Latin America

Radio Access Network

Telefónica joins forces with Altiostar, Gigatera, Intel, Supermicro and Xilinx for the development and deployment of Open Ran in 4G and 5G

Telefónica

Corporate venturing emerging in Latin America with over 460 collaboration programs between large corporations and start-ups in 2019

via Flickr © Anthony Goto (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mobile

TIM, Telefonica confirm interest in joint Oi mobile bid

Transformation

NEC partners with Juniper Networks to enable Telefonica Chile€'s IP Network Fusion Project

IoT

Nokia selected by Telecom Argentina to help enable new enterprise IoT services

via Flickr © Tim Reckmann (CC BY 2.0)

Fixed Access

Debate over America Movil fine masks competitive development in Mexico

via Flickr © Pedro Szekely (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Business Models

New multinational telco group set to burst onto the scene

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

5G

There’s an awful lot of 5G investment required in Brazil

Telco & CSP

Telefónica announces the organisation structure of its new Latin America unit

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