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:...
Latin America:
Following acquisition of Tigo Sports, Fox launches own sports network in Central America
by Matteo Comberti | Apr 13, 2026 | Audiovisual Market in General
Media giant Fox Corporation has acquired Tigo Sports, a sports channel network owned by telecommunications operator Tigo (Millicom), as the stepping stone to the launch of its own sports network under the Fox brand in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa...
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...
Colombia:
DirecTV activates its own mobile phone service in beta phase
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 15, 2025 | Telecommunications
Telecommunications giant DirecTV (Grupo Werthein) has just launched its own mobile phone service in Colombia. As TAVI Latam could find out from company sources, the new service is operating in a beta phase for the time being and is using the network developed by Tigo...