Colombia’s telcom sector seems to be growing rapidly.
BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- The number of mobile telephones lines in Colombia more than doubled to 21.9 million in 2005 as operators competed to get more users by reducing fees, the Superintendence of Commerce and Industry said Friday in a statement.
(Full Story). Pyramid Research seems to have a lot of resources and information about Colombia. They are a research company so you do have to pay for the information, but it seems like a very respectable firm.
Germany’s last warm up game before the World Cup will be agains Colombia. (Original Story)
Colombia is clearing coca plantations from a national forrest. (Original story) also
(The BBC covered the story).
Besides coffee and drugs, Colombia is also rich in other natural resources. One important one in todays world is Oil. There is a lot of exploration being done in Colombia The industry faces a lot of challenges because some of the rural areas are still not the most secure. I am glad to see that Emeral Energy has some positive reports.
Broadband now available in rural areas in Colombia. (Original Story)
Wireless access and VoIP systems provider Airspan Networks Inc. announced on Monday it was chosen by the Consortium Union Temporal (COLDECON) for the deployment of a large-scale broadband rural access project in Colombia. The news follows a similar deployment in the Dominican Republic recently completed by Airspan and BEC Telecom S.A.
Soccer player goes to play for a Colombian team (Atletico Nacional) after playing for the MLS Metro Stars. (Original Story)
Sergio Galvan Rey returned to Colombia after two years in the United States, agreeing to contract terms with Atletico Nacional.
Full article from New Zealand here.
Colombian Indians are using the raw material of cocaine to make a soft drink they hope will displace in their area another, better known beverage with the same ingredient: Coca-Cola.