Latin America - Telecoms and Fixed-line Statistics (tables only)

Publication Date	May 2009
Publisher	BuddeComm
Product Type	Report
Pages	68
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BUD00390

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Summary

This report provides 139 statistical tables for the telecom and fixed-line activities, both on a regional and national level, for the major 26 South American and Caribbean countries.

Researcher:- Lucia Bibolini, Lawrence Baker

Current publication date:- May 2009 (8th Edition)

Next publication date:- April 2010

In the LAC region, telecom infrastructure varies from nonexistent to rudimentary, and from adequate to well advanced. Despite a low 18% teledensity, fixed-line growth in most LAC countries has stagnated since 2001. Operators have reached their service goals for line installation, and consumers increasingly favour mobile over fixed-line. There is, however, a growing demand for high-speed data services, and fixed-line operators are looking to ADSL services to increase their revenue potential. A number of fixed-line companies have introduced prepaid voice services in order to reduce payment defaults. Nevertheless, the fixed line market is likely to remain in its present stagnant condition, not helped by the global recession.

The roll out of fibre optic networks continues to grow in Latin America, driven by the explosion of the mobile markets, the increase in broadband access, and the growth of IP-based services. There has, however, been hardly any activity in terms of FttH deployments.

Most telecom markets in Latin America have been both privatised and liberalised. Those that are still monopolies are striving towards an open market, but the privatisation trend has been reversed. Two countries, Venezuela and Bolivia, have renationalised their telecom incumbents, while other countries where the main telco is still state-owned have shown no interest in selling it to the private market.

When it comes to fixed lines, it is not easy for new entrants to roll out a network that can compete with the incumbents. Even with the deployment of alternative technologies, in most countries the historical telecom operators continue to dominate the basic telephony sector. Nevertheless, their market share is being eroded in a few countries, especially thanks to WLL, WiMAX, and triple play solutions offered by cable TV companies.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.

Notes on scenario forecasts

Throughout the report, BuddeComm provides a number of scenario forecasts. The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology:

This report includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing long-range scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth to occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely growth trend within this band.
The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our own historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector statistics from official and non-official, national and international sources. We assume a possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.
All statistics for GDP, revenue, etc are shown in US$, in order to maintain consistency within and between markets. At the same time we acknowledge that this can introduce some irregularities.

