Latin America
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As the demand for high-speed internet and reliable digital connectivity continues to surge, South America is emerging as a key player in the global subsea cable ecosystem. -
Telefónica’s Venezuela-based subsidiary will pay more than $85.2 million to resolve an investigation by the US Justice Department that it allegedly bribed Venezuelan officials.
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Latin American data centre operator ODATA unveiled plans to construct two facilities in Colombia to provide 144MW of connectivity to the region.
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Nokia and Radiográfica Costarricense SA (RACSA) have deployed Costa Rica’s first standalone 5G (5G SA) network.
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Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX has expanded to Brazil, launching two locations in the South American country.
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Microsoft is continuing its infrastructure spending spree after it announced plans to spend $1.3 billion building out cloud and AI capacity in Mexico.
Forthcoming events
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Small bit-and-piece distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks rose by 233% in the first half of 2021, revealed Nexusguard in its Threat Report FHY 2021.
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Brazilians in remote and rural areas will soon benefit from better internet connectivity, as ANATEL approved the use of TV white space (TVWS).
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The first quantum network; the last landline; strategy updates from Orange; and Exa's Martijn Blanken
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Nokia is launching a charging configurator microservice for its existing Nokia Converged Charging (NCC) solution.
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To support new, mission-critical applications associated with cloud architectures, 5G and Industry 4.0, IP networks must be trusted to provide guaranteed high-performance and secure connectivity.
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Avalon Campus gets bigger. Construction of Avalon 3, the new hyper-connected and sustainable Data Center in Milan, is under way.
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French satellite company Eutelsat has officially rejected a $3.2 billion takeover bid from billionaire telecoms investor Patrick Drahi.
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Liberty Latin America (LLA) and América Móvil (AMX) have formed an agreement to combine their respective Chilean businesses, VTR and Claro Chile, to create a 50:50 joint venture.
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IoT network carrier 1NCE has raised $50 million in capital from a raft of investors including Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Digicel confirms that it is to build its Deep Blue One subsea cable and is partnering with Orange to extend the system from Trinidad to French Guiana.
