According to latest research conducted by Dataxis, fixed broadband connections for Latin America in the first quarter of 2017 reached 68.11 million.

Telefonica’s global infrastructure group Telxius is now offering its customers on-demand software-defined terabit capacity subsea service activation on its SAM-1 subsea network between the U.S., Brazil and Puerto Rico.

Digicel Group is rolling out Squire Technologies’ SVI_STP (Signal Transfer Point) across multiple sites in their Caribbean, Central American and Asia Pacific networks.

Carlos Slim is reportedly looking to sell a minority holding in tower firm Telesites, which was formerly a unit of Slim’s America Movil before being spun off due to regulatory pressure.

Spirent Communications has scored the first contract for its Tweakker line of device intelligence solutions in South America through Brazil’s mobile virtual network enabler/aggregator (MVNE/A) Surf Telecom.

ECI has partnered with Colombia’s largest fibre optics operator Media Commerce to deliver packet-optical metro and aggregation networks nationwide.

Telefónica is deploying dedicated Service Operations Centres (SOC) in Argentina and Chile for the intelligent management of its networks.

The partnership between Ericsson and Cisco has secured its first agreement in Brazil, with the two companies working together to supply and install IP routers for Nextel.

Digicel is using equipment from ZTE to expand its 4G LTE networks across its 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America.

TIM Brazil has signed a new contract with Nokia to build out a robust network infrastructure, helping the operator cope with increasing consumption of 4G mobile data.

IoT firm Ingenu and Datorá Telecomunicações are launching an IoT network powered by Ingenu’s RPMA (Random Phase Multiple Access) technology in Brazil.

Telefónica has tapped Comarch to help it transform its transport networks in five Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

Promexar has selected Advantech Wireless’ Transcend 800-B Microwave Radio for a microwave backhaul system in Monterrey, Mexico.

Telefónica, Huawei and Kamstrup have successfully deployed their first project with real user’s data using NarrowBand IoT technology (NB-IoT).

The Altan consortium has been awarded a grant to construct and operate a wholesale 4G network in Mexico by the country’s regulator, IFT.

Cablevision Argentina doubling its network capacity to meet surging demands for high-speed internet and video.

Ericsson and Cisco will provide Telefonica Guatemala with a new Internet Protocol (IP) network backbone, based on Cisco's aggregation services routers and Ericsson's integration services.

Recently issued guidelines aimed at fostering competition in Argentina have prompted Telefonica to consider a legal challenge.

The telecom authorities of Argentina have issued their recommendations for increasing competition in the sector.

Egyptian broker Naguib Sawiris is reportedly investing $250 million to pull Brazil’s Oi out of bankruptcy proceedings.

Ericsson has been selected by Claro Colombia for an OSS/BSS transformation that will drive faster service rollout and streamline end-to-end business processes. 

Rivada Networks’ legal challenge against its disqualification from Mexico’s wholesale network tender could be met by a counter-challenge from the state, the government has warned.