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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Nokia will team with Flex Brazil to deploy 5G SA private wireless networks in its manufacturing facilities in Brazil.
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Marc Ganzi’s infrastructure investment company, DigitalBridge, has appointed Bernardo Vargas Gibsone as its managing director and head of Latin America.
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Scala Data Centers has opened the largest vertical data centre in Latin America, SGRUTB04, in São Paulo, Brazil.
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América Móvil confirms that all conditions have been met to spin-off its telecoms towers and other infrastructure in Latin America.
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Upstream, a mobile marketing firm, has showcased how RCS (Rich communication services) solutions could become important for leading brands across the world, driving a rise in conversation rates of 37% over SMS and 137% higher click-through rates.
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Desarrollo Pais and H2 Cable have issued a request to begin construction on the 15,000km Humboldt Cable, which will be the first to connect Latin America, the Asia Pacific and Oceania.
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ARSAT, the Argentinean telco, is to use SES’s recently launched geostationary (GEO) satellite, SES-17, to extend the reach of its connectivity services across the country.
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Millicom has announced that it has signed a wholesale network access agreement with Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB).
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Mob Telecom, which is owned by Alloha Fibra and provides internet and broadband services in Brazil, has deployed Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform.
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Nokia has confirmed a partnership with AT&T Mexico as they look to accelerate 5G in the country.
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Phoenix Tower International (PTI) has entered a definitive agreement with WOM in Chile to acquire around 3,800 tower sites in the country.
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Satellite company OneWeb is to expand services to Brazil after the regulator granted it a 15-year licence.
