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By now, most of us are aware of the ‘game’ played by printer manufacturers:  Offer an inkjet or small-office laser printer at a price lower than the cost of manufacturing, then make significant profits on the exorbitantly priced printer cartridges, known as “consumables” by...

Indian motorcycle company Royal Enfield wants to expand globally, and it is targeting Colombia as a key market. “Currently we are an Indian company,” CEO Siddhartha Lal told India’s Business Standard in July. “We want to be a global player.” Royal Enfield boasts that...

Bogota, July 14, 2015 – ETB, Bogotá’s telecommunications company, has named Credicorp Capital Colombia, S.A. to serve as a market maker in the BVC (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia), Colombia’s primary stock exchange. ETB, seeks to make its shares more liquid and attractive to...

South American retailer Cencosud has selected Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) to offer IT help desk services to internal users in Colombia, Chile, Perú, Brasil, and Argentina. The five year deal represents the first time that Cencosud has signed such a deal with a technology...

Finance Colombia has learned that global IT giant Hewlett Packard will be closing its Medellin offices in the Ruta-N business incubator, and other commercial offices based in the city. The California based computer and services company has been in a period of uncertainty for some...

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) has announced the launch of the Unisys Global Innovation Center in Bogotá, Colombia. This center will be focused on the creation of customized IT solutions for Unisys clients throughout the world. The Bogotá center will be the second of its kind...

Colombia has turned out to be one of the major players in the growth of LTE in Latin America due to early commercial launches of the technology in 2012, preceding even the launches in the US by Sprint and T-Mobile and beating out markets like Denmark, Spain, France and Italy. The...

Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ:MICC) (STO:MIC), the Luxembourg based global telecom operating the Tigo and UNE brands in Colombia is reporting strong first quarter revenue growth across its operating units. While the weakness of the Colombian Peso has served as a drag on...

Latin America has seen a substantial increase in LTE deployments and subscribers with an impressive 488% annual growth from 2 million LTE connections at end of 2013 to 12 million at the end of 2014. This growth is due in large part to the spectrum auctions that have occurred...

Based on a private report released in November 2014 by the global research firm Everest Group, Cali, Colombia does not necessarily receive the attention it deserves as an ideal global services delivery destination. More famous for its world class salsa scene, its “La Sexta” party...