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Research and Markets Offers Report: Latin America - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview [Professional Services Close - Up]
[March 24, 2013]

Research and Markets Offers Report: Latin America - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview [Professional Services Close - Up]


(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Latin America - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overview" report to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: 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 - Telefonica and America Movil 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 percent 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 percent in 2011 to 9 percent 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 Report information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b8gqg2/latin_america ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved.

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