Telecommunications
Argentina:
DirecTV gets license to offer mobile services
On October 4, Argentina’s National Communications Agency (Enacom), currently under government intervention, approved the application for a license to provide mobile services filed by DirecTV, a telecommunications company owned by Grupo Werthein....
Peru:
Linzor Capital Partners acquires Win
Investment management company Linzor Capital Partners has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of Win (Wi-Net Telecom), a Peruvian telecommunications operator owned by ON Group. The operator currently offers Internet, fixed phone...
Uruguay:
TCC, Nuevo Siglo and Montecable are granted approval to form a consortium
The three Uruguayan Cable TV companies based in Montevideo −TCC, Nuevo Siglo and Montecable- have already been granted regulatory approval to form a consortium. As a result, they will start joint operation of both Pay TV and fixed Internet...
Latin America:
DirecTV and Sky Brasil reach agreement to commercialize Amazon’s Satellite Internet service
Vrio, a división of Argentina’s Grupo Werthein, has announced it has closed an agreement for the commercialization of Amazon’s satellite Internet service, Project Kuiper, in South America. As a result, Vrio’s operations DirecTV in Argentina,...
Venezuela:
SimpleTV launches fiber optic fixed Internet service
SimpleTV (Scale Capital) has broadened its telecommunications services portfolio. On April 12, the Venezuelan Satellite TV operator presented its fiber to the home (FTTH) fixed Internet service, SimpleFibra, on its web portal. The company has not...
Argentina:
Government overturns executive order classifying Pay TV, Internet and mobile phone services as public utilities
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...
Latin America:
NPlay 2024: DirecTV and Sky Brasil’s fiber optic network has reached 40 million homes passed
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...
Uruguay:
DirecTV alleges discrimination upon denial of license to offer Internet services
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...
Argentina:
The Judiciary strikes down executive order classifying Pay TV, Internet, and mobile phone services as public utilities
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...
Colombia:
DirecTV launches DFibra in Colombian market
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...
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