News from Latin America

Troubled Brazilian operator Oi has been declared bankrupt by a Rio de Janeiro court. Failure to comply with a court-approved restructuring plan,

An interesting memorandum of understanding (MoU) has just been announced in Brazil. It aims to support power infrastructure at the Rio AI City

Costa Rican telecommunications regulator Sutel has formally rejected a proposed merger between two of the nation’s largest private operators,

Satellite communications provider Globalstar has announced the addition of eight new six-metre C-3 tracking antennas to its ground stations

Last week, Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica and swept through other islands in the Caribbean including Cuba, leaving a trail of destruction

Problems continue to pile up for troubled Brazilian operator Oi, with news late last week that rival operator Claro is to take over a

Millicom has completed its US$380 million acquisition of Telefonica’s operations in Ecuador, marking another major milestone in the group’s

Ecuador’s state-owned operator Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT) has launched the country’s first commercial 5G network in

Two MoUs announced in the past week underline the ongoing focus of many major corporations in telecommunications and energy supply on pursuing –

Communications and technology provider Liberty Caribbean, part of Liberty Latin America, has announced a partnership with satellite

ZTE announced on Friday it has launched a joint initiative with Colombian telco ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá) to jointly deploy

Singapore-headquartered global payment platform Thunes says it has launched real-time cross-border payments to and from Colombia through Bre-B,

Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX, which provides interconnection services in approximately 60 locations across Europe, Africa, North and

A new arrival in the Paraguayan market, Argentine operator Nubicom, plans to invest US$200 million in the next few years to build a standalone 5G

IHS Brazil, part of the IHS Towers group, announced on Wednesday it has signed a new site agreement with TIM S.A. that further extends the two

US company Atlas Renewable, Latin America's largest privately-owned renewables independent power producer (IPP) and one of the world's

Independent tower operator IHS Brazil said on Thursday it has collaborated with Brazil’s three largest mobile operators – Claro, Vivo and TIM –

Data centre infrastructure platform Elea Data Centres has won what it describes as the largest IT infrastructure contract of its kind ever

Guinea Mobile, a Peruvian MVNE, running on operator Claro Peru’s network and powering seven digital brands, has selected SaaS specialist Totogi’s

A previously little-known company called X8 Cloud Infrastructure has announced plans to build an artificial intelligence and cloud services data

Finland-based business support systems (BSS) provider Qvantel announced it is acquiring rival Optiva, in a move aimed at expanding its scale and

Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), a Mexican telecommunications company and a wholly owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant America

NLT Telecom, a Brazilian operator focused in IoT, floLIVE, a provider of connectivity and network services, and TNS, which provides connectivity

The São Paulo Subway, one of Latin America's largest subway transportation operators, which operates in the most populous city in Brazil, has

Hurricane season in the Caribbean usually runs from June to November, but the storm arrived a month early at Digicel’s Jamaica headquarters in

Four of Peru’s mobile operators – Bitel, Claro, Entel and Integratel - have obtained spectrum for 5G deployment. A fifth, Americatel, which had

Hughes do Brasil, a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, a major name in satellite and managed network services, and Soil Tecnologia, a

dLocal, a payment platform that connects global businesses with emerging markets, and international money transfer company Western Union have

Open RAN (O-RAN) has long been touted as a disruptive technology in mobile infrastructure with the concept of splitting the RAN into three

Around 3.1 billion people are not connected to the internet despite living in coverage areas, highlighting a massive global usage gap.

America Movil central American subsidiary Claro CENAM signed an agreement with Proximus Global to support the monetisation and security of its

Odata, a Brazilian provider of data centre services for Latin America, has announced a US$1.02 billion green financing deal focused on

Apogeo Space, an Italian SME that says it is developing the first private national constellation of picosatellites for IoT telecommunications,

IDB Invest, a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the Costa Rican government-run electricity and telecommunications services provider, has announced

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Argentina has apparently made plans to start allocating spectrum for private mobile networks. Regulator Enacom has assigned the 2300-2400MHz

Drone technology continues to make inroads into developing markets, as recent news stories from the African Development Bank (ADB) and Movistar

Cirion Technologies, a leading provider of infrastructure and digital technology in Latin America, has announced the expansion of its data centre

Guyana telco ENet says it has completed a multibillion-dollar subsea cable connecting the town of Bartica – billed as the gateway to Guyana’s

Chilean telecoms regulator Subtel has launched an online platform that aggregates mobile and broadband providers, aiming to make it easier for

MX Fiber has tapped Nokia for a new high-speed optical transport backbone network which will deliver reliable, high-capacity connectivity across

Two banks with a strong Latin American focus, development bank IDB Invest and multinational bank Bladex, have joined forces to provide a

Scala Data Centres, which describes itself as Latin America’s leading platform for sustainable digital infrastructure serving the hyperscale

Satellite networking technology, solutions and services company Gilat Satellite Networks has announced today that its Peruvian subsidiary, Gilat

Colombian operator WOM has secured approval for a proposed US$800 million reorganisation, staving off a potential bankruptcy. It now plans to

Brazilian operator TIM and Brazilian tracking company BWS IoT have signed a strategic partnership to boost the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem

Bolivia’s National Telecommunications Company, Entel, says it has begun the trial deployment of 5G mobile technology in the country, prior to the

Ericsson said on Tuesday it has signed a six-year strategic contract with Liberty Latin America to deploy 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology for

LATAM Airlines, a leading airline group in Latin America, with a presence in five domestic markets in the region – Brazil, Chile, Colombia,