by Hernán Amaya | Apr 9, 2024 | Noticia principal inglés, Telecommunications
By means of Urgency Executive Order (in Spanish DNU) No. 302 of April 9, Milei’s administration overturned Executive Order No. 690, which was issued in 2020 and set forth that Pay TV, Internet and mobile phone services were to be considered essential public utilities....
Latin America:
NPlay 2024: DirecTV and Sky Brasil’s fiber optic network has reached 40 million homes passed
by Hernán Amaya | Mar 22, 2024 | Mas noticias 1 inglés, Telecommunications
Grupo Werthein’s Vrio Division, which manages operators DirecTV in Spanish-speaking South America and Sky in Brazil, offers its Internet service through a Fiber to the Home network that has already totalled 40 million homes passed throughout the region. The...
Uruguay:
DirecTV alleges discrimination upon denial of license to offer Internet services
by Camila Sirolli | Mar 12, 2024 | Mas noticias 2 inglés, Telecommunications
Carlos Magariños, Director of Global Strategy and External Affairs at Vrio Corp. (Grupo Werthein), division that controls Satellite TV operator DirecTV, stated that “today’s Uruguay discriminates against companies wishing to compete”. The statement, which...
Argentina:
The Judiciary strikes down executive order classifying Pay TV, Internet, and mobile phone services as public utilities
by Hernán Amaya | Nov 28, 2023 | Telecommunications
A judgment rendered by an Argentine federal trial court has struck down Executive order No.690, an urgency order (in Spanish DNU) issued by the Executive Branch in August 2020 setting forth that Pay TV, Internet and mobile phone services were to be considered...
Colombia:
DirecTV launches DFibra in Colombian market
by Virginia Anziano | Aug 31, 2023 | Telecommunications
Pay TV and Internet provider DirecTV (a subsidiary controlled by Vrio, which is owned by Grupo Werthein) is moving forward in its plan to expand DFibra in South America. On August 31, the company held an event to launch its fiber to the home service (FTTH) in...
Chile:
DirecTV to offer fiber-optic home Internet service in Chilean market
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 7, 2023 | Telecommunications
DirecTV, a company controlled by Vrio, which is in turn owned by Grupo Werthein, has announced that it will begin to offer DFibra, its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Internet service, also in Chile. In this way, the company keeps expanding this new service to more South...