The role of satellites in supporting broadband access is again in the news, with Hispasat and Sencinet announcing plans to expand their collaboration to extend satellite broadband access in Mexico.
This week has seen major announcements relating to its Mexican and Indonesian markets from Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies.
There’s been further success in Latin America for satellite networking technology, solutions and services company Gilat.
Venezuela’s Digitel has upgraded its network capabilities using Optiva’s BSS platform.
Recent days have brought some cause for celebration for Mexican telecommunication company Altan Redes as it finally emerged from bankruptcy.
Satellite networking technology, solutions and services company Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has been selected to support a multi-million-dollar e-learning project in Peru.
Argentine state-owned satellite company ARSAT has said it has opened a tender for the extension of the national Refefo fibre optic network at border crossings. Offers have to be supplied by 17 November.
Several Latin American operators are set to shut down networks based on older technology standards.
Costa Rican regulator Sutel (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones) has called on the government to help it regain control over unused 2.6GHz spectrum holdings, which it claims are “vital for the development of 5G in Costa Rica.”
The role of solar power in enabling a sustainable approach to telecommunications provision has been underlined recently by initiatives in Chile and Zimbabwe.
Venezuela’s telecoms sector has not been flush with positive developments of late – the country’s economy has been in a downward spiral for well over five years now, and this has caused a staggering decline in a sector that had seen average to strong growth up until around 2015.
E-Networks has tapped Mavenir to deploy Guyana’s first 5G VoLTE network.
Satellite operator SES has signed a multi-year capacity renewal deal with operator Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division, to enable the delivery of enhanced 4G/5G-ready services via its O3b mPOWER network, SES’s next-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system, in at least eight of 23 cities the operator serves via SES’s multi-orbit satellite network across the region.
A brief roundup of recent Ericsson news underlines the company’s diverse capabilities, encompassing cognitive software in the Middle East, uplink record-breaking in Brazil and, through an affiliate, network maintenance in Montenegro.
Satellite networking technology company Gilat has been selected by Sencinet, an integrator of managed services and solutions, for Petrobras’ oil and gas industry satellite connectivity project.
In its second major announcement in a matter of days, Chilean telecoms giant Entel has said it plans to sell the assets of its fibre optic business but continue offering internet services.
Mexico’s IFT (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones) has awarded China Unicom a 30-year operating licence, reports El Economista.
Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced a US$45 million investment in Colombia for the construction of BG2, a new international business exchange data centre in Bogotá, scheduled to open in the first half of 2023.
In the latest 5G partnership with a focus on the potential of private networks, technological solutions provider Entel says it is set to accelerate the digital transformation of industry in Chile thanks to a new 5G standalone (SA) deal with Ericsson.
American Tower Corporation has tapped Nokia deploy a neutral fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Argentina.
Free Caraibe, which provides telecom services across the French Antilles, has been fined by French regulator ARCEP (Autorite de Regulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes) for failing to meet deployment requirements across several of its markets.
Brazil’s Algar Telecom has selected Infinera to modernise and scale its subsea network infrastructure.
The president of Mexico’s Communications and Transportation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, Víctor Manuel Perez Diaz, has called for spectrum prices to be lowered to facilitate the country’s deployment of 5G.
Apple was again fined for selling iPhones without chargers in Brazil, this time by the Sao Paulo state court to the tune of BRL100 million (US$19m), reported Reuters.
Brazilian regulator Anatel ruled that Telefonica can expand mobile coverage in underserved locations instead of slapping its local unit Vivo a fine to the tune of BRL45.2 million (US$8.5m).
A lively debate has opened up over Chilean regulator Subtel’s decision to reduce the amount of spectrum it had originally earmarked for Wi-Fi, delighting mobile industry group the GSMA but upsetting Wi-Fi proponents like the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA), which promotes and showcases the value of spectrum sharing.
Uruguay’s Senate has approved new legislation that will end the fixed broadband monopoly held by state-owned telco Antel.
Telefonica Brasil (Vivo), Claro and TIM have signalled intentions to launch court proceedings against bankrupt rival Oi, for allegedly breaching contractual terms of the deal for Oi’s mobile assets, reported CommsUpdate.
The proposed merger of VTR and Claro Chile has been cleared by Chile’s FNE (Fiscalia Nacional Economica / National Economic Prosecutor).
Hard on the heels of the announcement of the official inauguration of its new office in Hyderabad, wireless technology company Silicon Labs has told local media that it plans to take its India office headcount to 1,500 professionals by 2025.
After blocking the sale of NuevaTel PCS in August, Bolivian regulator ATT (Autoridad de Regulacion y Fiscalizacion de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes) has now threatened to revoke the mobile operator’s licence.
Plintron, which describes itself as the world's largest multi-country mobile virtual network aggregator / enabler (MVNA / MVNE) with a client base in six continents, has announced plans to launch its services in Chile this year, enabling Chilean brands to offer mobile services.
Mexico’s telecoms workers union rejected the latest proposals offered by operator Telmex to resolve strike action, potentially continuing the long-running industrial action against the operator, reported Reuters.
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