Latin America
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Nestled in the southern reaches of Santiago, in the municipality of San Bernardo, a new digital powerhouse is quietly changing the landscape of Latin America’s infrastructure market. -
Sparkle has expanded its network in Mexico with the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Querétaro.
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Wireless Logic, a leading global IoT solutions provider, has acquired Arqia, Brazil’s largest independent authorised MVNO, in a move that strengthens its expansion across Latin America.
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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.
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The Argentinian government has blocked Telefónica’s proposed $1.2 billion sale of its local unit amid competition concerns.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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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).
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Brazil’s telecoms regulator wants to position the country in the top 20 in the world in terms of connectivity and services.
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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.
