Philippine telco PLDT announced on Wednesday it has a secured a PHP2 billion (US$34.4 million) social loan facility from HSBC Philippines to finance its fibre infrastructure rollouts to underserved and unserved communities.
Nokia announced on Friday that it has signed a deal with internet service provider Puntonet Ecuador to upgrade its fibre broadband network to 10G, with an eye towards 25GPON in the future.
Chilean regulator Subtel says it has received four offers to carry out a feasibility study of a project to implement the first submarine fibre optic cable between Chile and Antarctica.
Guyana telco ENet says it has completed a multibillion-dollar subsea cable connecting the town of Bartica – billed as the gateway to Guyana’s interior – to its fibre-optic backbone.