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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Capacity shares the key details from three financial reports making headlines today.
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Sparkle has opened a new point of presence (PoP) in Fortaleza IX.BR to meet growing international connectivity demand in Brazil.
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TIM Brasil along with Telefonica Brasil (VIVO) and Claro have completed the acquisition of Oi Group’s mobile assets for a sum of around 7 billion reais ($1.5 billion).
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Digicel Panama will withdraw from the telecommunications market in the country following the approval of the Cable & Wireless acquisition of Claro, in which the government is a major shareholder.
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The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance and a UK government body have teamed up for an international digital inclusion project that will see spectrum play a key role.
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Neutral Networks went live with its new fibre ring in late 2021 and phase two is planned to begin in the second half 2022. Product manager Salvador Vaquero tells Melanie Mingas about the business case driving demand
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Equinix is to expand into Chile and Peru through the acquisition of four data centres from Empresa Nacional De Telecomunicaciones (Entel) for approximately US$705 million.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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Hughes has completed a three-month pilot of its Community LTE service in five villages across Brazil, demonstrating a quick and inexpensive way for MNOs to extend their reach.
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Capacity is now accepting entries for its annual 20 Women to Watch power list!
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Both Millicom and du have reported strong performance growth for fourth quarter of 2021.
