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Siyata Mobile to invest in Canadian Towers & Fiber Optics

Siyata Mobile has announced that it will be investing in Canadian Towers & Fiber Optics Inc. (CT&FO), a company that specializes in developing telecoms infrastructure in Mexico. It will be purchasing an aggregate of 130,000 common shares, at a purchase price of $8.00 per share, for an ...

July 08, 2024

México

América Móvil to increase stake in ClaroVTR to 91 percent

América Móvil has announced plans to increase its stake in Chilean telco ClaroVTR from from the 50 percent which was acquired as part of a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with Liberty Latin America (LLA) to 91 percent.“We are excited about the prospects of ClaroVTR. Our strong partnership with Libert...

June 26, 2024

Chile

Cayman Islands reveals plans for new subsea cable

The Cayman Islands government has revealed plans to deploy a new subsea cable. Ranulf Scarbrough, who leads the Cayman Islands Submarine Cable Modernisation Project for the Cayman Islands Government, presented the self-governing British Overseas Territory’s plans at the Subsea Networks EMEA co...

June 03, 2024

Colombia

Scala conducts successful HVO test

Scala Data Centers has conducted a trial of using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to power its backup generators. However, the company noted the alternative fuel’s prohibitive costs meant it wasn’t adopting it more widely. “When HVO enters commercial-scale utilization, the plan is to begin r...

May 23, 2024

Brazil / Brasil

Eviden to provide upgrade to supercomputer in Brazil

Eviden this week announced that it has signed a new $19.4 million contract with Brazil’s National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC, aka Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica) to extend the compute capacity of its Santos Dumont supercomputer. “We're thrilled to continue our lo...

April 12, 2024

Brazil / Brasil

Catholic University of Chile launches new supercomputer

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile) has installed the new Geryon 3 supercomputer in a 36 sqm (387 sq ft) room at the UC Institute of Astrophysics in Santiago. "To complement our observational capabilities, we will need a strong group of theorists who can help interpret the ...

April 12, 2024

Chile

Internet Vikings launches first Latin America data center

Internet Vikings is opening its first data center in Latin America to cater to the growing demand for licensed iGaming and sports betting services. The company said it would offer “reliable and secure hosting services that enable operators to develop in this competitive environment.” It added ...

March 28, 2024

Latin America (LATAM)

Edenor completes cloud migration to AWS and Microsoft

Argentinian electricity company Edenor announced that its data architecture is now cloud-based, with Edenor using both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's Azure cloud platforms. “It's a foundational project because it allows us to generate the bases to be a data-driven company and to be...

March 15, 2024

Argentina

Government data center in Jamaica receives $3.8million upgrade

A government data center in Jamaica known as the eGov Data Centre has received a J$600 million (US$3.8m) upgrade. Works relating to this upgrade began in 2020 and was managed by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU). Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke said of th...

March 05, 2024

Caribbean

Colombia’s 5G spectrum raises $380 million

Colombia’s ICT Ministry MinTIC has confirmed that the country's 5G spectrum auction raised about $380 million, falling short of the expected $500 million. Claro, Partners Telecom Colombia (WOM), and Union Temporal Colombia Móvil-Telefónica all secured 5G licenses in the auction, which lasted ...

December 26, 2023

Colombia

Digicel to deactivate 2G network in Trinidad and Tobago next year

Digicel has confirmed its plans to deactivate its 2G network in Trinidad and Tobago on March 31, 2024, as it intends to focus strictly on its 3G, 4G, and 4G LTE services. Operators have also reportedly designed technical solutions to eliminate 2G and 3G-only devices. Reyanne Sobers, general ma...

November 13, 2023

South America

Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

Liberty Latin America Ltd has struck a deal with Dish Network to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, including 120,000 prepaid mobile subscribers in those markets, for $256 million. This amount will be paid in four annual installments commencing ...

November 07, 2023

Puerto Rico

Cirion Technologies expands DC facility in São Paulo, Brazil

Cirion Technologies has expanded its SAO1 data center campus in São Paulo with a new data center building spanning 3,600 square meters, increasing its capacity by 50 percent. The two data center facilities in Cotia, São Paulo, share a 20MW power substation, are carrier-neutral, and have receiv...

October 31, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Brazil's Teccloud expands IT capacity at Porto Alegre facility

Teccloud recently expanded the installed capacity at its data center in Porto Alegre, Brazil, through a R$2 million investment. The Brazilian firm awarded the design certification to GetNet, both businesses being a part of the Correa da Silva group.Teccloud did not state the capacity of its tw...

October 19, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Brazilian regulator Anatel offer incentives to speed up shutdown of legacy networks

Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes) has revealed plans to hasten the shutdown of its 2G and 3G networks. The company plans to issue subsidies to customers from equipment vendors to end users to speed up the transition from old 2G and 3G networks into the ...

October 10, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Peruvian technology company Canvia launches third data center in Lima

Peruvian technology services company Canvia has launched a third data center in San Isidro, Lima, aligning with its plan to grow 18% this year. This new campus, designed to meet local needs in the short term and international demand in the long run, guarantees a 99.98% annual availability. Can...

October 06, 2023

Peru

V.tal intends to construct a 6MW data center in Porto Alegre, Brazil

V.tal, a Brazilian data center company, revealed plans for a new facility in Porto Alegre. The data center will accommodate 400 racks of servers in two data halls spanning 75,350 square feet. This year is anticipated to be the start of construction for an H2 2024 completion date. The company s...

September 08, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

V.tal expands datacenter footprint in southern Brazil

V.tal has shared that it is expanding its footprint in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Set to be the company’s first in the country’s south region and fifth overall, the development (dubbed V.OA) will see an investment of 250mn reais (US$50.7mn), as part of the company’s wider expansion plan in Brazil a...

September 07, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

ServerDomes plans dome-shaped data facilities across Mexican fiber line

US university subsidiary ServerDomes will build aluminum dome data centers along a new Mexican fiber route. ServerDomes, a 2017 geodesic design from Portland, has partnered with Mexican infrastructure provider Fermaca Infraestructura.Fermaca will have exclusive rights to create ServerDomes-de...

September 07, 2023

México

Brazil's Paraná government will receive a data center from Zeittec

The Brazilian company Zeittec will construct a new federal data center. This week, the corporation announced that a new building would be built for the Paraná Court of Auditors at the TCE-PR (Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Paraná) headquarters in Curitiba, in the southern part of the country....

August 09, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

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