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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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to GlobeNet CEO Eduardo Falzoni, about the impending launch of its Malbec subsea cable and what it means for the region
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In the midst of the two-day event that was Capacity Asia 2020, a topic was raised that led to a much bigger question in need of answering.
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Season 2, episode 7 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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FB Submarine Partners, a private developer of international telecoms networks, has announced today plans to build a 1,200km subsea cable system from Florida to Cancun, Mexico.
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KKR has entered into an agreement with Telefónica to establish Chile’s first open access wholesale fibre optics company valued at $1 billion.
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Italian software company Tanaza has partnered with Intelbras, the Brazilian manufacturer of telecoms and security products, to launch a cloud-managed networking platform for the Latam market.
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Shares in GTT Communications plunged 29% yesterday as rumours spread that the company is considering a pre-packaged bankruptcy filing to reduce its debt.
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Season 2, episode 6 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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Ocean Networks (ONI) confirms the launch of its Caribbean Express (CX) project, an 18-fibre pair subsea cable system linking Florida to Panama.
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The ETSI Industry Specification Group on Permissioned Distributed Ledger (ISG PDL) has published a number of reports to support industry and government in blockchain.
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