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.
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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.
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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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Latin America is the most urbanised region in the world, but its rate of digitisation is low. Cambridge Management Consultants’ Elisabeth Simão tells Alan Burkitt-Gray what challenges operators in the region are facing
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Elea Digital has completed the first phase of its multi-MW hyperscale data centre in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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CloudHQ commences work on its first 200,000 sqm data centre campus in Brazil.
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Mexico’s electricity utility is to use satellite company SES in its ambition to provide rural internet services.
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Marlink has been awarded a Public Service Delegation contract to deliver broadband Internet and 4G/5G services via satellite networks in French Guiana.
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TIM had “better-than-expected results” for 2022, the former Telecom Italia said last night.
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Ericsson’s new head of Europe and Latin America is to be Jenny Lindqvist, widening of her current role, head of northern and central Europe.
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América Móvil and Telxius will deploy a new subsea cable linking Guatemala and the United States.
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Brazilian operator Oi SA has exited bankruptcy protection after six years, causing its shares to soar by as much as 53%.
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1547 has partnered with investment management firm Harrison Street to buy Chase Tower in McAllen, Texas, one of the most important internet exchange locations for traffic between Texas and Mexico.
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Elea Digital has announced the first sustainability-linked bond issued by a data centre operator in Latin America.
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Nokia is to deploy the first industrial-grade LTE private network in a port terminal in Chile at San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI).