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.
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The AB Handshake community is dramatically changing the way communications providers validate telephone calls and prevent fraud.
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Mexico offers a big opportunity as a burgeoning hotspot for tech growth, with Neutral Networks providing a potentially attractive route for international players into the market.
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Sparkle has formed a joint strategic venture with Panamanian telecoms provider Trans Ocean Network for the construction of a landing and connectivity centre to act as a digital hub for Central America, the Andean region and the Caribbean.
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Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) has formed a partnership with Viasat to widen high-speed satellite availability for businesses in Brazil, under which TGS will act as a wholesale distributor of the satellite provider’s services.
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White box solutions extend the cloud to the enterprise edge where technologies such as SD-WAN enable a converged edge architecture securely connecting people and things. This paper provides valuable insights into SD-WAN, SASE and uCPE market opportunities, benefits and ecosystem solutions to help service providers build an open and agile platform that accelerates time to revenue and innovation.
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There was much excitement a couple of years ago when the first 5G service was launched. 5G delivers a real step change in connectivity, capacity and latency that promises both faster download speeds and a host of new low-latency and machine-to-machine applications.
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Global infrastructure operator Telxius confirms that its new Mistral subsea cable is now ready for service.
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Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.
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The private equity investor that owns HGC Global Communications and is bidding for GTT’s infrastructure is to buy Mexico’s largest data centre operator.
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Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) is the official charity partner for International Telecoms Week in 2021.
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French group Iliad, which majority owner Xavier Niel wants to take private, has offered to buy broadband operator UPC Poland from Liberty Global for €1.9 billion.
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Radware's telecoms customers saw attack volumes amounting to 18TB per month in Q2, with an average of 600 attacks every 30 days.
