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In July, 5 companies will begin 5G network trials in the Colombian cities of Medellín, Bogotá, Tolú, Barrancabermeja, and Cali. Meanwhile the country announced a strategy to move consumers at least to 4G and dismantle the aged 2G mobile telecommunications network.

The study revealed that 66% of the surveyed businesspeople were optimistic regarding the operations of their companies in Colombia, while 30% feel the same in respect to the performance of the economy in general.

Colombian pork exports begin this weekend, with the shipment of 25 tons to Hong Kong and 25 tons to the Ivory Coast, from the port of Cartagena.

Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism has launched a biosafety certification for the tourism sector that allows tourism services providers to demonstrate compliance with mandatory protocols issued by the national government.

Of the total corn subsidies paid by the US government, 68.7% went towards the production of ethanol, amounting to $0.06646 USD per kilogram subsidy.

Today, Colombia’s Ministers of Health and Social Protection and Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT) ordered all places of public gathering such as nightclubs, casinos, family fun centers, amusement parks, and meeting places closed, at least until April 15.

In an auction that raised 5 trillion pesos ($1.5 Billion USD), Colombia allocated mobile spectrum to operators America Movil (Claro) (NYSE: AMX, BMV: AMXL) and Millicom (Tigo) (NASD: TIGO, STO: TIGO SDB), and to British private equity investors Novator Partners. Telefónica’s...

Last week Accenture (NYSE: ACN) opened its first NanoLab in Ruta-N in Medellín. The NanoLab will immerse local Accenture customers in the latest emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, extended reality, quantum computing, robotics, cybersecurity, blockchain,...

Statistics announced by Colombia’s DANE statistics agency indicate that for the first 3 quarters of 2019, hotel occupancy reached a rate of 56.7%, and hotel revenues rose 11.7% over the same period the previous year, and the highest in the past 14 years. José Manuel Restrepo,...

In the first half of 2019, Colombia’s avocado exports are up 37.6% compared to the same period in 2018, according to ProColombia, Colombia’s export promotion agency, and DANE, the national statistics agency. This in contrast to a global increase in consumption of 3% according to...