This month’ s cover story, which can be found on page 14, features Edgar Mendez, General Manager

of Systems Operation, Infrastructure and LAN, Izzi. He tells us how Izzi is modernizing its operations with Oracle Cloud to consolidate systems from multiple mergers, reducing billing times by 70 % and speeding up invoicing by 60 %.

The upgrade strengthens cash flow and allows the Mexican telecom to deliver more agile digital services to its 17 million subscribers. Supported by Oracle’ s consulting team, Izzi migrated its CRM and billing systems to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to create a resilient, future-ready architecture.

The move also enables Business Continuity, with production and Disaster Recovery environments running across two OCI regions in Mexico. Beyond efficiency, Izzi is focused on enhancing customer experience through personalized campaigns powered by Oracle’ s Siebel CRM.

6 GHz band( 6.425 – 7.125 GHz) to licensed mobile operators could generate up to seven times more economic value than leaving it for unlicensed

While Wi-Fi still has room to grow through efficiency gains and use of lower bands, mobile networks are already approaching a capacity crunch and require more midband spectrum to support 5G and future 6G. Licensed spectrum would also expand coverage to rural areas, driving digital inclusion and enabling industries such as mining, agriculture, logistics and manufacturing to benefit from advanced connectivity.

The GSMA urges regulators to harmonize spectrum policy across the region by allocating the lower 6 GHz to Wi-Fi and the upper 6 GHz to mobile, calling this decision critical for Latin America’ s digital competitiveness and long-term growth.

You can read more starting on page 24.

As part of Grupo Televisa, Izzi’ s merger with Sky Mexico expands its market reach, paving the way for bundled offerings and faster growth. Finally, Izzi is positioning itself for the future with investments in AI-driven analytics, 5G readiness, and cloud-native services to keep pace with Mexico’ s rapid Digital Transformation.

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Elsewhere, we learn how a new GSMA report warns that Latin America must decide how to allocate the 6 GHz spectrum as mobile data demand is set to grow 3.5 × by 2030. The study finds that assigning the upper

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