Antel and its experience as a pioneer in 5G: the cost of the terminals threatens FWA overcrowding

A year and a half after the start of operations of the first 5G commercial case in Latin America, Natalia Pignataro, CTO of the state operator, announced the main results. At the Big Players Map Day 2020 virtual event, organized by Convergencialatina last week, she spoke about millimeter band tests for vertical applications, such as the Port of Montevideo and video surveillance cameras.

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América Latina · Operators29/04/2024

Sites earned US$28 million in the first quarter and added 1,040 towers in a year

The tower arm of América Móvil maintained its tower lease ratio at a level of 1.21, similar to the previous quarter. The loss of agreements in Brazil and Panama was offset by new agreements in other countries in the region.

Panamá · Mobile · Operators · Spectrum26/04/2024

Panama begins 5G era with Más Móvil pilots and plan to allocate more spectrum

The Cable & Wireless operator brand carries out tests with commercial, tourism and port firms for a period of two to three months with spectrum provided free of charge by the regulator ASEP. A public consultation on future attributions will be held before July and it is expected that the 3.5 GHz band will be awarded by the end of the year.

América Latina · Operators17/04/2024

América Móvil's earnings fell 55% due to peso strength

It reached US$ 790 million in the first quarter of the year. Total revenues and Ebitda were also affected by the extraordinary income from the sale of towers, which boosted the result of a year earlier. Total mobile subscriptions grew 3.6% year-on-year to 311.6 million lines. Fixed UGIs totaled 74.1 million, 1% more than a year earlier.

Panamá · Regulation · Operators08/04/2024

Liberty and Millicom compete to conquer Digicel's 300,000 customers

The deadline expires next April 17. They offer 30% discounts on postpaid plans and unlimited data for 10 days from US$ 3 top-ups. The regulator ASEP modified portability procedure to facilitate migration.

América Latina · Mobile · Operators · Equipment Providers and Network Solutions04/04/2024

Latin America already has 87 mobile private network deployments

According to the GSA, the mining industry is the one that most demands these technologies, totaling 30 cases to date. Behind it are the Oil & Gas and manufacturing sectors, with eight cases each. These deployments are favored by the presence of Advanced 4G networks, already well-established, and 5G, which is taking its first steps.

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