Major Latin American and Caribbean-focused telecommunications group Liberty Latin America (LLA) has announced that it has selected Ericsson for a major network evolution drive involving virtualisation of its core networks.
Claro Colombia has received a block of 3.5GHz spectrum to conduct 5G trials.
It’s been a newsworthy week for Digicel, a communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. Following a major step in the process of reducing its debt, which it announced last week, it has won an important court case.
Supermarket chain Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica is now offering MVNO services in Mexico, branded as BAIT (Bodega Aurrera Internet y Telefonia).
Digicel, a communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific, has concluded what it calls the last significant milestone in the process to reduce its debt.
The leader of Brazil’s lower house has called for the country’s 5G auction process to remain free of political influence following reports that the US could provide funding to operators if they avoided Chinese-made network equipment.
The United States is in discussions with Brazil’s government over providing funding to help the country’s operators purchase 5G network equipment from Ericsson and Nokia rather than Chinese rivals.
Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defence) has dismissed an appeal by Claro Brasil against a network sharing deal signed by its rivals TIM Brasil and Vivo.
The Iliad Group has partnered with Digicel to launch a joint venture covering the Antilles-Guyane region in the Caribbean.
Jamaican operator Digicel has filed for Chapter 15 recognition in a US federal bankruptcy court as it moves to the next stage of its debt restructuring strategy.
Intelsat and Andesat are partnering to bring end-to-end mobile broadband (3G) service to remote communities across Peru.
China Telecom Global (CTG) has selected Angola Cables as its preferred carrier to bolster its long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC) has now issued all of the 2.5GHz spectrum licences won during the country’s multi-band spectrum auction in December 2019.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is readying the launch of a new app aimed at stemming the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus).
Service provider IENTC Telecomunicaciones has selected Telia Carrier’s IP Transit backbone services to provide low latency, high capacity services to its consumer and enterprise customers.
BHD Leon, a leading bank in the Dominican Republic, is implementing Temenos Transact as part of its digital transformation program.
Millicom has terminated its share purchase agreement to acquire Telefonica’s Costa Rican unit, in accordance with the terms of the original deal.
Chilean operator group Entel has earmarked an investment fund of US$371 million for 2020.
Telefonica could launch a legal challenge against Millicom if the latter operator fails to honor its planned $570 million acquisition of Telefonica Costa Rica (Movistar).
America Movil registered a loss of MXN29.4 billion ($1.2 billion) in the first quarter after the Mexican peso fell 25% against the US dollar.
Digital Colony Management, the digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc has announced the establishment of Scala Data Centres, a hyperscale data centre platform headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Digicel Group has issued a new restructuring plan intended to cut its debt burden by as much as US$1.7 billion.
Telefonica’s Latin American subsidiary has presented a new buyout offer to minority shareholders in its Peruvian operation.
Venezuela’s sole telecoms satellite has ceased functioning three years before it was due to.
Mexican regulator IFT (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones) could postpone the country’s upcoming auction of 5G-ready 600MHz spectrum in light of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
Jamaica’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has charged several executives from the now-defunct startup Symbiote Investment (Caricel) for breaching the country’s Telecommunications Act.
CIH Telecommunications Americas has signed a reseller agreement with BT Group covering assets and infrastructure in 16 Latin American countries.
Telecom Italia’s TIM Brasil and Telefonica’s Vivo have jointly contacted Oi’s financial adviser to discuss “initiating negotiations targeting a potential joint acquisition of Oi Group’s mobile business.”
Syniverse has signed a new indirect channel partner, CPA Ferrere, to sell its Syniverse Mobile Engagement suite of services to companies in the agribusiness, financial, public and healthcare sectors in South America.
Mexican cable operator Megacable is deploying fibre GPON infrastructure across its footprint via a US$400 million investment.
Internet para Todos Perú (IpT Peru) has partnered with Parallel Wireless to deploy hundreds of programmable virtualised 4G OpenRAN sites for mobile broadband.
Chile is implementing a new tax law that obliges overseas providers of OTT and e-commerce services to pay VAT from 1st June 2020.
Telefonica has completed the process of returning its Mexican spectrum licences and raised EUR95 million (US$104 million) as a result.
Telefonica has launched an IP Network Fusion Project for digital network transformation in the Chilean market.
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