Brasil · Regulation · Operators

19/08/2019

Euler de Morais denies that Anatel evaluates intervening Oi

Costa Rica · Operators

19/08/2019

ICE reduced losses in the first quarter of the year

Estados Unidos · Economy · Politics · Equipment Providers and Network Solutions

19/08/2019

The United States extends Huawei’s exemptions for 90 days

Regional · Software and Applications · Regulation

19/08/2019

Taxation of new platforms of the digital economy

France went ahead with the creation of a tax that angered the US, but to which Italy, Austria, Poland and the Republic will surely join in the short term. In Latin America, regulators plan to tax OTTs, but there are no uniform criteria and so far taxes fall on the final consumer.

Regional · Data Center

15/08/2019

Vertiv: In next ten years between 1 and 2 hyperscale data centers to be built per country in Latin America

Fernando García, VP and General Manager for Latin America of the company, spoke with Convergencialatina about the transformation that the segment will go through until 2025. Brazil leads the progress in this type of data centers, with dimensions that exceed three to ten times those of the current centers.

Brasil · Internet & OTT · Regulation

13/08/2019

Brazilian IoT plan underpins business progress in definition as SVA and exclusion of Fistel tax payment

Decree 9,854/19 establishes the National Internet of Things Plan, which also provides for the creation of a sector chamber –the Chamber of Management and Support for the Development of Machine-to-Machine and IoT Communication Systems. MITIC must identify priority environments for IoT solutions, although it highlights that, at least, there will be health, cities, industries and rural areas.