Operator Corner/ Americas - 20/08/08

Digicel Barbados launches EDGE services.

Digicel Caribbean has won a WiMAX license in Honduras.

ATT asks the FCC not to approve the merger between Sprint and Clearwire. It has extended its iPhone exclusivity arrangement with Apple until 2010.

America Movil will launch the iPhone in 10 LATAM countries.

Sprint has decided to nationally deploy femtocells. UBS Research predicts that Sprint Nextel' s iDEN network would be soon for sale.

Telecel/Tigo (Bolivia) will launch its 3G services in August 2008.

Videotron (Canada) has started the deployment of its fiber-based network architecture.

MetroPCS chooses Long Term Evolution technology for its next-generation wireless broadband technology.

T-Mobile USA would be the first operator to offer a mobile phone powered by Google' s Android software.