2007 Latin America Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Overview

• Key Statistics and forecasts;
• Market and industry overviews;
• Government policies and regulatory issues;
• Historical information;
• Major players (fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and pay TV);
• Telecom infrastructure (national and international, fixed and wireless);
• Mobile voice and data markets;
• Internet market and VoIP;
• Broadband (DSL, cable, wireless);
• Convergence, pay TV, and developments in digital TV.

1. TELECOMS, MOBILE, & BROADBAND OVERVIEW & ANALYSIS 2007

1.1 Telecom market overview

1.2 Regulatory environment

1.2.1 Privatisation

1.2.2 Liberalisation

1.2.3 Re-nationalisation

1.3 Infrastructure

1.3.1 VoIP

1.4 Major telecom players

1.5 Internet

1.6 Broadband

1.6.1 WiMAX

1.7 Convergence

1.7.1 Triple play models

1.7.2 Pay TV

1.7.3 Broadband TV (IPTV)

1.7.4 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)

1.8 Mobile communications

1.8.1 Major mobile companies

1.8.2 Mobile technologies

1.8.3 Third Generation (3G) mobile

1.8.4 Mobile data services

2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

2.1 Overview of Latin America’s telecom market

2.2 Telecommunications growth

3. REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

3.1 Background

3.2 Universal access

3.3 Foreign operators

3.4 Types of licensing

3.5 Privatisation and liberalisation

3.6 Settlement rates with the USA

4. MAJOR FIXED-LINE OPERATORS

4.1 Overview

4.2 Major Latin American fixed-line operators

4.2.1 Telmex (Mexican operations)

4.2.2 Telemar

4.2.3 Telesp

4.2.4 Brasil Telecom

4.2.5 Embratel

4.3 Major international companies

4.3.1 Telefónica

4.3.2 Telmex (international operations)

4.3.3 Telecom Italia

5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

5.1 Overview

5.2 International

5.2.1 Submarine cable systems

5.2.2 International satellite systems

5.3 Infrastructure developments

5.3.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

5.3.2 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

6. INTERNET MARKET

6.1 Overview

6.1.1 Internet statistics

6.2 Latin America’s ISP market

7. BROADBAND MARKET

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Broadband statistics

7.2 Cable modems

7.3 Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

7.4 Wireless broadband

7.4.1 WiFi

7.4.2 Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)

7.5 Broadband Powerline (BPL)

8. CONVERGENCE

8.1 Overview of media convergence

8.2 Triple play models

8.2.1 Regulatory issues

8.3 Pay TV

8.3.1 Cable TV

8.3.2 Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS)

8.3.3 Satellite TV

8.4 Broadband TV (IPTV)

8.5 Digital terrestrial TV (DTTV)

9. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Overview of Latin America’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Mobile technologies

9.2.1 GSM

9.2.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile

9.3 Major mobile operators in Latin America

9.3.1 América Móvil

9.3.2 Telefónica SA

9.3.3 Telecom Italia

9.3.4 Millicom International Cellular

9.3.5 Digicel

9.4 Mobile voice services

9.4.1 Prepaid

9.4.2 Satellite mobile

9.5 Mobile data services

9.5.1 Short message service (SMS)

9.5.2 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)

9.5.3 High capacity mobile voice/data services (1xRTT)

9.5.4 Broadband wireless data service (1x EV-DO)

10. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

Exhibit 1 - Regulatory status of VoIP in selected Latin American countries - 2007

Exhibit 2 - Telmex at a glance

Exhibit 3 - Telemar Norte Leste (Telemar) at a glance

Exhibit 4 - Telesp at a glance

Exhibit 5 - Brasil Telecom at a glance

Exhibit 6 - Embratel Participações at a glance

Exhibit 7 - Major submarine cable networks in Latin America

Exhibit 8 - Regulatory status of VoIP in selected Latin American countries - 2007

Exhibit 9 - EDGE deployments in Latin America - March 2007

Table 1 - Top 10 mobile markets - subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2006

Table 2 - Top 10 Latin American countries for fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity - 2005 - 2006

Table 3 - Top ten fixed-line operators and annual change by revenue - 2006

Table 4 - Top ten fixed-line operators and annual change by lines in service - 2005 - 2006

Table 5 - Internet users, annual change and penetration - top 12 countries for users - 2006

Table 6 - Internet users, annual change and penetration - top 12 countries for penetration - 2006

Table 7 - Broadband subscribers, annual change, penetration - major countries - 2005 - 2006

Table 8 - Cable TV subscribers, annual change, penetration - major countries - 2005 - 2006

Table 9 - Top 10 mobile markets - subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2006

Table 10 - International mobile operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2006

Table 11 - Mobile subscribers and annual change by digital technology - 2003 - 2006

Table 12 - Total GDP and GDP growth by country (estimates) - 2006

Table 13 - GDP per capita by country and variation from regional average - 2005 - 2006

Table 14 - International mobile operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2006

Table 15 - Top ten fixed-line operators and annual change by revenue - 2006

Table 16 - Top ten fixed-line operators and annual change by lines in service - 2005 - 2006

Table 17 - Telefónica Latinoamérica subsidiaries - 2006

Table 18 - Telmex acquisitions - 2004 - 2007

Table 19 - Fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity in Latin America- 1995 - 2006

Table 20 - Fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity by country - 2003 - 2006

Table 21 - Internet users, annual change and user penetration - 2000 - 2006

Table 22 - Internet users, annual change and penetration - top 12 countries for users - 2006

Table 23 - Internet users, annual change and penetration - top 12 countries for penetration - 2006

Table 24 - Internet users, growth, and penetration worldwide by region - 2000; 2007

Table 25 - Broadband subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2001 - 2006

Table 26 - Broadband subscribers, annual change, penetration - major countries - 2005 - 2006

Table 27 - Broadband lines and annual change worldwide by region - 2003 - 2006

Table 28 - DSL versus cable modem worldwide - 2005 - 2006

Table 29 - Broadband subscriber ratios by technology - major countries - 2006

Table 30 - Top 12 broadband service providers, technology used and total subscribers - 2006

Table 31 - Cable modem lines, annual change and penetration - 2001 - 2006

Table 32 - Cable modem lines, annual change and penetration - major countries - 2005 - 2006

Table 33 - DSL lines, annual change, and penetration - 2001 - 2006

Table 34 - DSL subscribers, annual change and penetration - major countries - 2005 - 2006

Table 35 - Cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2000 - 2006

Table 36 - Cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration - major countries - 2005 - 2006

Table 37 - International operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2005 - 2006

Table 38 - Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration in Latin America - 1998 - 2006

Table 39 - Countries ranked by subscriber numbers, and regional market share - 2006

Table 40 - Countries ranked by mobile penetration, and variation from regional average - 2006

Table 41 - Countries ranked by net additions, and annual growth - 2006

Table 42 - Top 10 mobile operators and annual change ranked by subscriber numbers - 2006

Table 43 - Mobile subscribers by digital technology and annual change - 2003 - 2006

Table 44 - América Móvil subscribers by subsidiary and annual change - 2005 - 2006

Table 45 - Telefónica mobile subscribers and annual change by subsidiary - 2005 - 2006

Table 46 - Telecom Italia and TIM subscribers and annual change by subsidiary - 2005 - 2006

Table 47 - Millicom mobile subscribers and annual change by subsidiary - 2005 - 2006