News from Latin America

Operators

What’s wrong with WOM? Now Colombia unit files for bankruptcy protection

A matter of weeks after operator

Revenue & Billing

Telesur completes migration to Cerillion BSS/OSS suite

Suriname’s Telesur has completed the migration of its fixed line customers onto Cerillion’s convergent BSS/OSS platform.

Service Management

India's TCS boosts operations in Brazil

Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a major name in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has announced the opening of a...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Google’s Firmina submarine cable lands in Argentina

Google says its Firmina submarine cable has now landed on the Argentine mainland.

Operators

WOM Chile CEO departs, blasts owners

WOM Chile CEO Chris Bannister has departed from his role after only six months into the job as the board decided against extending his contract,...

Operators

WOM Chile files for bankruptcy

Chilean operator WOM filed for bankruptcy after it failed to refinance its US$348 million debt pile in November, due to challenging macroeconomic...

Cyber Security

Eviden opens SOC in Mexico to address regional cybersecurity

Eviden, a leading name in digital, cloud, big data and security, has announce the opening of its new Security Operations Centre (SOC) in...

Operators

WOM Chile’s debt worries continue

Less than two years...

Satellite Networks

Astranis supplies Orbith with MicroGEO sat to serve Argentina

Start-up satellite manufacturer and operator Astranis said on Monday it has struck a new partnership with Latin American ISP Orbith to provide a...

Customer Management

Ecuadorian ISP Alfanet partners Axiros for CPE management

Alfanet, a prominent internet service provider (ISP) in Ecuador that serves residential and commercial customers across the country, has chosen...

Cloud & Virtualisation

ZTE brings virtualisation tech to Mexican MVNO

Major tech player ZTE Corporation has announced that it has secured a bid for the Mexican izzi Telecom MVNO project.

Enterprise Ecosystems

Enhancing agribusiness in Brazil through smarter connectivity

At Mobile World Congress 2024, Developing Telecoms spoke to Atilio Rulli, VP of Public Relations at Huawei Latin America & Caribbean, to...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Angola Cables and EllaLink to offer lower latency between South America and Europe

Angola Cables, a multinational telecommunications operator of fibre optic telecommunication cables, and carrier neutral and open-access provider...

Optical & Fixed Networks

New alliance boosts Latin American connections with North America

Leading global connectivity providers Arelion and Telxius say they are collaborating to expand connectivity to North and Latin America.

Optical & Fixed Networks

ClaroVTR signs deal to boost fibre business

Chile’s ClaroVTR joint venture has signed a 15-year agreement with fibre optics company OnNet Fibra, which will allow the migration of the joint...

Satellite Networks

A closer look at oil pollution – from outer space

Oil and gas production are major industries in the Middle East, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and other regions covered by this publication....

Energy & Sustainability

Chile’s Google ruling highlights use of water for cooling data centres

Despite many claims to energy efficiency, data centres still have questions to answer about water usage, something highlighted by a Chilean...

SES satellites to help INRED connect 300 remote sites in Columbia

Satellite Networks

SES to help INRED connect 300 remote sites in Columbia

Colombian local connectivity service provider INRED and global satellite operator SES have kicked off a project to deliver high-throughput...

Satellite Networks

Turkcell and Lynk Global announce Sat2Phone service plans

Turkcell, the largest mobile operator in Turkey, and satellite-direct-to-mobile-telecoms (Sat2Phone) provider Lynk Global have announced a...

Cloud & Virtualisation

AWS announces plans to boost its Mexican presence

Cloud company Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced plans to launch an AWS infrastructure Region in Mexico by early 2025.

Enterprise Ecosystems

Nokia signs development portal deal with Telecom Argentina

Nokia and Telecom Argentina have announced a collaboration agreement which will help foster the GSMA’s Open Gateway ecosystem for network...

Mobile Finance

Visa and GSMA Foundation launch financial inclusion project

At Mobile World Congress on Monday, payments company Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (a.k.a. the GSMA Foundation) launched...

Wireless Networks

Movistar Colombia begins deploying 5G

Movistar Colombia has begun the deployment of 5G, making it the first operator to roll out the technology in the country.

Satellite Networks

Omnispace cleared to bring S-band satcoms to Brazil

Global communications provider Omnispace has announced that Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved its subsidiary...

Investment

GSMA Latin America calls for fairer sharing of comms development costs

There’s been a strong statement from GSMA Latin America, a regional division of industry association the GSMA, on the GSMA website, under the...

