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.

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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.

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For players in the BPO industry, the adoption of agents raises the bar for the level of analysis that can be performed on conversations. Meanwhile, the development of voicebots and virtual agents continues to expand.

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A distinctive feature of these financial transactions is that, in many cases, the investment or capital contribution made by one company is intended to allow the recipient to purchase goods or services from the contributing firm.

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Convergencialatina spoke with Fabián Monge, Customer Business Executive (CBE) at Amdocs, about the February 2026 launch of aOS, its new AI agent operating system, analyzing its potential applications in Latin American telecom operators.

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