Guillermo Ponce, Senior VP of South and Central Markets at Liberty Latin America, spoke with Convergencialatina about the closing of Telefónica's operations in Costa Rica, in early August. Cross-client access, FTTH expansion and the NEXT TV platform will be the focus in the initial stage.

Last August 9, LLA (Liberty Latin America) announced that it had purchased Telefónica's operations in Costa Rica. Guillermo Ponce, LLA's Senior VP of South and Central Markets, confided to Convergencialatina that, despite the delay in the approval process, the preparation for integration began months ago. The combined operation was carried out by Johanna Escobar, a former Telefónica official who now works as General Manager.

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Guillermo Ponce, Senior VP of South and Central Markets at Liberty Latin America, spoke with Convergencialatina about the closing of Telefónica's operations in Costa Rica, in early August. Cross-client access, FTTH expansion and the NEXT TV platform will be the focus in the initial stage.

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It provides more than US$40 million, together with the UNDP, to deploy fiber optics, whose laying will be available at the beginning of the second half of this year. It also bets on the corporate market.

Puerto Rico must deploy fiber optics in more than half of the island's homes

The data came from a Fiber Broadband Association webinar that revealed the island's situation in FTTH services. There is a plan for the footprint to reach one hundred percent of homes in 2027 financed by federal funds and privately executed.

Through agreements with Claro and Movistar, cable operators expand their Internet offer

These are agreements of different types, which include leaving the last mile for the cable operator or contracts for available bandwidth. Antel could join with infrastructure leasing. Some cable operators are already building their own networks.

Andina Link 2024: Padtec targets small and medium-sized ISPs in Colombia

The Brazilian supplier Padtec participated in Andina Link 2024. From the fair, Hernán Yepes, CALA Norte Regional Manager, told Convergencialatina about the plans with the Colombian market, shaken by 5G deployment.

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Totalplay and Megacable are the competitors that increased their position. Izzi, from Televisa, managed to hold its ground despite the push from the smaller players.

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