Latin America
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Conversations at the Capacity Latam 2025 event in São Paulo this year touched on Fortaleza, Chile and Argentina’s potential, long-distance fibre, data centre booms, power, ISP consolidations, and a lot more – here are eight of the main talking points.
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The Argentinian government has blocked Telefónica’s proposed $1.2 billion sale of its local unit amid competition concerns.
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Megaport, a global leader in Network as a Service (NaaS), has unveiled a strategic partnership with Angola Cables and its subsidiary, Telcables Brasil, to enhance global connectivity solutions.
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DE-CIX has launched its first internet exchanges (IXs) in Brazil, DE-CIX São Paulo and DE-CIX Rio de Janeiro.
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ODATA, a leading Latin American data centre provider and part of Aligned Data Centers, has announced the launch of DC SP04, a state-of-the-art facility in Osasco, São Paulo.
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Telefónica has continued its consolidation of its Latin American brands, agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Coltel to Millicom.
Forthcoming events
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Millicom and Telefónica have agreed to merge Telefónica Colombia (Coltel) and TigoUne, reducing the number of telecom operators in the country from four to three.
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Nokia and Claro have completed the first stage of Colombia’s largest 5G deployment, covering over 1,000 sites across the nation.
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WOM, the Chilean start-up operator, has filed for bankruptcy in the US.
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Capacity Latam has just wrapped up in São Paulo after two days of South America-focused discussion and information sharing. Here are 9 things we learned from the sessions and the networking this year – some that are obvious, and some that might not have been.
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Capacity investigates the opportunities and challenges for digital infrastructure that will arise in Colombia as 5G rollouts get under way.
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ODATA, an Aligned Data Centers company and a provider of data centre services for Latin America, has announced plans to expand its operations in Mexico.
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Hurricane Electric has deployed a new point of presence (PoP) in the Ascenty SCL2 data centre in Santiago, Chile.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled plans to launch an AWS infrastructure region in Mexico by early 2025.
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Telstra International has extended its network into Latin America with a new point of presence (PoP) in Dallas, Texas and collaborating with Axtel and Vivaro in Mexico.
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Google has announced that it is joining Desarrollo País of Chile (Country Development of Chile) and Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to build Humboldt, a subsea cable connecting Chile, French Polynesia, and Australia.
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Scala Data Centers confirms the operations launch of its first site in the Southern region of Brazil, based in Porto Alegre city.
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IoT services provider Wireless Logic today announced it has established a permanent local connectivity solution for Brazil.