomb-sniffing dogs in short order. In March, small bombs targeted Bank of Boston branches in Santiago and a BellSouth office in Concepcion. A similar bomb exploded at the Court of Appeals in Temuco. There were no injuries, no claim of responsibility, and no arrests made in any of the blasts. In March and April, the Chilean- American Binational Centers were subject to violent protests, some vandalism, and b ... [Read More]

Depto. Estado informa sobre amenaza terrorista en las Américas - Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos

Aunque en Chile no se produjeron incidentes de terrorismo explícito en 2003, en varios casos se emplearon tácticas similares al terrorismo, en particular en protesta por la invasión de Iraq que encabezó Estados Unidos. Por ejemplo, en marzo, un manifestante arrojó un cóctel Molotov contra el muro que rodea la Embajada de Estados Unidos en protesta por la política respecto a Iraq. Los carabineros encargados de proteger la Embajada arrestaron inmediatamente al agresor. Aunque dos cartas sospechosas entregadas en la Embajada que contenían un polvo blanco y dos amenazas de bomba transmitidas por teléfono resultaron ser un engaño, los carabineros desplegaron rápidamente equipos para el control de material peligroso y perros detectores de bombas. En marzo se colocaron pequeñas bombas en las sucursales del Banco de Boston en Santiago y en una oficina de Bellsouth en Concepción. Una bomba similar hizo explosión en el Tribunal de Apelaciones de Temuco. No hubo daños personales, n ... [Read More]

Ecuador

units in the country. In 2004, Bellsouth sold a major ... [Read More]

Venezuela

Venezuela has one of the leading wireless telephony markets in the region. Three major companies share the market: CANTV (originally state-owned, now largely privatized and 28% owned by Verizon); Telcel, (recently sold by Bellsouth to Telefonica of Spain); and Digitel (formerly a subsidiary of Italy’s TIM group but being acquired by CANTV). Higher investment levels are expected in 2005 to reflect these acquisitions, estimated at US$1.3 billion for Telcel and US$450 million for Digitel. ... [Read More]

1996 Country Commercial Guides

U.S. Department of StateVenezuela Country Commercial GuideOffice of the Coordinator for Business Affairs VENEZUELA COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FISCAL YEAR 1996This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) represents a comprehensive look at Venezuela's commercial environment through economic, political and market analysis.The CCG's were established by recommendation of the TradePromotion Coordination Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annually at U.S. embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. Government agencies. I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYII. ECONOMIC TRENDS AND OUTLOOK: Major Trends & Outlook Principal Growth Sectors Government Role in the Economy Balance of Payments situation Infrastructure Sit ... [Read More]

Review of Implementation of the Convention and 1997 Recommendation

8 1997 SEC. v. Triton Energy Corp. $300,000 penalty Injunction against future violations - Former senior officer Former senior officer 4 former Executives $50,000 penalty N/A - Injunction against future violations N/A Cease and desist order enjoining them from causing further violations 9 2000 SEC. v. IBM Corporation $300,000 civil fine Cease and desist order as to the book and records provision none 10 2001 SEC v. Weissman, Cantor, Gorman and Gentile; SEC v. Weissman, Cantor, Gorman and Gentile; SEC v. American Bank Note Holographics Inc. $75,000 civil penalty Order requiring the corp. to cease and desist from committing or causing any violation, and any future violation, of the FCPA and other accounting controls in the SEC proceedings; permanently restrain from violating the antifraud, periodic reporting, record keeping and internal control provisions of th ... [Read More]