by Hernán Amaya | Aug 31, 2026 | Noticia principal inglés, Telecommunications
Argentina’s telecommunications market was taken by surprise on August 31 when Telecentro, which is one of the most relevant operators in the country with extensive coverage in the city of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area providing fixed Internet, phone...
Paraguay:
Personal and Tigo secure 5G spectrum after second Conatel bid
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 10, 2026 | Superior derecha primera inglés, Telecommunications
Paraguay’s National Telecommunications Entity (Conatel) has announced that the only two companies that tendered offers for the second 5G spectrum bid have been awarded licenses. The companies are Personal (doing business as Núcleo) and Tigo (doing business as Telecel:...
Peru:
América Móvil acquires fiber-optic Internet provider WOW
by Virginia Anziano | Jul 21, 2026 | Mas noticias 2 inglés, Telecommunications
América Móvil announced on July 20 an agreement for the acquisition of one of its competitors in the Peruvian market. The telecommunications company has acquired 100% of the capital stock of fiber-optic Internet and phone services operator WOW, which has an important...
Brazil:
Sky Brasil to launch mobile service as an MVNO and to become a triple play carrier
by Matteo Comberti | Mar 26, 2026 | Telecommunications
Waiken ILW, a holding owned by Argentine Grupo Werthein, has entered the mobile market in Brazil. The launch of Sky Móvel has been announced by the company that owns Sky Brasil, which will deliver the service as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) and will become...
Chile:
Millicom acquires Movistar Chile from Telefónica
by Hernán Amaya | Feb 10, 2026 | Telecommunications
Multinational telecommunications giant Millicom announced on February 10 an agreement with Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica for the acquisition of the latter’s Chilean subsidiary, which provides Internet, Pay TV, fixed phone and mobile phone services...
Colombia:
DirecTV officially launches mobile service in Colombian market
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 25, 2025 | Telecommunications
Pay TV and Internet provider DirecTV has formally entered a new segment: mobile services. On August 25 it officially launched its own offering in Colombia as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) using the network developed by Tigo (an operator owned by Millicom...