Content

1. Regional Overview
- 1.1 Infrastructure
- 1.2 Country comparisons
- 1.3 Operator statistics
2. Argentina
- 2.1 Infrastructure and subscribers
- 2.2 Operator statistics
3. Belize
4. Bolivia
- 4.1 Infrastructure
- 4.2 Operator statistics
5. Brazil
- 5.1 Infrastructure
- 5.2 Subscribers
- 5.3 Operator statistics
6. Caribbean Small Island Nations
7. Chile
- 7.1 Infrastructure and subscribers
- 7.2 Operator statistics
8. Colombia
- 8.1 Industry financial statistics
- 8.2 Infrastructure and subscribers
- 8.3 Operator statistics
9. Costa Rica
10. Cuba
11. Dominican Republic
12. Ecuador
- 12.1 Infrastructure
- 12.2 Operator statistics
13. El Salvador
14. Guatemala
- 14.1 Infrastructure
- 14.2 Operator statistics
15. Guyana
16. Haiti
17. Honduras
- 17.1 Infrastructure
- 17.2 Operator statistics
18. Jamaica
19. Mexico
- 19.1 Infrastructure and subscriber forecasts
- 19.2 Operator statistics
20. Nicaragua
21. Panama
- 21.1 Infrastructure
22. Paraguay
23. Peru
- 23.1 Industry financial statistics
- 23.2 Infrastructure and subscribers
- 23.3 Operator statistics
24. Puerto Rico
25. Suriname
26. Uruguay
- 26.1 Industry financial statistics
- 26.2 Infrastructure
27. Venezuela
- 27.1 Infrastructure
- 27.2 Subscribers
- 27.3 Industry financial statistics
- 27.4 Operator statistics
- Table 1 Latin America fixed lines in service and teledensity 1995 - 2008
- Table 2 Latin America fixed lines in service and teledensity by country 2004 - 2008
- Table 3 Latin America top 10 countries for fixed lines in service 2007 - 2008
- Table 4 Latin America GDP and GDP growth by country (estimates) 2008
- Table 5 Latin America GDP per capita by country 2007 - 2008
- Table 6 Latin America top ten fixed-line operators by lines in service - 2007 - 2008
- Table 7 Latin America top ten fixed-line operators by revenue - 2008
- Table 8 Latin America International operators subscribers and market share 2006 - 2007
- Table 9 Argentina national key statistics 2008
- Table 10 Argentina fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 11 Argentina public phones 1996 - 2008
- Table 12 Argentina forecast fixed line growth 2008; 2013; 2018
- Table 13 Argentina fixed lines in service market share 2003 - 2007
- Table 14 TASA fixed lines in service 2000 - 2008
- Table 15 Telecom Argentina fixed lines in service 2000 - 2008
- Table 16 Belize national key statistics 2008
- Table 17 Belize fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1998 - 2008
- Table 18 BTL Fixed lines and payphones - 2003 - 2008
- Table 19 Bolivia national key statistics 2008
- Table 20 Bolivia fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 21 Bolivia public payphones in service - 1998 - 2008
- Table 22 Bolivia fixed-line / mobile market share 1996 - 2008
- Table 23 Entel fixed lines in service 2000 - 2007
- Table 24 Brazil national key statistics 2008
- Table 25 Brazil - fixed lines in service and teledensity 1998 - 2008
- Table 26 Brazil - public payphones 1998 - 2008
- Table 27 Brazil - net connected voice clients 2006 - 2008
- Table 28 Brazil - forecast fixed-line subscribers & teledensity 2008 - 2018
- Table 29 Brazil - operators' market share of fixed lines in service 2000 - 2008
- Table 30 Oi fixed lines in service and digitisation rate 1998 - 2008
- Table 31 Brasil Telecom fixed lines in service and digitisation rate 1998 - 2008
- Table 32 Telesp fixed lines in service and digitisation rate 1999 - 2008
- Table 33 GVT fixed lines in service 2003 - 2008
- Table 34 GVT connected VoIP subscribers 2005 - 2008
- Table 35 Small Caribbean islands - GDP/capita and fixed-line operators - 2008
- Table 36 Caribbean countries - fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2007
- Table 37 Chile national key statistics 2008
- Table 38 Chile fixed lines in service and teledensity 2000 - 2008
- Table 39 Chile public phones 2000 - 2008
- Table 40 Chile forecast fixed-line subscribers & teledensity 2008 - 2018
- Table 41 Chile major operators market share of fixed lines in service 2001 - 2008
- Table 42 Entel & Telefnica Chile market share of ILD & DLD traffic 2001 - 2008
- Table 43 Telefnica Chile's lines in service 1999 - 2008
- Table 44 Chile lines in service for major operators 2001 - 2008
- Table 45 Colombia national key statistics 2008
- Table 46 Colombia telecom revenue 2000 - 2007
- Table 47 Colombia telecom revenue by segment 2007
- Table 48 Colombia fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 49 Colombia teledensity by department 2007 - 2008
- Table 50 Colombia forecast fixed line subscribers and teledensity 2008; 2013; 2018
- Table 51 Colombia major operators' market share of fixed lines in service 2000 - 2008
- Table 52 Colombia DLD traffic: market share by operator 1999 - 2007
- Table 53 Colombia ILD outgoing traffic: market share by operator 1999 - 2007
- Table 54 Colombia lines in service by operator 2000 - 2008
- Table 55 Costa Rica national key statistics 2008
- Table 56 Costa Rica fixed lines in service and teledensity 1998 - 2008
- Table 57 Costa Rica public payphones 1998 - 2008
- Table 58 Cuba national key statistics 2008
