Pyramid Research, a telecom research division of the Light Reading Communications Network focused on emerging markets, and Network Eventos, the producer of Rio Wireless International, have announced a partnership to expand the event’s reach beyond Brazil’s borders by providing an ideal platform for service providers seeking strategic advice to develop their businesses in Latin America.
Rio [...]

Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc., an innovative green IT company in the fields of virtualization, cloud computing and data management, as well as Smart Grid solutions, Friday said its CIMCORP brand has won a $3 million contract from CEMIG, one of the largest electric energy utilities in Brazil, to upgrade its IT infrastructure and data [...]

President Dilma Rousseff is to become the first woman to open the general debate at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Her speech at the 66th General Assembly can be watched live on September 21, at 10:00 AM Brasília time (1:00 PM UTC), at http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/.
The global economic crisis, women’s roles in society, transparency in [...]

HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A., Thursday signed a contract with the Joint Venture Andrews Technologies, Inc. and Sichuan Honghua Petroleum Equipment Ltd. for the acquisition of four heli-transportable drilling rigs for the exploratory campaign in the Solimões Sedimentary Basin.
The bidding process for the hiring of the drilling rigs was published on June 15 of this [...]

Brazilian independent oil firm Barra Energia has clinched two separate deals to acquire a combined 30% stake in Block BS-4 in the Santos basin.
The company secured a 20% participation interest from US oil company Chevron and the remaining 10% that Anglo-Dutch super major Shell held in the license, home of the Atlanta and Oliva heavy-oil [...]

US based Unisys Corporation has completed the “Intelligent Cargo” project with Brazil’s Secretariat of Ports (SEP).  Intelligent Cargo is a study to monitor cargo operations and bring improvements to the import, export and navigation processes at Brazilian maritime ports and logistics chains.
The study recommended improvements that are expected to reduce the amount of time spent [...]

US based NII Holdings, Inc., a differentiated provider of mobile communication services operating under the Nextel brand in Latin America, Tuesday announced the launch of a new brand identity across the region, which includes a new logo, tagline and graphic design.
The new logo will unify the brand identity and enhance brand recognition across all five [...]

Reed Exhibitions announced Friday the acquisition of Santos Offshore Oil & Gas Expo. The investment comes as the latest addition to a growing number of events in Reed’s global energy portfolio. Held in the port city of Santos in Sao Paulo State, Santos Offshore enjoys a key geographic position.
Brazil continues to develop the extensive Pre-salt [...]

The Brazilian federal government today released a report detailing key progress updates related to the country’s preparations to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which revealed that Brazil’s preparations are progressing smoothly and on schedule. Notably, the government confirmed that today, a full 1,000 days prior to the start of the
2014 FIFA World Cup, preparatory [...]

Brazil Resources Inc. announced the acquisition of the 24,678 acre Maua Project in the emerging Gurupi Gold Belt located in Maranhão State, Brazil. The project is located approximately 2.5 km. west of the Company’s Montes Áureos Gold Project. This is the Company’s third acquisition in the Gurupi Gold Belt, and increases the total land package [...]