Latin America
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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. -
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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Musk calls Brazilian justice 'evil dictator' as legal battle escalates, threatening Starlink's operations in the country
Forthcoming events
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With five major regional groups, the Latam region is facing lower revenues year-on-year, but the demand for infrastructure continues to grow. Tomás Sarmiento and Georgia Jordan, research analysts for Kagan, the media research unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence, explain.
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A new wholesale network will provide internet access to El Salvador’s 1.2 million students, plus health services, and connect retail telcos. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Uwe Martinz, the man in charge of the project
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From fibre and satellites to towers and subsea, Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman dives into the markets along South America’s west coast, to see how its digital transformation is progressing.
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Augusto Dumit, director of multinationals and wholesale at Tigo Business, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the journey from launch to present day and how the business is rising to meet the demands of its customers.
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IT and cloud services company Tigo Business has announced the building of a $20m data centre in Bolivia as it expands its footprint in Latin America.
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With Capacity Latam 2021 upon us, we heard from Rafael Arranz, Chief Operating Officer at Telxius Cable Business, about the Tannat and Mistral cables, partnerships, Covid-19 impacts, and what's on the horizon at Telxius
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Your news roundup from around the world making headlines today!
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América Móvil’s Claro Chile is working with Nokia to deploy a private almost-5G wireless network at a Chilean gold mine.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week, and from Chanel vs Huawei to DCs for Bees, it's been a surreal seven days.
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Sparkle has improved the coverage of its Virtual NAP service by offering access to DE-CIX locations in the United States.
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Capacity’s annual power listing, featuring the top 100 people across the wholesale telecoms industry is back - and the nomination deadline has been extended.
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GigNet is to use optical networking and broadband access products from Tejas Networks for its high-capacity fibre optic network expansion in the Cancun region of Mexico.
