Colombia Telecommunications Report Q3 2009: Industry Report

Colombia Telecommunications Report Q3 2009

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Business Monitor International
Published: June 2009
Product Code: R302-6617

Description

The Colombian telecoms market continues to grow across all sectors although fixed-line connections seeminimal expansion and the penetration rate in the broadband segment remains low. Nonetheless, there areconsiderable opportunities for operators in these two markets. Colombian operators have been keen tooffer bundled services with IPTV launches from at least two municipal operators in 2008. Certainly dualand triple-play services will play a key roll in ensuring there is not a sharp decline in fixed-lineconnections.

However, BMI does forecast that the market will decline, although the growth in 2008 has led us torevise our estimates with little anticipation of a sudden drop off. The mobile market's continued growthwill, however, continue to impact the fixed-line market. For fixed-line operators, the new area of growthwill be in broadband services, with almost 2mn connections reported at the end of 2008.

Data from the CRT, the telecoms regulator, indicates that broadband subscriptions are not only growingbut average download speeds are also increasing. As content available over the internet needs everincreasingbandwidth to be run, the demand for faster internet connections will continue to rise.

Colombia's broadband market sees few subscriptions over 1Mbps, and improving networks will be a keyarea of development to push further growth. With strong competition in the market, prices should fall,allowing more subscribers to gain access to networks.

In this update we have concentrated on the fixed-line and broadband markets with regional breakdownsprovided highlighting how rural areas are yet to be reached in many cases. Bogotá accounts for the largestnumber of fixed lines and broadband connections in Colombia followed by other major cities. For themarket to continue to grow, networks will need to be expanded into rural areas to gain access to newsubscribers. The mobile data analysis has remained largely unchanged owing to this fixed-line andbroadband focus although forecasts have been fully updated.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary: SWOT Analysis; Colombia Mobile Business Environment SWOT; Colombia Wireline Business Environment SWOT; Colombia Political SWOT Analysis; Colombia Economic SWOT Analysis; Colombia Business Environment SWOT Analysis; Business Environment Rankings; Colombia
Table: Business Environment Rankings: Industry Forecast Scenario; Mobile
Table: Telecoms Sector - Mobile - Historical Data And Forecasts: Fixed Line
Table: Telecoms Sector - Fixed Line - Historical Data And Forecasts: Internet
Table: Telecoms Sector - Internet - Historical Data And Forecasts: Market Data Analysis; Mobile Market Overview
Table: Colombia Mobile Market, Q308
Table: Colombia Mobile Net Additions, Q308: Subscriber Mix & ARPU; 3G
Table: Mobile Contract Wins: Mobile Content; Regional Focus; Country Outlook; SMS; Mobile Internet; Mobile Internet Usage; Other Content
Table: Vas Timeline
Table: Colombia Mobile Market Overview: Fixed Line
Table: Telefónica Telecom Subscribers ('000)
Table: Colombia Fixed-Line Subscribers (000): Regional Focus; Triple-Play; Long Distance
Table: Domestic Long Distance Minutes By Operator ('000): Internet; Internet technologies
Table: Colombia Internet Market By Connection Type 2006-2008 ('000): Broadband Speeds
Table: Colombia Internet Market By Speed ('000)
Table: Wireline Developments: Regulatory Developments; Competitive Landscape; Key Players; Colombia: Regulatory Bodies And Their Responsibilities; Competitive Landscape; Market Structure
TABLE: KEY PLAYERS: COLOMBIA TELECOMS SECTOR
TABLE: SELECTED OPERATOR FINANCIAL PARAMETERS: Company Profile; Huawei's Latin America Growth From Mobile Broadband; Vendor Profile; USB MODEMS IN LATIN AMERICA BY OPERATOR; Company Profiles; Appendix; Regional Market Overview; Mobile
TABLE: REGIONAL MOBILE PENETRATION OVERVIEW: Fixed Line
Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview: Internet
Table: Regional Internet Penetration Overview
Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview: Appendix; Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview; Fixed Line
Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview: Internet/Broadband
Table: Regional Internet Penetration Overview
Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview: Mobile
Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview: Telecoms Business Environment Ratings Methodology; Ratings Overview; Weighting
Table: Weighting: Indicators; Indicators; Country Snapshot: Colombia Demographic Data; Section 1: Population
Table: Demographic Indicators, 2005-2030
Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown, 2005-2030: Section 2: Education And Healthcare
Table: Education, 2002-2005
Table: Vital Statistics, 2005-2030
Table: Employment Indicators, 2001-2006
Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012 (US$)
Table: Average Annual Wages, 2000-2012: BMI Telecoms Industry Glossary
Table: Glossary Of Terms: BMI Forecasting And Sourcing; How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
Table: Telecommunications Industry Forecast: Sources

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