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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Arelion has launched two new fully diverse routes from the US into Monterrey, Mexico.
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Hispasat and enterprise network provider Sencinet have expanded their collaboration to deliver satellite broadband access in Mexico.
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Gold Data will build the first cable system in the Gulf of Mexico, connecting Miami in Florida with strategic points in Mexico City, Cancun and Queretaro.
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Zayo is strengthening its infrastructure between the US and Mexico, with an extension to the Texas border cities of McAllen and Laredo.
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Equinix confirmed that it is to invest US$45 million in a second data centre in Colombia.
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Arelion has taken a major step in its planned network upgrade by testing Acacia and Cisco equipment over multiple third-party open line systems.
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EdgeConneX has borrowed US$150 million for sustainability-linked financing for Latin America, including Chile and Colombia.
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Liberty Latin America and América Móvil confirm that the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) has approved their deal to combine their respective Chilean operations.
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Scala Data Centers has been awarded an environmental license to build the largest data centre campus in Chile.
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Arelion is to offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud Querétaro region via OCI FastConnect in Mexico.
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Zayo Group has confirmed its plans to expand its low-latency fibre routes into São Paulo, Brazil, marking the latest expansion in its Global Exchange Network.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will work together with the National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil (Anatel) and the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) in Romania to combat unwanted robocalls and promote advanced communications such as 5G and 6G.
