Research and Markets: Latin America - Telecoms, Broadband and Mobile Forecasts, New Report Confirms Growth of the Market

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5b535c/latin_america_te) has announced the addition of the "Latin America - Telecoms, Broadband and Mobile Forecasts" report to their offering.

“Latin America - Telecoms, Broadband and Mobile Forecasts”

The report provides scenario forecasts, addressing the major fixed-line, mobile, and broadband markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Broadband growth is expected to remain at about 16-18% across the region in both 2011 and 2012, stimulated by operator investments in networks in part aimed at satisfying consumer demand for bundled services. Broadband population penetration is expected to approach 9-12% by 2012/13. This remains far below Europe and some Asian markets, but strong growth from a relatively low base will see some parity with these more mature markets by the end of the decade.

The first LTE services are expected to see commercial launches by the end of 2011, with a growing number of operators offering services by 2014.Telefnica's rebranding as Movistar across its markets is part of a restructure aimed at unifying fixed, mobile, broadband, and pay TV services under a single brand, and so associating the company with a range of cross-platform bundled offers. Fixed-mobile substitution will exacerbate the decline in fixed-voice traffic in coming years, though since most incumbent operators offer both services revenue from subscribers will largely be retained. The growth in the 3G subscriber base may reach 140% in 2011, accounting for a quarter of all mobile telephony subscribers. While 2G is expected to show steady growth for the next few years, by the end of the decade the sector will be dominated by 3G and, increasingly, 4G as LTE networks are commercialised.

Cable broadband, accounting for a third of all regional broadband subscribers, should show continued growth in coming years as cablecos invest in DOCSIS3.0 technology capable of providing download speeds of up to 120Mb/s. This capability is ahead of current hybrid VDSL/FttB networks, which have a limited footprint, and may encourage churn from DSL customers seeking higher bandwidth.

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