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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According to the latest findings from the GSMA’s The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020, women are 20% less likely to use mobile internet than men.
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BT is talking about selling its domestic operations in France to Computercenter, a £5.1 billion UK-based company.
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The UN’s International Telecommunication Union has called on the public and private sector to create a Global Network Resiliency Platform, to keep the world connected during the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic.
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The race is on to secure millions of corporate VPN connections as hackers around the world exploit a decentralised global workforce.
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The telecom equipment market recorded its second consecutive year of growth in 2019, with revenue up 2% over the course of the year.
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Ufinet has chosen Intraway’s Symphonica Cloud to deliver the orchestration layer of its fibre to-the-home (FTTH) services.
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OpenRoaming is set to become an “open standard” according to WBA CEO Tiago Rodrigues, following a deal that will see its ownership and management transferred to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).
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Capacity speaks with Iñigo García del Cerro Prieto, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), UFINET, about some of their recent challenges and opportunities, and his forecast for the industry going forward.
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As with other sectors, the telecoms, data and tech industries have faced huge disruptions over recent weeks, from Nokia’s cancelled AGM to the postponement of France’s 5G network auction and Samsung’s Foundry Forum.
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A private equity group has bought BT’s domestic operations in 16 Latin American countries for an undisclosed sum, a business BT says delivered £110 million revenue in the last financial year.
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SpaceX has won a second contract to launch a satellite for Intelsat – five years after the first deal.
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Seaborn Networks has announced that it is supporting EdgeUno to offer 90 days of free Internet connectivity across their respective Americas networks in the wake of the Coronavirus.
