Latin America
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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. -
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.
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Musk calls Brazilian justice 'evil dictator' as legal battle escalates, threatening Starlink's operations in the country
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Nokia has been selected by Claro Argentina to roll out 5G infrastructure throughout the country.
Forthcoming events
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Geneva, Switzerland – 16 September, 2021, Huawei became a founding member of the Equipment Vendor Program (EVP) of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS), in an effort to actively improve global Internet security.
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Colt Group has committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, across all its operations.
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Liberty Latin America confirms that its subsidiary Cable & Wireless Panamá has agreed to acquire América Móvil's operations in Panama (Claro Panamá).
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Ufinet confirms the completion of its acquisition of NB Telecom, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Breda Financial Corp (Breda) and Capital Investment & Asset Management Group (CIAM) have partnered with Ocean Networks Inc (ONI) to invest in the construction of the Caribbean Express (CX) subsea cable.
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The world's largest MVNO is investing £250 million to expand its reach into new markets and develop new technology.
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Capacity’s Alan Burkitt-Gray of Capacity TV speaks to Catherine Hemingray, Global Account Director and Ljubica Draskic, Head of Sales and New Business Development from Smart CIC and they share their insight in connectivity, low latency routes and the products Smart CIC can offer.
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From Elon Musk and Sunil Bharti Mittal to the British government, investors have committed billions of dollars to rolling out low earth orbit satellite constellations, but substantial challenges remain in revenue generation, regulation and productivity, writes George Malim.
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To spin or not to spin? América Móvil is to ask its shareholders for their approval on the sale of its tower assets.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to president of Telstra Americas Nicholas Collins about the company’s planned expansion and how it is putting people and customers at the heart of the process.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Aarti Holla-Maini, secretary general of ESOA, about evolution of satellite as critical communications infrastructure
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Season 3, episode 2 is presented by editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Natalie Bannerman and this week's guest, Colm Shorten, senior director of data centres at JLL.
