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Central America Telecommunications Report Q4 2009Published by: Business Monitor International Published: Nov. 4, 2009 - 79 Pages Table of Contents
AbstractCentral America hosts a wide range of markets from the highly competitive to the monopoly markets. ElSalvador and Guatemala have reported high growth on the back of several operators competing forsubscribers. Meanwhile Costa Rica’s market is on the cusp of seeing competition enter its internet marketand the entrance of new mobile operators is highly anticipated. Costa Rica holds such high potential formobile growth and BMI expects there to be a great level of interest in providing services to rivalincumbent Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). The monopoly operator has been boosting itsown profile by contracting vendors to help it provide a greater range of services in preparation for newcompetition.Meanwhile, Belize’s telecoms market incumbent has held an exceptionally strong position in its marketfor several years, culminating in the government seizing shares and renationalising the company. Thegovernment says it does not intend to hold on to the 94% stake in the operator and will seek to sell offsmaller shares of the company to new investors. This could mark the start of a new era for Belize’stelecoms sector, which retains considerable growth potential. Nonetheless, BMI remains concerned overthe new ownership of the incumbent and lowered Belize’s score for Independence of Regulator in ourBusiness Environment Rankings although that did not affect the overall position of Belize in relation toits neighbouring markets. New competition in Honduras and Panama has boosted these markets and forced the existing operators toup their game. Digicel reported strong increases early on in its Honduras and Panama launches whileAmérica Móvil, which launched only in Panama, reported few new subscribers at the end of June 2009. The operator faces and uphill struggle as the market is already quite mature and new subscribers areharder to come by. However, the prospect of number portability and its early launch of 3G services willput it in good stead to acquire a good share of the market. Central American markets saw no changes to their rankings in Q409 despite some changes to individualscores. With fewer new launches expected, except in Costa Rica, and markets approaching maturity itseems that the rankings have settled somewhat leaving Central American markets spread across the tableamong larger Latin American countries. El Salvador and Guatemala remain in the top half of the tablewith competitive markets and high penetration rates. While Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica havehigher growth potential there are different factors holding these markets back and keeping them at thebottom of the rankings. Get Full Details About This Report >> |
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