Telefónica Group’s Brazilian subsidiary Vivo has extended its contract with Netcracker for its Revenue Management and Service Activation platforms.
It looks like Chile is aiming to be a leader among Latin American states in tendering 5G spectrum.
Recent satellite news from Latin America includes a backhaul contract for Gilat and an extended partnership involving SES and COMNET.
Is the sale of Brazilian telecommunications group Oi’s mobile unit finally about to be agreed?
Brazilian business outlet Valor Economico has named Banco BTG Pactual as one of the ten investors that have bid for Oi’s holding in fibre firm InfraCo.
Claro Colombia has started deploying its 700MHz 4G network in Bogota and Ciudad Salitre.
Telefonica Moviles Mexico (Movistar) is enabling customers in several new regions of the market to access 4G services for the first time.
Millicom, a leading provider of cable and mobile services in Latin America, has selected virtualized cable access and video delivery solution company Harmonic as its strategic partner to build what is described as a high-speed broadband infrastructure of the future.
The City Council of the Brazilian city of Londrina is again looking to sell its stake in the regional operator Sercomtel after its previous attempt failed.
Brazilian operators TIM Brasil and Vivo (Telefonica Brasil) have revealed the locations in which they will debut their 5G offerings.
A boost for Latin American digital connectivity may be on the cards with the entry of global telecoms operator BSO into the Latin American market.
Novator Partners has acquired a majority holding in Colombian operator Avantel for an undisclosed sum.
Cuba’s sole telecoms provider, the state-owned ETECSA (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba) has claimed via social media that it now has over one million 4G users.
Local press reports indicate that the installation of a new submarine fibre optic cable system from Montserrat to a branching unit between Guadeloupe and Antigua has been successfully completed.
Mexico’s Telcel is reportedly acquiring a 50MHz block of 3.5GHz spectrum from local fixed provider Axtel.
Claro Brasil has launched its 5G network using a combination of 700MHz, 1800MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum.
Another long-running takeover saga, this time in Costa Rica, has seen a new development.
Major Latin American and Caribbean-focused telecommunications group Liberty Latin America (LLA) has announced that it has selected Ericsson for a major network evolution drive involving virtualisation of its core networks.
Claro Colombia has received a block of 3.5GHz spectrum to conduct 5G trials.
It’s been a newsworthy week for Digicel, a communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. Following a major step in the process of reducing its debt, which it announced last week, it has won an important court case.
Supermarket chain Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica is now offering MVNO services in Mexico, branded as BAIT (Bodega Aurrera Internet y Telefonia).
Digicel, a communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific, has concluded what it calls the last significant milestone in the process to reduce its debt.
The leader of Brazil’s lower house has called for the country’s 5G auction process to remain free of political influence following reports that the US could provide funding to operators if they avoided Chinese-made network equipment.
The United States is in discussions with Brazil’s government over providing funding to help the country’s operators purchase 5G network equipment from Ericsson and Nokia rather than Chinese rivals.
Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defence) has dismissed an appeal by Claro Brasil against a network sharing deal signed by its rivals TIM Brasil and Vivo.
The Iliad Group has partnered with Digicel to launch a joint venture covering the Antilles-Guyane region in the Caribbean.
Jamaican operator Digicel has filed for Chapter 15 recognition in a US federal bankruptcy court as it moves to the next stage of its debt restructuring strategy.
Intelsat and Andesat are partnering to bring end-to-end mobile broadband (3G) service to remote communities across Peru.
China Telecom Global (CTG) has selected Angola Cables as its preferred carrier to bolster its long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC) has now issued all of the 2.5GHz spectrum licences won during the country’s multi-band spectrum auction in December 2019.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is readying the launch of a new app aimed at stemming the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus).
Service provider IENTC Telecomunicaciones has selected Telia Carrier’s IP Transit backbone services to provide low latency, high capacity services to its consumer and enterprise customers.
BHD Leon, a leading bank in the Dominican Republic, is implementing Temenos Transact as part of its digital transformation program.
Millicom has terminated its share purchase agreement to acquire Telefonica’s Costa Rican unit, in accordance with the terms of the original deal.
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