Latin America

Volkswagen partnered with Brazilian IoT start-up Taggen Industries and Services to pilot technologies it believes could transform its production of commercial vehicles in the country by boosting warehouse management.

WOM Chile filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, a voluntary process it insisted would enable it to restructure to cover bond payments due later this year while continuing to meet government coverage commitments.

INTERVIEW: Santiago Pena, President of the Republic of Paraguay (pictured), opened up on efforts to advance the country’s digital sector, highlighting a major push around technology development since taking office in August 2023.

President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Pena, speaks to Mobile World Live’s Kavit Majithia about his activities at MWC Barcelona 2024, digital ambitions and the importance of the mobile sector for the country’s citizens.

Nokia teamed with Telecom Argentina to drive new developer-created use cases for consumer, enterprise and industrial customers in Latin American markets by aligning with the GSMA’s Open Gateway API programme.

Amazon Web Services committed to spend more than $5 billion to launch a new infrastructure region in Mexico by 2025, as part of plan to boost the availability of cloud-based services across its new data centres.

Telefonica Tech and electric aerial vehicle specialist EHang unveiled a collaboration targeted at elevating the urban air mobility market in Europe and Latin America.