Peru’s MTC (Ministry of Transport and Communications) has issued draft proposals for active infrastructure sharing.

Trade association the GSMA tipped the Latin American telecoms market to reach 15 million 5G connections by 2022, as the continent recently saw network launches in Brazil and Uruguay and spectrum auctions lined up next year.

Argentina’s Metrotel is deploying Nokia’s Altiplano cloud platform for fibre access throughout its network.

The Brazilian Attorney General Office ruled to strike-off half of operator Oi’s fines totalling BRL14.3 billion ($2.7 billion) owed to watchdog Anatel, a major boost for the debt-ridden operator.

America Movil’s Colombian unit Claro launched a 5G network trial in an exclusive collaboration with Nokia, which is apparently the largest 5G pilot to take place in the country, to test the network standard in sectors such as health, smart cities and education.

Five firms have lodged bids through Chile’s Department of Telecommunications (Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones, Subtel) for the country’s upcoming public tender of 5G spectrum.

The Dominican Republican government cancelled an agreement with Huawei which would have seen the company’s technology used in areas such as telecommunications, airports and ports in the country.

Suriname’s Telesur is offering high-volume mobile data bundles for users on both its 4G and 5G networks.

Chile’s Grupo Gtd is using Netcracker solutions to digitise its customer experience and automate order and fulfillment processes.

A US telecoms infrastructure company offered to deploy 5G networks in Jamaica for free, in exchange for gradual eventual revenues over time garnered in the country.

AT&T Mexico has returned a portion of its 800MHz spectrum to the country’s regulator in a bid to reduce its costs.

Infinera, Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Telefónica Peru are collaborating to commercially deploy a TIP-developed Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG) solution using Infinera’s DRX-30 hardware and Converged Network Operating System (CNOS).

Infinera and Seaborn Networks have launched new submarine network services on Seaborn’s AMX-1 submarine network segment connecting the U.S. and Brazil.

Brazil’s Vivo has selected Ribbon’s Session Border Controller to offer enhanced VoIP access and peering services.

Nextel Brazil has been rebranded as Claro-nxt after being acquired by America Movil in December last year.

Digicel revealed it was awarded 10MHz of 700Mhz frequency requested from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), a move to enable its recently launched 4G service.

The Dominican Republic’s president Luis Abinader has called for the country’s regulator to begin tendering for 5G spectrum.

Mexico’s Movistar has reportedly pushed back its deadline for switching off its 2G network.

Peruvian regulator Osiptel (Organismo Supervisor de Inversion Privada en Telecommuniciones) has ordered the local unit of Movistar to implement measures to let subscribers manage their subscriptions more easily.

Brazilian regulator Anatel has cleared operators with spectrum holdings in the 850MHz band to extend their rights up until 29th November 2028.

BT Group has closed the sale of its Latin American units and assets to CIH Telecommunications Americas.

Colombian provider Avantel has been cleared by the country’s Superintendency of Companies (Superintendencia de Sociedades, Supersociedades) to continue operations while reorganising its liabilities.

Chile’s Mundo Pacifico is looking to climb up the country’s fibre broadband rankings by becoming the second firm in the world to adopt the HyperNET solution.

Brazil-based Internet service provider Triple Play Participacoes set October 14 for its initial public offering.

Chile’s Movistar is looking to sell a 10MHz block of 1900MHz spectrum via a private tender.

The government of Colombia has chosen Speedcast International for a project to provide high-speed internet to 250 sites across rural Colombia.

Fintech start-up Thunes raised $60 million in Series B financing with Helios Investment Partners leading the latest round of funding, as the company continues expansions plans in emerging markets.

Symbiote Investments, which provides services in Jamaica as Caricel, has been refused permission to appeal a decision by the country’s Court of Appeal that revoked its operating licences.

Brazilian news reports claiming that beleaguered operator Oi is filing for bankruptcy have come as a surprise to Oi itself.