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.
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Nokia (HEL: NOKIA) is to extend its Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) managed services with 5G capabilities and offer the service on a subscription basis for enterprise customers.
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MEF has announced that Comcast Business, PCCW Global, Spectrum Enterprise and Telia Company are the first service providers certified for MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services.
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Trials of 4G and 5G Open RAN will commence in the UK, Germany, Spain and Brazil this year after Telefónica confirmed a “strategic ecosystem collaboration” with Altiostar, Gigatera Communications, Intel, Supermicro and Xilinx, Inc.
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Demand for high throughput satellite (HTS) capacity is expected to grow at an annual rate of 26% to 2024, achieving revenues of $15 billion by 2028.
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The 2,500km subsea cable linking the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo with Buenos Aires, Argentina, is in the final stages of implementation according to GlobeNet.
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More than 50% of mobile operators have no strategy for edge deployment, while 32% are planning to proceed with “limited, specific use cases”, such as smart factories and smart cities.
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Capacity Latam 2020 in Sao Paulo hosted around 200 companies with over 600 senior level attendees present.
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Telefónica and TIM, both with major telecoms businesses in Brazil, have said they are interested in acquiring Brazilian company Oi’s mobile services.
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Google Cloud and AT&T have announced a collaboration to help enterprises maximise Google Cloud’s technologies using AT&T edge connectivity, including 5G.
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Angola Cables has established two additional points of presence (PoPs) in Brazil to boost connectivity in Latin America.
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