2008 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, IPTV, and digital terrestrial TV developments.

1. Telecoms, Mobile, & Broadband Overview & Analysis 2008

1.1 Key highlights - 2007 - 2008

1.2 Telecom market overview

1.3 Regulatory environment

1.3.1 Privatisation

1.3.2 Liberalisation

1.3.3 Renationalisation

1.4 Infrastructure

1.4.1 VoIP

1.5 Major telecom players

1.6 Internet

1.7 Broadband

1.7.1 WiMAX

1.8 Convergence

1.8.1 Triple play models

1.8.2 Pay TV

1.8.3 Broadband TV (IPTV)

1.8.4 Digital Terrestrial TV

1.9 Mobile communications

1.9.1 Major mobile companies

1.9.2 Mobile technologies

1.9.3 Third Generation mobile (3G)

1.9.4 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 Major players in the market

4.1.1 Overview

4.1.2 Major Latin American fixed-line operators

4.1.3 Major international companies

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 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 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 Overview

9.2.2 GSM

9.2.3 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 in Latin America

9.4.1 Prepaid cards

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

List of tables and exhibits

Table 1 - Top 10 Latin American countries: fixed lines, annual change and teledensity - 2004 - 2005

Table 2 - Top ten fixed-line operators by revenue - 2007

Table 3 - Top ten fixed-line operators by lines in service - 2006 - 2007

Table 4 - Internet users and penetration - top 12 countries for users - 2007

Table 5 - Internet users and penetration - top 12 countries for penetration - 2007

Table 6 - Broadband subscribers and penetration - major countries - 2006 - 2007

Table 7 - Cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration - major countries - 2006 - 2007

Table 8 - Top 10 mobile markets - subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2007

Table 9 - International mobile operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2006 - 2007

Table 10 - Mobile subscribers by digital technology - 2003 - 2007

Table 11 - Total GDP and GDP growth by country (estimates) - 2007

Table 12 - GDP per capita by country and variation from regional average - 2006 - 2007

Table 13 - International mobile operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2006 - 2007

Table 14 - Top ten fixed-line operators by revenue and annual change - 2007

Table 15 - Top ten fixed-line operators by lines in service and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 16 - Latin America fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity - 1995 - 2007

Table 17 - Fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity by country - 2003 - 2007

Table 18 - Latin America Internet users, annual change and user penetration - 2000 - 2007

Table 19 - Latin America Internet users, annual change and penetration - top 12 countries for users - 2007

Table 20 - Latin America Internet users, annual change and penetration - top 12 countries for penetration - 2007

Table 21 - Internet users, growth and penetration worldwide by region - 2000; 2007

Table 22 - Latin America broadband subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2001 - 2007

Table 23 - Latin America broadband subscriber ratios by technology - 2001 - 2007

Table 24 - Broadband subscribers, annual change & penetration - major countries in Latin America - 2006 - 2007

Table 25 - Broadband subscriber ratios by technology - major countries in Latin America - 2007

Table 26 - Latin America cable modem subscribers, annual change & penetration - 2001 - 2007

Table 27 - Cable modem lines, annual change & penetration - major countries in Latin America - 2006 - 2007

Table 28 - Latin America DSL subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2001 - 2007

Table 29 - DSL subscribers, annual change and penetration - major countries in Latin America - 2006 - 2007

Table 30 - Latin America cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2000 - 2007

Table 31 - Cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration - major countries in Latin America - 2006 - 2007

Table 32 - International mobile operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2006 - 2007

Table 33 - Latin America mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration - 1998 - 2008

Table 34 - Latin America countries ranked by subscribers, and regional market share - 2007

Table 35 - Latin America countries ranked by penetration, and variation from regional average - 2007

Table 36 - Latin America countries ranked by net additions, and annual growth - 2007

Table 37 - Latin America top 10 mobile operators by subscribers & annual change - 2007

Table 38 - Evolution of ARPU - major countries in Latin America - 2003 - 2007

Table 39 - Evolution of ARPU in Brazil - major operators - 2005 - 2007

Table 40 - Evolution of ARPU in Argentina - major operators - 2005 - 2007

Table 41 - Latin America mobile subscribers by digital technology - 2003 - 2007

Table 42 - Latin America market share by mobile technology - 2003 - 2007

Table 43 - América Móvil -subscribers by country, subsidiary and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 44 - América Móvil blended ARPU, major subsidiaries and annual change - 2004 - 2007

Table 45 - América Móvil MOU, major subsidiaries and annual change - 2004 - 2007

Table 46 - América Móvil churn, major subsidiaries and annual change - 2004 - 2007

Table 47 - Telefónica mobile subscribers by country, subsidiary and annual change- 2006 - 2007

Table 48 - Telecom Italia & TIM subscribers by country, subsidiary & annual change - 2006 - 2007

Table 49 - Millicom mobile subscribers by country and annual change - 2006 - 2007

Exhibit 1 - Telmex at a glance

Exhibit 2 - Telemar Norte Leste at a glance

Exhibit 3 - Telesp at a glance

Exhibit 4 - Brasil Telecom at a glance

Exhibit 5 - Embratel Participações at a glance

Exhibit 6 - Telefónica Latinoamérica subsidiaries - 2006

Exhibit 7 - Telmex acquisitions - 2004 - 2007

Exhibit 8 - Major submarine cable networks in Latin America

Exhibit 9 - Regulatory status of VoIP in selected Latin American countries

Exhibit 10 - EDGE Deployments in Latin America - February 2008