DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b8gqg2/latin_america) has announced the addition of the "Latin America - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview" report to their offering.
The Mobile Broadband Boom In Latin America
BuddeComm's annual publication, Latin American Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview, provides a comprehensive overview of telecommunications in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a region that includes some of the world's most important emerging markets.
Market Highlights
- Telefónica and América Móvil are gradually consolidating mobile and fixed operations under the Movistar and Claro brands respectively.
- The Brazilian government has issued a broadcasting law opening the cable TV market to fixed-line telcos and foreign investors.
- The Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) market has finally burgeoned in a few LAC countries - including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Virgin Mobile has launched MVNO services in Chile, and plans to enter Brazil and Colombia in 2013.
- Chile's Tower Act, devised for health and environmental reasons, is helping to promote MVNOs and infrastructure sharing.
- Argentina has become an important manufacturer of cell phones and provides about 80% of all devices sold in the country. Driven by Twitter and Facebook, the combined penetration of smart phones and social phones has overtaken traditional devices in Argentina.
- Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay launched Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in 2012, later than most of the other major LAC countries - Mexico and Brazil introduced MNP in 2008, Ecuador in 2009, Peru in 2010, and Colombia in 2011. Bolivia has passed a law for the introduction of MNP; but Venezuela and Uruguay have yet to approve MNP legislation.
- To encourage customer mobility after the introduction of MNP, Chile's regulator has banned the sale of carrier-locked handsets, and ordered operators to unlock devices free of charge.
- The Brazilian government wants all major cities to have 4G
LTE services before the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
- Fibre-optic backbone networks are being deployed in Brazil's major cities as part of a National Broadband Plan.
- With an investment of US$600 million, Colombia's National Fibre Optic Project aims to deploy over 15,000km of fibre cable. Perus national broadband plan aims to provide internet connectivity via a fibre-optic backbone to the more remote regions; it could boost broadband penetration from 4% in 2011 to 9% in 2016.
Key Topics Covered
1. Key Statistics
2. Telecommunications Market
3. Regulatory Environment
4. Fixed Network Market
5. Telecommunications Infrastructure
6. Broadband Market
7. Digital Economy / Digital Media
8. Mobile Communications
9. Forecasts
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