Latin America Telecoms News

All the latest telecoms insight, news and analysis from across Latin America, including BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.

2021-06-21T14:12:00+01:00

OB distributing security services in three cities, with aim to strengthen customer retention. Telefónica supporting Prosegur’s LatAm expansion plans, with large growth opportunity anticipated. Collaboration now extends beyond Movistar Prosegur Alarmas JV in Spain.

People

Latest Telefónica people moves: Prautzsch takes helm at German FibreCo

2021-06-17T14:09:00+01:00

Telefónica Infra’s fibre JV with Allianz fills out management positions, drawing on Telefónica insiders. Ayucar and Martínez take CTO roles in the Digital Consumer & Data Office. Vivo rotates Operations and Wholesale leadership.

Strategy & Change

Election turmoil clouds Movistar’s Peruvian future

2021-06-16T09:06:00+01:00

A left-wing candidate could become Peru’s next president with suggestions that nationalisation may be on the agenda.

Network & Infrastructure

Telefónica flags fixed access evolution with Open Broadband project

2021-06-02T14:23:00+01:00

Operator aims to change the fixed access ‘paradigm’, with a new open ecosystem and architecture. Group “going further” on disaggregation. Brazil targeted first for deployment.

M&A

Telxius completes European tower sale

2021-06-02T13:25:00+01:00

Telefónica handed regulatory go‑ahead for tower divestment, with German and Spanish sites handed to American Tower. Latin American portion to follow next year, pending approval. Submarine cables also up for grabs, with first bids reportedly received.

Strategy & Change

Elsewhere in Telefónica Hispanoamérica: Internet para Todos hits milestone

2021-06-01T15:08:00+01:00

IpT footprint breaks two million mark; Gilpérez to front bid for Telefónica Uruguay.

Network & Infrastructure

Internet Para Todos hits two million milestone

2021-06-01T13:21:00+01:00

More than two million people now connected to ‘high-speed’ internet connectivity in Peru. 2020 target of reaching 13,000 rural communities pushed back a year. Network laying groundwork for the provision of new e-learning tech for Peruvian schoolchildren.