Business

New initiative monitors Latin American and Caribbean digital development

The Santiago-headquartered Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC – or CEPAL in Spanish), one of the five regional...

Regulation

Chile 5G announcement delayed – again

Only days after

Regulation

No delay to 5G tender in Chile despite Movistar’s objections

A rather unusual 5G story comes from Chile, where operator Movistar recently requested that the imminent second 5G spectrum tender be...

Operators

Liberty Costa Rica tests 5G

Liberty Latin America (LLA) switched on its 5G network in Costa Rica for localised tests as part of plans for commercial launch this...

Business

Tigo Colombia in deal to sell and lease back towers

Millicom, a leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America, has announced that its subsidiary, the operator...

Regulation

Is the Costa Rican telecoms regulator fit for purpose?

Will Costa Rica’s 5G rollout be delayed by problems with telecoms regulator Sutel? That, it appears, is the fear of the country’s IT sector.

Investment

Actis-led consortium buys towers from Telekom Srbija

A consortium led by Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, says it has acquired the macro tower...

Optical & Fixed Networks

SPLANG signs deal to connect French Guiana to EllaLink cable

SPLANG, part of Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane (CTG), has signed a deal to connect French Guiana to the EllaLink transatlantic...

Operators

Telstra upgrades network for LATAM

Australia-based operator Telstra extended its network capabilities in Latin America by establishing a dedicated point-of-presence (PoP) in...

Satellite Networks

John Deere and SpaceX to deliver satellite support to Brazilian farmers

John Deere, a major name in the delivery of agricultural, construction and forestry equipment, has entered into an agreement with launch service...

Devices & Platforms

Global smartphone shipments grew in Q4

Analyst company Canalys reported that global smartphone shipments grew 8% year-on-year in Q4 2023 to 320 million units, ending seven consecutive...

Regulation

Algar’s tax repayment to be spent on fibre networks, says Brazil’s regulator

In what may seem an unusual regulatory decision, Anatel, the Brazilian regulator, has ruled that telecommunications company Algar Telecom must...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Google joins Humboldt Cable, which now includes French Polynesia

The long-awaited Humboldt Cable project to connect Chile directly with the Asia-Pacific took a new turn after Google officially joined the...

Satellite Networks

SpaceX successfully sends text message through Starlink satellites

SpaceX announced its Starlink unit successfully completed sending and receiving a text message using T-Mobile network spectrum through one of its...

Marlink to provide satcom connectivity in French Guiana

Satellite Networks

Marlink to provide satcom service in French Guiana

Marlink, the smart network and digital solutions company, says it will leverage satellite connectivity from satellite operator SES to operate...

Business

Can Paraguay’s state-owned service provider be saved?

The government of Paraguay still seems determined to restore state-owned service provider Corporación Paraguaya de Comunicaciones (Copaco) to...

Satellite Networks

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites that connect to phones

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket to put into orbit Starlink satellites that beam directly to smartphones, a move the company said will boost...

Energy & Sustainability

Brazil’s Elea invites investment in its sustainable data centre goals

Elea Digital, which describes itself as the largest platform with the highest number of operational data centres in Brazil, has announced a new...

Regulation

Colombian 5G auction sees big sales for 3.5GHz

The 20th of December at 9 am local time saw the start of an auction to assign 5G spectrum to various players in Colombia. But was everyone happy...

Data Centres & Networks

Scala announces operations launch of new Brazilian data centre

Scala Data Centres, a Latin American platform for sustainable data centres in the hyperscale market, has announced the operations launch of its...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Entel and OnNet Fibra deal can go ahead, says Chile’s FNE

It looks like the infrastructure deal between Entel and OnNet Fibra in Chile is going ahead – though there seem to be strings attached.

Operators

Telefonica reportedly in for Oi broadband unit

Telefonica is reportedly considering to buy troubled Brazilian operator Oi’s broadband unit as part of expansion plans in...

Data Centres & Networks

Claro Peru inaugurates major data centre in Lima

Last week saw operator Claro Peru inaugurate what it calls the most modern Tier III data centre in the country to meet the growing demand from...

Operators

Axtel secures $60m loan for expansion in Mexico

Mexico-based It and telecoms firm Axtel secured a US$60 million loan form the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the...

Regulation

Colombia reveals four bidders for 5G spectrum

Colombia’s telecoms regulator confirmed four operators will compete at auction for 5G spectrum.

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