- Table 59 Cuba fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 60 Dominican Republic national key statistics 2008
- Table 61 Dominican Republic fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2008
- Table 62 Dominican Republic public phones - 1997 - 2008
- Table 63 Dominican Republic WLL lines in service 1999 - 2008
- Table 64 Ecuador national key statistics 2008
- Table 65 Ecuador fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1996 - 2009
- Table 66 Ecuador public telephones 2003 - 2008
- Table 67 Ecuador operators' market share of fixed lines in service 2001 - 2009
- Table 68 CNT (previously Andinatel and Pacifictel) lines in service 2001 - 2009
- Table 69 Etapa lines in service 2001 - 2009
- Table 70 El Salvador national key statistics 2008
- Table 71 El Salvador fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 72 El Salvador public payphones 1998 - 2008
- Table 73 Telecom fixed lines in service 2003 - 2008
- Table 74 Guatemala national key statistics 2008
- Table 75 Guatemala fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 76 Guatemala public and community phones 2003 - 2008
- Table 77 Guatemala market share fixed lines in service by major operators 2002 - 2008
- Table 78 Guyana national key statistics 2008
- Table 79 Guyana fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2008
- Table 80 Haiti national key statistics 2008
- Table 81 Haiti fixed lines in service and teledensity 1998 - 2008
- Table 82 Honduras national key statistics 2008
- Table 83 Honduras fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2008
- Table 84 Honduras public telephones - 1997 - 2008
- Table 85 Honduras number of operators by market 2004 - 2007
- Table 86 Honduras market share of fixed lines in service - 2003 - 2007
- Table 87 Hondutel - fixed lines in service - 1997 - 2007
- Table 88 Jamaica national key statistics 2008
- Table 89 Jamaica fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1996 - 2008
- Table 90 Mexico national key statistics 2008
- Table 91 Mexico fixed lines in service and teledensity 1996 - 2008
- Table 92 Mexico forecast fixed line subscribers 2010; 2015
- Table 93 Telmex lines in service - 1997 - 2008
- Table 94 Alestra lines in service by sector - 1999 - 2007
- Table 95 Axtel lines in service - 2002 - 2007
- Table 96 Maxcom lines in service - 2001 - 2008
- Table 97 Nicaragua national key statistics 2008
- Table 98 Nicaragua fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1996 - 2007
- Table 99 Nicaragua public phones 1998 - 2007
- Table 100 Panama national key statistics 2008
- Table 101 Panama number of telecom concessions - March 2009
- Table 102 Panama - fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1998 - 2008
- Table 103 Panama public telephones - 1998 - 2008
- Table 104 Panama forecast fixed line subscribers 2008; 2013; 2018
- Table 105 Paraguay national key statistics 2008
- Table 106 Paraguay fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2000 - 2008
- Table 107 Peru national key statistics 2008
- Table 108 Peru telecom revenue 2005 - 2007
- Table 109 Peru telecom revenue by segment 2007
- Table 110 Peru - fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2008
- Table 111 Peru - public telephones 1997 2008
- Table 112 Peru - fibre optic cable length - 2002 - 2008
- Table 113 Peru - FITEL Rural Projects Program
- Table 114 Peru - forecast fixed line growth 2008; 2013; 2018
- Table 115 Peru number of licensed operators per service 1997, 2001, 2006 - 2008
- Table 116 Peru - share of fixed lines in service (top four operators) 2001 - 2008
- Table 117 Peru - share of domestic long distance traffic (top four operators) 2000 - 2008
- Table 118 Peru - share of int. long distance outgoing traffic (top four operators) 2000 - 2008
- Table 119 Peru - fixed lines in service 2001 - 2008
- Table 120 Puerto Rico national key statistics 2008
- Table 121 Puerto Rico fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1996 - 2006
- Table 122 Puerto Rico forecast fixed line growth 2008; 2012; 2018
- Table 123 PRTC residential/corporate fixed-lines in service - 1998 - 2007
- Table 124 Suriname national key statistics 2008
- Table 125 Suriname fixed lines in service and teledensity 1997 - 2008
- Table 126 Uruguay national key statistics 2008
- Table 127 Uruguay telecom operating revenues and sector breakdown 2005 - 2007
- Table 128 Uruguay fixed lines in service and teledensity 1997 - 2008
- Table 129 Uruguay public payphones 1997 - 2008
- Table 130 Venezuela national key statistics 2008
- Table 131 Venezuela fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2008
- Table 132 Venezuela public payphones 1997 - 2008
- Table 133 Venezuela fixed-line prepaid/postpaid ratio - 2001 - 2008
- Table 134 Venezuela forecast fixed-line subscribers 2008; 2013; 2018
- Table 135 Venezuela telecom revenues and investments (private sector) - 2001 - 2007
- Table 136 Venezuela telecom revenue by segment 2007 - 2008
- Table 137 Venezuela fixed line market share by operator 2003 - 2007
- Table 138 CANTV fixed lines in service and market share - 2001 - 2008