Latin America
-
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. -
The Argentinian government has blocked Telefónica’s proposed $1.2 billion sale of its local unit amid competition concerns.
-
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.
-
DE-CIX has launched its first internet exchanges (IXs) in Brazil, DE-CIX São Paulo and DE-CIX Rio de Janeiro.
-
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.
-
Telefónica has continued its consolidation of its Latin American brands, agreeing to sell its controlling stake in Coltel to Millicom.
Forthcoming events
-
DE-CIX has launched its first two Internet Exchanges in Mexico delivering interconnection services for Mexican and international networks.
-
Telxius has confirmed plans to extend its high-capacity subsea cable Tikal, to Cancun, Mexico.
-
Hurricane Electric has deployed a new point of presence (PoP) in Datacenter SyT in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-
The board of Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has given approval for a long-awaited 5G spectrum auction.
-
Nokia and Telefonica have aligned to accelerate digital transformation across businesses in Latin America.
-
Gabriel Szekely, CEO of Anatel, says the federal government needs to help connect the manufacturing sector with telecoms providers
-
XConnect has launched a point of presence (PoP) in Sao Paolo Brazil, expanding its footprint in the LATAM region.
-
China Telecom do Brasil (CTB) confirms the availability of its eSurfing Cloud services in Brazil, as of today.
-
Zayo has entered into a strategic partnership with Fermaca Networks to deliver “modern and diverse” connectivity between the US and Mexico.
-
DE-CIX has made its market entry into Mexico with a distributed Internet Exchange located in Mexico City and Santiago de Querétaro.
-
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
-
Elea Digital has completed the first phase of its multi-MW hyperscale data centre in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
