Category: Telecommunications & Wireless
South America Telecommunications & Wireless
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Brazil - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... VoIP solutions. The number of fixed lines continues to fall slowly, despite gains in the VoIP sector. Internet connectivity in Brazil is provided by a number of submarine cables to the USA, Central and South ... Read More
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Venezuela Telecommunications Q1 2019
... on operator capex on networks and halting thedevelopment of the market. To add to operators' difficulties, looting and vandalism of telecoms equipment and facilities meansoperators have to focus their capex in repairing, rather than improving ... Read More
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Brazil - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses
... Telefónica's Vivo, Claro Brasil, TIM Brasil, and Oi. All four operators have secured spectrum in the 2.5GHz band with which they are expanding their LTE networks to capitalise on consumer demand for mobile data services. ... Read More
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Chile - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... supporting a range of services in the fixed-line and mobile sectors. Full competition in all market segments has been encouraged by an effective regulatory regime. The country’s market-oriented economy has also made it popular for ... Read More
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Brazil - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses
... fall slowly, despite gains in the VoIP sector. VoIP services in Brazil are not regulated by the telecoms regulator and are offered by many service providers. The main Brazilian VoIP providers are Net Serviços and ... Read More
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Brazil - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses
... Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Substantial investments and regulatory reforms were implemented before the FIFA World Cup was held in 2014 and again before the 2016 Olympic Games. The Games stimulated investment in infrastructure, though the ... Read More
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Argentina Telecommunications Q1 2019
... uncertainty, adifficult economic situation and the concentration of market power in the merged Telecom Personal-Cablevisión may limit muchneeded investments from operators into network expansion and, moreover, difficult the adoption of premium and advancedservices by subscribers. Read More
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Chile - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses
... overall trend has been stable. In the year to June 2018 the subscriber base increased 5.5%, despite the prevalence of lower use of multiple SIM cards. Much of the growth can be ascribed to the ... Read More
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Chile - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses
... mobile sectors. Full competition in all market segments has been encouraged by an effective regulatory regime. The country's market-oriented economy has also made it popular for both national and international investors. Fixed-line teledensity remains below ... Read More
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Peru - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... widespread poverty, fixed-to-mobile substitution, expensive telephone services, and geographical inaccessibility in the rugged Andean mountains and lowland Amazon jungles. The government is addressing these shortcomings via ambitious investment plans to deploy telecom infrastructure and services ... Read More
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Venezuela - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... number of lines came to an end in 2015. Since then the number of lines has plummeted, and by late 2018 teledensity had fallen to about 14%. The cause is largely linked to the country’s ... Read More
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Colombia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... service availability is relatively high by regional standards. However, infrastructure remains poor in small urban centres and rural areas. The government has sought to address this with a number of public programs, supported by effective ... Read More
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Paraguay - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... voice services, including local telephony, international long-distance telephony, and VoIP. In the mobile market, however, there has been competition since 1998. The internet market is also open to competition, and there are over a dozen ... Read More
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Peru Consumer Electronics Q1 2019
... nuevo sol appreciates. This will allow vendors to tap into a devices marketthat is both deeper as first-time buyers enter the market, and more lucrative as existing owners upgrade to more expensiveoptions. The main risk ... Read More
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Peru - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses
... inaccessibility in the rugged Andean mountains and lowland Amazon jungles. The Telecommunications Investment Fund (FITEL) provides subsidies for telecom services in rural areas and other places that provide marginal returns for private providers. The government ... Read More
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Peru - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses
... multiple mobile subscriptions. This phenomenon is becoming less pronounced as network operators respond to market competition by providing generous data and voice bundles (so obviating the need for SIM cards from different networks) and as ... Read More
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Telcos’ Managed Security Services (MSS) Market Opportunity in Latin America
... of Managed Security Services (MSS) services launched by telcos in an effort to position themselves as providers of enterprise ICT services, and not just connectivity. Telcos in Latin America are well placed to offer Managed ... Read More
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Colombia - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses
... still low and where strong demand exists in rural areas where fixed-line infrastructure remains poor. The market has seen considerable competition from the MVNO sector, with Virgin Mobile alone having almost 2.9 million subscribers as ... Read More
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Colombia - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses
... poor in small urban centres and rural areas. The government has sought to address this with a number of public programs and has facilitated the entry of operators to the mobile market in a bid ... Read More
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Colombia - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses
... country's 32 departments. The government has launched several initiatives to increase broadband take-up, and has in place the National ICT Plan 2008-2019 aimed at encouraging the use of ICTs and of internet services as a ... Read More
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Venezuela - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses
... partly to the rising popularity of mobile broadband, growth in the fixed broadband market slowed for a number of years and in 2017 it fell marginally. The state-owned incumbent CANTV is the country's exclusive provider ... Read More
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Venezuela - Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators - Statistics and Analyses
... recession. The number of mobile subscribers fell 11.2% in 2017 as subscribers terminated services in a bid to reduce discretionary spending. The phenomenon was also seen in the fixed-line segment, where fixed-line connections dropped by ... Read More
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Venezuela - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses
... Since then the number of lines has plummeted, and by late 2018 teledensity had fallen to about 14%. The cause is largely linked to the country's ongoing economic troubles, which have compelled many people to ... Read More
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Suriname - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... Dutch-speaking nation in South America, and it has closer affinities with the Caribbean than with its continental neighbours, and indeed is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In the wake of various social and ... Read More
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Argentina - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
... update services in rural areas. To meet pent up demand for telecom services the government has embarked on a large-scale National Broadband Plan. In August 2016 the state-owned infrastructure operator ARSAT launched a project to ... Read More
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