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Research and Markets: Costa Rica Mobile and Fixed Telecommunications and Pay-TV Markets Report 2014: Pending LTE Auction Will Help Balance Mobile Operators' Spectrum Holdings, Boosting Competition
[November 24, 2014]

Research and Markets: Costa Rica Mobile and Fixed Telecommunications and Pay-TV Markets Report 2014: Pending LTE Auction Will Help Balance Mobile Operators' Spectrum Holdings, Boosting Competition


DUBLIN --(Business Wire)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/p2clcv/costa_rica) has announced the addition of the "Costa Rica: Pending LTE Auction Will Help Balance Mobile Operators' Spectrum Holdings, Boosting Competition" report to their offering.

Costa Rica: LTE (News - Alert) auction will help to balance spectrum distribution among operators, boosting competition in the mobile market,' a new Country Intelligence Report, offers a precise, incisive profile of Costa Rica's mobile and fixed telecommunications and pay-TV markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the Costa Rica market.

Scope

  • The Costa Rican telecom and pay-TV market generated an estimated $1.2bn inservice revenue in 2013, up 17.6% from the previous year. The mobile voice and data segments alone generated 64.2% of the total revenue of the sector, while the fixed broadband, fixed voice and pay-TV segments accounted for 35.8%.
  • Costa Rica closed 2013 with 7.1m active mobile subscriptions and a penetration rate of 145.5%, above the Latin American average of 117.9%. We project that Costa Rica's mobile subscriber base will continue to expand from 2014 to 2019 at a 3.2% CAGR.
  • The auction of 40 MHz of spectrum in the 1800MHz band and 30 MHz in the 1900/2100MHz bands during 2015 will balance spectrum distribution among operators, helping to boost competition.
  • Broadband penetration in Costa Rica stood at 10.3% at the end of 2013, above the Latin American average (9.9%) and above the penetration of other Central American nations.



Key Topics Covered:

  1. Executive summary
  2. Market and competitor overview
  3. Regional context
  4. Economic, demographic and political context
  5. Regulatory environment
  6. Demand profile
  7. Service evolution
  8. Competitive landscape
  9. Major market players
  10. Segment analysis
  11. Mobile services
  12. Fixed services
  13. Pay-TV
  14. Identifying opportunities
  15. Overall market opportunities

Companies Mentioned


  • ICE
  • igo Star
  • Movistar Costa Rica
  • Claro (News - Alert) Costa Rica

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/p2clcv/costa_rica


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