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Chile - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts
[February 22, 2009]

Chile - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts


Report Summary Our's annual publication, Chile - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts, profiles the most mature telecom market in Latin America and the region's pioneer when it comes to new technologies.

In fact, Chile was the first country in Latin America to see services such as mobile WiMAX (News - Alert), IPTV, wireless TVoIP, triple play, EDGE, and mobile voice-to-text, among others. It was the second country in the region, after Puerto Rico, to have 3G mobile services.

The Chilean telecom market is expected to continue growing throughout the recession, albeit at a reduced rate. Financial risk appears to be moderate, and the country's macroeconomic environment is expected to remain sound. Chile is often portrayed as a role model by the international business community for its adoption of progressive social policies together with a competitive free market approach.

In the broadband sector, Chile is the uncontested regional leader. In the telephony sector, however, Chile lags behind in terms of fixed-line teledensity and mobile penetration, leaving considerable space for growth considering that the country's GDP per capita is one of the region's highest.


This report presents a concise overview of sector liberalisation and privatisation in Chile; government initiatives and regulations in the telecom industry; company profiles for the major operators in the various telecom sectors; the development of mobile and broadband technologies; the emergence of convergence and IP solutions; essential country and operator statistics in all telecom sectors; and scenario forecasts for the fixed-line, mobile, and broadband markets.

Key highlights In Chile's liberalised fixed-line market, several operators provide fixed telephony in competition with the incumbent Telef¨®nica Chile, using technologies based on triple play, WLL, VoIP, and NGN. The fixed-line sector is experiencing marginal growth thanks to the efforts of start-up companies.

Chile has lost its South American leadership in terms of mobile penetration, having been overtaken by Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay. Nevertheless, Chile's mobile market remains strong, with an average of nine out of ten people owning a mobile phone.

Chile's Internet and broadband penetration rates are the highest in South America. This is due to the country's relatively high GDP, its receptivity towards new technologies, and its success in creating competition between broadband providers, whereas in most other Latin American countries the incumbent fixed-line operators continue to monopolise ADSL despite liberalisation.

In terms of convergence, Chile is the uncontested regional leader with VTR Latin America's first triple player and several other companies all offering triple play packages.

