Latin America

IoT

Nokia signs contract with TIM Brazil to launch IoT offer

Green

Telefónica supports COP25 as a technology partner

via Telefonica

Telefónica

Telefonica prepares to hoist the white flag in LatAm

Telco & CSP

Telefónica approves a 5-point plan that will mark a new era for the company

Radio Access Network

Telefonica Movistar signs an agreement to access last mile wireless capacity on AT&T’s network in Mexico

Mobile

Loon and Internet para todos sign contract to bring balloon-powered Internet to Telefónica customers in Perú

via Flickr © Neil Turner (CC BY-SA 2.0)

FTTx

Facing the high cost of FTTH rollout? Get someone else to pay for it

Industrial IoT

Nokia and SENAI-SP launch partnership to boost Industry 4.0 adoption in Brazil

IoT

Vodafone Business and America Movil announce IoT partnership

Transformation

Netcracker completes major digital transformation milestone at Vivo

Optical

South America’s Gtd increases capacity with Infinera’s optical transport solutions

4G LTE

ADVA sync solution enables major Chilean telco to roll out 5G-ready network

IoT

SoftBank's AI-powered ‘e-kakashi’ solution for sustainable agriculture adopted for smart rice farming project in Colombia

via Flickr © Trish Hartmann (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

AT&T sells assets, but talk of Elliott impact is overblown

Security

Telefónica Argentina launches AI/ML-based signalling firewall from Mavenir

via Flickr © Janitors (CC BY 2.0)

5G

Huawei claims it’s rid its 5G base stations of US components

Data Centres

Sprint Creates Custom Network Solution to Provide Wireline Connectivity to US-Based Data Centers for Leading Outsourcing Company

Telco & CSP

Telefónica and Atresmedia join forces to create Spanish-language fiction content around the world

via Flickr © Victor Camilo (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Mobile

Oi's plan to sell out of mobile makes some sense with 5G around the corner

PMR and URLLC

Nokia and Telefónica Peru to enable automated, digital mining operations for Las Bambas

via Flickr © Gary Lerude (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Mobile

Telefonica can't get enough of that sweet, sweet towers moolah

Transformation

Telefónica to accelerate the monetisation of its mobile telecommunications infrastructure

Cloud

Huawei Cloud opens Chile region service

Telco & CSP

GSMA Tech4Girls Initiative Wins 2019 Women Economic Forum Award for its Direct Impact on Gender Equality