ICT: The week in 10 stories
A controversial proposal to merge Colombia's telecommunications and TV regulators has resurfaced in a new bill to modernize the ICT sector.
CHILE
Telco Grupo Gtd has proposed building a 3,500km submarine fiber optic cable linking the country's north and south, and doubling current installed capacity.
PERU
Telecom regulator Osiptel says it will block 1mn cell phones with invalid international mobile equipment identities (IMEIs) by the end of November.
PARAGUAY
Paraguay is planning to invest US$13-15mn in connecting public buildings via a national fiber network.
BRAZIL
Telecom Italia, parent of telco TIM Brasil, is considering bidding for Nextel Brasil, the last-standing Latin American operation of US telecom group NII Holdings, according to a Bloomberg report.
The science, technology, innovation and communications ministry will activate 16 satellite internet points in the Pacaraima region, in Roraima state on the border with Venezuela.
Brazil and Chile are advancing talks to end roaming fees for citizens who travel between the two countries, newspaper La Tercera reported.
REGIONAL
IBM is working to bring artificial intelligence solutions to industries ranging from agribusiness and mining to electric power distribution in Latin America, in search of improving process efficiency.
Spanish telecom group Telefónica reshuffled and relaunched its Wayra startup acceleration platform.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro announced plans to launch a fourth satellite, named Guaicaipuro, providing telecommunications services.
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Digitel becomes a Cloud Telco to meet the needs of its 8 million customers
The operator held a meeting to highlight the achievements it has had during 2022.
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Other projects in: ICT
Get critical information about thousands of ICT projects in Latin America: what stages they're in, capex, related companies, contacts and more.
- Project: QR04 Data Center (DC QR04)
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- Project: Cable Submarino Caribbean Express (CX)
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- Project: Datacenter ST5
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- Project: FON Macrozona Sur
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- Project: Expansion of SAO1 Data Center (Cirion Data Center in Cotia)
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- Project: MO2 Phase I Data Center
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- Project: BG03 Data Center
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- Project: BG02 Data Center
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- Project: Espírito Santo fiber optic network (ES-Digital)
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- Project: V.OA Data Center
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Other companies in: ICT
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- Company: PAVCO Wavin Colombia
- Company: AI Inversiones Palo Alto II S.A.C. (CANVIA)
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AI Inversiones Palo Alto II S.A.C. (CANVIA), formerly known as GMD S.A., is a business process outsourcing and information technology (IT) outsourcing company based in Peru. The...
- Company: Telecall Brasil
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- Company: Ligga Telecomunicações S.A. (Ligga Telecom)
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Ligga Telecom, formerly Copel Telecom, is a subsidiary of Companhia Paraenense de Energia and offers telecommunications and communications services. During 2015, the firm served...
- Company: Grupo de Comunicaciones Digitales, S.A. (Tigo Panamá)
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Tigo Panama is the local entity of the multinational company of mobile services, internet and cable television. The firm has been present in Panama since 2019 when it acquired C...
- Company: VTR Globalcom S.A. (VTR Globalcom)
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VTR Globalcom (VTR) is a Chilean cable and mobile telecoms operator, subsidiary of US-based Liberty Global. It provides services of payed TV, broadband internet, fixed and mobil...
- Company: Interwins S.A. (Interwins)
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- Company: Chrysos Corporation
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- Company: Diri Telecomunicaciones S.A. de C.V. (Diri Móvil)
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