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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Zayo Group has confirmed its plans to expand its low-latency fibre routes into São Paulo, Brazil, marking the latest expansion in its Global Exchange Network.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will work together with the National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil (Anatel) and the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) in Romania to combat unwanted robocalls and promote advanced communications such as 5G and 6G.
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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.
