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Friday, March 05, 2021

Buenos Aires province agrees with WhatsApp to notify vaccine appointments

Since this last Wednesday, the local administration communicates the assigned appointments of the Buenos Aires Vacunate program against Covid-19 through the digital messaging service.

In the first two days, 159,000 appointment notifications were sent, Sandra Dagostino, undersecretary of Digital Government of the province, informed Convergencialatina. Messages via WhatsApp are an alternative that was added to emails and messages from the Vacunate PBA application.

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As the geostationary satellite business consolidates, low Earth orbit constellations continue to scale up, while the Direct-to-Device (D2D) market enters a phase of commercial deployment and regulatory exploration by authorities worldwide. This landscape was highlighted at the Satellite Map Day 2026 event, organized by Convergencialatina last June, and in the 29th edition of the Satellite Map in Latin America.

México · Software and Applications · Equipment Providers and Network Solutions

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IT/OT convergence and data sovereignty: The path to digitalization in Mexico according to Siemens

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América Latina · Software and Applications

02/09/2026

Data sovereignty and cyber resilience: Hitachi Vantara presents key digital infrastructure considerations for telcos in the region

The company provides data management platforms to Latin America from its facility in Oklahoma, U.S. Its goal is to provide operators with a hub to consolidate workloads, ensure full availability and maintain control over data governance.

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