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. -
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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A woman’s perspective on staying the course for success.
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Chinese technology firm Huawei is set to open its second data centre hub in Chile at the end of the year in a bid to promote the South American country as a digital hub in Latin America.
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We’re working in a world that now relies on virtual connections more than physical meetings. Many are juggling careers, family commitments, and more all from home.
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The importance of diversity and inclusion has only increased as we become more connected across time zones, businesses and locations.
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With a global pandemic, major geopolitical developments, bankruptcies, landmark legal events in europe and a global recession, the first half of 2020 packed in more than the last decade... And there’s still another half to complete. Melanie Mingas explores the outlook to year end and the factors that could shape the industry.
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OneWeb’s new launch plans; Seoul’s $315m data centre; T-Mobile’s deal with American Tower and malware on smartphones
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As with most industries, for a long time women were excluded from the telecommunications and tech industry in general. Nowadays that has fortunately changed, however women are still a minority in the industry and often under-recognized.
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It’s an acknowledged fact in businesses around the world today that improving workforce diversity, and particularly gender diversity, is a business imperative.
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TIM has made the top 10 of a global diversity and inclusion index that ranks 7,000 companies on their D&I work.
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Mexican telco MCM Telecom is launching secure SD-WAN to the national market, with the support of Versa Networks.
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Investments of up to US$428 billion are required from both the public and private sector, to achieve universal, affordable broadband connectivity by the end of the decade.
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
