Telecommunications
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...
Chile:
DirecTV to offer fiber-optic home Internet service in Chilean market
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...
Ecuador:
DirecTV launches fiber-optic fixed Internet service in Ecuador
As part of the strategy the company has been implementing in South America, on July 6 DirecTV (a subsidiary controlled by Vrio, which is owned by Grupo Werthein) officially launched DFibra, its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) fixed Internet service, in...
Latin America:
DirecTV considering supplementing fiber optic Internet service with satellite technology
Pay TV and Internet service provider DirecTV (Grupo Wethein) is considering the launch of a new Satellite Internet service throughout Latin America. The new service is intended to supplement the company’s fiber optic Internet strategy (FTTH)...
Latin America:
Millicom in negotiations with Apollo Global Management and Claure Group over potential sale of shares
In a press release issued on January 25, Millicom, a multinational providing telecommunications services under the Tigo Brand in nine Latin American countries, has confirmed that the company is discussing the sale of all its outstanding shares with...
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