The judicial process involving the recovery plan of Brazilian service provider Oi seems to be over – after more than six years of negotiations with creditors.
Dedicado has deployed a high-capacity resilient network between Argentina and Uruguay using solutions from Ciena.
French regulator Arcep has named the companies planning to bid in its upcoming auction of 5G-ready spectrum in the Caribbean.
Satellite communications technology company ST Engineering iDirect has announced that its long-standing partner, the Bolivian Space Agency (ABE), has upgraded its satellite ground network.
Smartphone shipments in Latin America and the Caribbean dropped 13% year-on-year in Q3 2022, with the decline attributed to slowing consumer demand, resulting in declines and stagnation for most top brands.
Uruguayan operator Dedicado has chosen Nokia to supply its 5G Non-Standalone (5G NSA) network.
In a statement to shareholders, Brazil’s Oi has confirmed that it has agreed to sell some of its tower infrastructure to NK 108 Empreendimentos e Participacoes (NK 108) for BRL1.697 billion (USD324.6 million).
Ericsson announced it will operate a key global research site in Brazil in collaboration with the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and the Sao Paulo State Research Support Foundation (FAPESP), a move to advance research in cloud computing and AI automated networks by 2030 in Latin America.
The Turks and Caicos Islands Telecommunications Commission (TCTC) has successfully completed its Emergency Preparedness Agreement (EPA) between the Islands' network operators, Digicel and Flow.
The US government has called for the Federal Communications Commission to throw out an application to deliver connectivity to Cuba through a subsea cable, stating concerns over national security.
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband provider Starlink has been licensed to operate in Haiti – and applied for a permit in Tanzania.
A report from Analysys Mason commissioned by Ericsson highlighted the potential economic, consumer and environmental benefits from 5G connectivity in 15 emerging markets, stating these countries could see GDP growth between 0.3% and 0.46% through 2035.
The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced plans to begin reassigning spectrum in the 800MHz band in order to allow the deployment of 4G and rural services.
Tigo Money, the fintech business of fixed and mobile telecommunications services provider Millicom, and digital payments company Visa have announced a regional agreement aimed at expanding access to digital financial services and driving financial inclusion across Latin America.
Brazilian ISP Brisanet has delayed the launch of its planned 5G offering into next year.
Multinational technology company Gold Data has announced that it is building the first cable system in the Gulf of Mexico. It will connect Miami in Florida with strategic points in Mexico: Mexico City, Cancun and Queretaro.
Digicel Group Holdings has warned that its business is being impacted by current unrest in Haiti.
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.
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