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Colombian wholesale Internet Service Provider (ISP) Skynet is using the O3b Satellites to provide connectivity in and around the city of Leticia, the capital city of the Amazonas Department in Colombia. Skynet will provide broadband trunking services to Mobile Network Operators...

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY KERRY Colombia Peace Process I am very pleased to see that the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have reached major breakthroughs on the outstanding issues in the peace process negotiations:  transitional justice,...

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has announced the signing of two franchise agreements to convert two Cosmos hotels in Bogotá into DoubleTree by Hilton properties, bringing the brand into Colombia for the first time. DoubleTree by Hilton Bogotá Parque 93 and DoubleTree by Hilton...

Due to continued interest, Finance Colombia is now accepting applications for a very limited number of unpaid internships in Colombia with 3 & 6 month durations from graduate students in Journalism, Communications, Finance, Economics, International Relations, or synonymous...

Contact center outsourcing firm Atento S.A. (NYSE: ATTO) has opened a new contact center for customer service in Pereira, Risaralda, Finance Colombia has learned. This makes Atento’s third center in Pereira, and eighth center in Colombia. The center in Tres Nevados-Pereira will...

Satellite operator SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today the kickoff of annual training for the Andean Community as part of the company’s stated goal of providing worldwide training to broadcast communities in regions of the world where SES operates. SES-10 is a new...

Visa users within Grupo Aval’s Banks: Banco Occidente, Banco de Bogotá, Banco AV Villas, and Banco Popular and have an Android or iOS smartphone will be the first to Access Aval Pay, a new digital wallet in Colombia. The platform was developed using technology by Yellow Pepper,...

Colombia’s civil aviation authority has released Circular 002, published in Official Diary #49.624 that sets out the regulations for operating drones, known formally as Aeronaves Pilotadas a Distancia (Airships Piloted from a Distance) within Colombian airspace. Primary...

According to ANATO, the Colombian Association of Travel Agencies and Tourism, the US continues to be the top international travel destination for Colombians, a position it has held for almost a decade. The most popular travel packages are trips to Orlando and New York Cit...

PayPal, the global electronic payments system that was purchased, then spun out of internet auction platform eBay, recently announced that it is pulling out of Colombia, at least for domestic payments. The company, that allows individuals and businesses to send money to each...