Report Outline 1. Key Statistics 1.1 Country overview 2. Telecommunications Market 2.1 Overview of Chile's telecom market 3. Regulatory Environment 3.1 Regulatory authorities 3.1.1 Subtel 3.1.2 Competition authorities 3.1.3 Telecommunications Development Fund 3.1.4 Rural and community projects 3.2 Privatisation 3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Chile 3.3.1 Telecommunications Law 1982 3.3.2 Multicarrier Law 1994 3.4 Tariffs 3.5 Number portability (NP) 3.6 Access 3.7 Interconnect 3.8 New regulatory developments 4. Fixed Network Operators in Chile 4.1 Overview of operators 4.1.1 Local telephony 4.1.2 Long-distance telephony 4.2 Telef¨®nica Chile 4.3 Entel Chile 4.4 VTR Globalcom 4.5 Telef¨®nica del Sur (Telsur) 4.6 Telmex (News - Alert) Chile 4.7 GTD Manquehue and the GTD Group 5. Telecommunications Infrastructure 5.1 National telecom networks 5.2 International infrastructure 5.2.1 Submarine cable networks 5.2.2 Satellite networks 5.3 Infrastructure developments 5.3.1 IP and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 5.3.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 6. Internet Market 6.1 Overview 6.1.1 Internet statistics 7. Broadband Market 7.1 Overview 7.1.1 Broadband statistics 7.2 Digital Strategy 2007-2012 7.3 Broadband operators 7.4 Cable modems 7.4.1 VTR Banda Ancha 7.5 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) 7.5.1 Telef¨®nica Chile 7.5.2 Telsur 7.5.3 Entel Internet 7.6 Broadband Powerline (BPL) and smart grids 7.7 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks 7.8 Wireless broadband 7.8.1 DSL 7.8.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 7.8.3 WiFi 7.8.4 WiMAX 7.8.5 Internet via satellite 8. Content and E-Services 8.1 E-commerce 8.2 E-banking 8.3 E-government 9. Convergence (News - Alert) 9.1 Overview of media convergence 9.2 Triple play models 9.3 Pay TV 9.3.1 Cable TV 9.3.2 Satellite TV 9.3.3 Broadband TV (IPTV and TVoIP) 9.4 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) 10. Mobile Communications 10.1 Overview of Chile's mobile market 10.1.1 Mobile statistics 10.2 Regulatory issues 10.2.1 Spectrum (News - Alert) auctions (historical review) 10.2.2 Spectrum auction 2006 10.2.3 Fixed-to-mobile call charges 10.2.4 Mobile Number Portability (MNP) 10.2.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) 10.3 Mobile technologies 10.3.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile 10.3.2 3G spectrum auction 10.4 Mobile operators 10.4.1 Movistar 10.4.2 Entel PCS 10.4.3 Claro (News - Alert) 10.4.4 Nextel Chile 10.4.5 Vodafone's Partner Market 10.5 Mobile voice services 10.5.1 Prepaid cards 10.5.2 Satellite mobile 10.6 Mobile data services 10.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS) 10.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) 10.6.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 10.6.4 Mobile TV 10.7 Mobile content and applications 10.7.1 Location-Based Services (LBS) 10.8 Mobile marketing 11. Forecasts 11.1 Overview 11.2 Forecasts fixed-line market to 2018 11.3 Forecasts broadband market to 2018 11.4 Forecasts mobile market to 2018 12. Glossary of Abbreviations Tables Table 1 Country statistics Chile 2008 Table 2 Telephone network statistics August 2008 Table 3 Internet user statistics 2008 Table 4 Broadband statistics September 2008 Table 5 Mobile statistics September 2008 Table 6 National telecommunications authority Table 7 Major operators market share of fixed lines in service 2001 - 2008 Table 8 Entel & Telef¨®nica Chile market share of ILD & DLD traffic 2001 - 2008 Table 9 Telef¨®nica Chile's lines in service and annual change 1999 - 2008 Table 10 Entel's lines in service and annual change 2001 - 2008 Table 11 VTR's telephony subscribers and annual change 2000 - 2008 Table 12 Telsur's lines in service and annual change 1999 - 2008 Table 13 Fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity 2000 - 2008 Table 14 Public phones and annual change 2000 - 2008 Table 15 Internet users, annual change and user penetration - 2000 - 2008 Table 16 Dial-up subscribers and annual change 2000 - 2008 Table 17 Dial-up and broadband market share - 2000 - 2008 Table 18 ISP market share - September 2008 Table 19 Broadband subscribers annual change and penetration - 2000 - 2008 Table 20 Broadband technology market share 2001 - 2008 Table 21 Broadband market share major companies 2001 - 2008 Table 22 Cable modem subscribers, annual change and penetration 2001 - 2008 Table 23 VTR cable modem subscribers & annual change 2000 - 2008 Table 24 ADSL subscribers, annual change and penetration 2001 - 2008 Table 25 Telef¨®nica Chile ADSL subscribers & annual change 2000 - 2008 Table 26 Telsur ADSL subscribers and annual change 2000 - 2008 Table 27 E-commerce transactions and annual change 2001 - 2008 Table 28 Pay TV subscribers by operator and market share - 2006 - 2008 Table 29 Cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration 1995 - 2008 Table 30 VTR cable TV subscribers by technology 2000 - 2008 Table 31 Telef¨®nica Chile satellite TV subscribers 2006 - 2008 Table 32 Mobile subscribers & annual change by operator September 2008 Table 33 Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration rate 1999 - 2008 Table 34 Operator market share 1999 - 2008 Table 35 Evolution of ARPU in Chile mobile operators 2005 - 2007 Table 36 Movistar mobile subscribers and annual change 1999 - 2008 Table 37 Entel PCS mobile subscribers & annual change 1999 - 2008 Table 38 Claro mobile subscribers 1999 - 2008 Table 39 Mobile prepaid/postpaid ratio 1999 - 2008 Table 40 Forecast fixed-line subscribers & teledensity lower growth scenario 2008; 2013; 2018 Table 41 Forecast fixed-line subscribers & teledensity higher growth scenario 2008; 2013; 2018 Table 42 Forecast broadband subscribers & penetration lower growth scenario 2008; 2013; 2018 Table 43 Forecast broadband subscribers & penetration higher growth scenario 2008; 2013; 2018 Table 44 Forecast mobile subscribers & penetration rate lower growth scenario 2008; 2013; 2018 Table 45 Forecast mobile subscribers & penetration rate higher growth scenario 2008; 2013; 2018 Exhibits Exhibit 1 Regions and primary zones Exhibit 2 Local telephony operators number of zones of operation 2008 Exhibit 3 Telef¨®nica Chile at a glance Exhibit 4 Telef¨®nica Chile company history Exhibit 5 Entel Chile at a glance Exhibit 6 Entel company history Exhibit 7 VTR Globalcom at a glance Exhibit 8 VTR company history Exhibit 9 Telsur at a glance Exhibit 10 Telsur company history Exhibit 11 Telmex Chile company history Exhibit 12 GTD Manquehue company history Exhibit 13 Major submarine cable networks landing in Chile Exhibit 14 Metr¨®polis (historical) Exhibit 15 Mobile concessions and original shareholders 1989 Exhibit 16 Telef¨®nica M¨®vil Chile history Exhibit 17 BellSouth Chile history Exhibit 18 Claro/Smartcom/Chilesat history te in Tanzania 1995 - 2008 For more information: http://www.chinaccm.com/4S/4S16/4S1607/news/20090213/113319.asp

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