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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World’s largest service providers publish an open letter to call on governments in all jurisdictions to assure ICT infrastructure and communications services are classified as “essential services” for COVID-19 response.
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The African wholesale infrastructure business, particularly in telecommunications, has developed to a grand scale in the last decade. As the continent fortifies its fibre hardware, Frédéric Schepens, CEO of MTN GlobalConnect, is leading the change, as João Marques Lima finds out.
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Join Douglas Tait, Director SD-WAN Product Marketing at Oracle Communications and George Just, Vice President Worldwide SD-WAN Sales, Oracle Communications for this insightful session.
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Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ: LILA) is to repurchase Class A and Class C shares valued at $100 million over the course of the coming two years as part of a buy back scheme.
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Conference Producer David Tran summarises some of the key issues that will be highlighted at this year’s Global Telco Fraud Summit, including Wangiri and CLI Spoofing. The event will take place in London this autumn.
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London-based satellite company OneWeb has filed for bankruptcy in the US citing the Coronavirus as the cause.
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Swedish mobile cloud coms firm Sinch (STO:SINCH) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brazilian messaging provider Wavy.
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International over-the-top (OTT) voice traffic reached 1 trillion minutes in 2019, compared to just 432 billion minutes of international carrier traffic.
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Sagemcom has embedded Microsoft exFAT by Paragon Software into its Linux-based series of routers to enhance cross-platform communication and end-user experience.
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INWIT has become the largest tower operator in Italy following completion of its merger with Vodafone, Telecom Italia Group (“TIM”) which saw Vodafone Italy’s towers brought under its control.
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Nokia (HEL: NOKIA) has completed the acquisition of Elenion Technologies in a deal intended to improve “the economics of advanced optical connectivity solutions”.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
