America Movil’s Claro has tapped fonYou to deliver AI-powered, personalised offerings to its customers in Ecuador and Central America.
Chile’s top three mobile operators have been ordered by the country’s Supreme Court to return spectrum they obtained at auction in 2014.
A new report issued by the Chilean Construction Chamber calls for the country to invest around $25B into telecoms infrastructure across the next decade.
Brazilian utility firm Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (known locally as Cemig) has seen an unexpectedly high level of interest in its telecommunications assets, which it is planning to sell off to reduce its debt.
Telefónica Group's Brazilian subsidiary Vivo has selected Netcracker to drive large-scale B2B transformation so that it can deliver better customer experience and enterprise services.
Entel Chile has implemented Bango’s carrier billing solution for Google Play.
Movistar Argentina has selected Ericsson to transform its Radio Access Network (RAN) over a three-year period based on Ericsson Radio System.
Angola Cables has added additional peering points at the several new locations internationally.
Throughout 2017, Latin America saw a 6.1% year-on-year increase in fixed broadband deployments, reaching a regional total of 72.4 million connections.
Virgin Mobile Latin America is actively seeking a buyer after discussions regarding a potential take-over by Telefonica fell through.
Countries in Central America are lagging behind in deployment and adoption of mobile broadband, putting the region’s future economic development at risk, according to a new report by the GSMA.
The Monet Cable System connecting Boca Raton, Florida to both Fortaleza and Santos, Brazil, has been completed.
Telefónica Group's Brazilian subsidiary Vivo has upgraded and expanded its use of Netcracker's Service Management solution.
Wholesale infrastructure provider GlobeNet is deploying a new 2,500 km submarine cable that will link Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires.
C&W Networks has deployed Coriant’s mTera Universal Transport Platform in its Pan-Caribbean network.
Angola Cables has implemented Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme Spectrum Sharing capability to boost the amount of customised capacity that it can offer to its customers.
America Movil Group has gone live with Flytxt’s flagship analytics and marketing automation product in six markets in Central America.
A Mexican federal judge has agreed to review America Movil’s legal challenge against the regulator’s demand for the operator to spin off its fixed-line unit.
Telefonica is waiting for its shareholders to greenlight plans to list its Argentinean unit on the Buenos Aires stock exchange.
Mexico’s shared LTE network is now live, with coverage extending to 32.2% of the country’s population.
Three of the largest operators in Argentina have all declared their interest in bidding for the 90MHz of 4G spectrum that the country’s government is putting up for auction.
Telefonica Business Solutions and Huawei have signed a global alliance for the development of new comms solutions for enterprises.
Telefónica and China Unicom have signed an agreement in the field of Internet of Things (IoT).
According to the latest research from Dataxis, 34 LatAm mobile operators have already deployed OTT as an added value product for their clients.
Parallel Wireless, Inc and Telefónica have successfully completed a technology pilot to connect remote communities in LatAm with mobile broadband.
Telefónica and Huawei have agreed on 4.5G evolution with first deployments in Bogotá, Monterrey and Rio de Janeiro.
Regulatory changes in Brazil may allow converged operators to scrap their support for loss-making assets and invest the savings in expanding their 4G offerings.
Mexico’s Hispasat has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ platform to provide broadband commercial services in Mexico using Hispasat’s Ka HTS capacity of the Amazonas-5 Satellite.
AT&T is considering a push into Brazil’s mobile market by obtaining some of the 700MHz spectrum that the country’s regulator Anatel is auctioning in the second half of this year.
Juvo partners with mobile operators to establish a financial identity and provide access to financial services for unbanked prepaid mobile users around the world.
Mexico’s regulator Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has said that its upcoming spectrum auctions will be open to all interested operators.
T-Systems Brazil is adopting an MVNO-style business model in order to offer IoT services in the market.
Argentinean regulator Enacom has given the green light to proposals allowing firms to deliver multi-play services including mobile, fixed, internet and pay-TV.
Liberty Global has split off its Latin American unit into a separate entity branded Liberty Latin America to provide it “access to the capital and resources necessary to achieve superior financial and strategic growth”.
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