Latin America

OSS/BSS

Telefónica and Amdocs agree to extend and expand strategic partnership in Argentina and Chile

via Flickr © Hernán Piñera (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Data Centres

More telco data centre sales on the cards

OSS/BSS

Grupo Gtd goes live with Netcracker’s full-stack BSS/OSS suite for B2B transformation

Telco & CSP

Telefónica’s net income increased by 10.6%, reaching 926 million euros in the first quarter of the year

IoT

Nokia joins ConectarAGRO to bring access for over 500,000 Brazilian farmers to IoT and Agriculture 4.0 technologies

Submarine Network

Orange deploys Infinera for new Kanawa subsea cable connecting Caribbean

5G

ANTEL and Nokia make the first 5G call on a commercial network in Latin America

via Flickr © Bill Smith (CC BY 2.0)

Telco & CSP

America Movil performs coup de grâce on NII Holdings

5G

ADVA’s Ensemble Activator selected for TIP DCSG lab and field trials

Mobile

Qualcomm, USI and ASUS collaborate to foster growth of mobile and semiconductor industry in Brazil

AI & ML

Telefónica and Ericsson sign AI-powered Network Operations agreement

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AI & ML

Telefonica makes credible play for customer ownership with Microsoft AI tie-up

Broadband

Telefónica, Facebook, IDB Invest and CAF create Internet para Todos Peru to expand internet connectivity in Latin America

via Flickr © Dennis Sylvester Hurd (CC BY 2.0)

Latin America

Far from leaving telecoms, Millicom bulks up with $1.7bn Telefonica deal

Telco & CSP

Telefónica consolidates its transformation process

Telco & CSP

Telefónica reaches an agreement with Millicom for the sale of Telefónica de Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua

Telco & CSP

Latin America MNOs must restructure existing B2C sales channels

Telco & CSP

Telefonica Centroamérica Inversiones agrees the sale of Telefónica Guatemala and El Salvador to América Móvil for 570 million euros

via Flickr © Dennis Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Business Models

Telefonica negotiating Central American exit

via Flickr © Rodrigo Soldon (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Mobile

Oi selling assets for quick turnaround

via Flickr © Ari Bakker (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

Liberty LatAm's bid for regional dominance

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NFV

Telefónica selects Wind River for its UNICA NFV programme

Radio Access Network

TIGO selects Ericsson to upgrade its network in Paraguay and Honduras

Transformation

Oi and Nokia sign network transformation agreement to prepare for future fixed and mobile broadband demand in Brazil