DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wmpztd/latin_america) has announced the addition of the "Latin America Telecoms Market: Trends and Forecasts 2013-2018" report to their offering.
Regulation is a key risk for mobile voice prices in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, but the outlook for data services is solid because smartphone take-up is running ahead of expectations, and many fixed broadband markets are still underpenetrated.
Latin AmericaMobile handset data and fixed broadband will account for 90% of retail revenue growth in Latin America (LATAM) during 2013-2018. Operators are likely to continue to encourage customers to upgrade mobile devices with targeted campaigns, handset subsidies, and voice, SMS and data packages, which will drive smartphone penetration to 57% of handsets in the region by 2018. LTE services are available in six of the seven countries that we have modelled individually, but we expect Brazil to have the highest take-up of LTE connections in the region in 2018. Mobile voice services in LATAM face increasing pressure because regulatory changes - mobile termination rate reductions, new mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), mobile number portability (MNP) and spectrum - will stimulate competition, which will drive down retail prices.
This report and associated data annex provide:
- An in-depth analysis of the trends, drivers and forecast assumptions for the mobile and fixed markets in key countries in LATAM, and for the region as a whole
- A summary of results, implications and recommendations for mobile and fixed operators
- Detailed historical data and forecasts (for the region as a whole and for individual countries) from 2009 to 2018
- An explanation of how and why our forecasts have changed since the previous edition, which was published in September 2013.
Major KPIs
Connections
Mobile
- Handset, mobile broadband, M2M
- Prepaid, contract
- 2G, 3G, 4G
- Smartphone,
- non-smartphone
Fixed
- Voice, broadband, IPTV, dial-up
- Narrowband voice, VoBB
- DSL, FTTH/B, cable, BFWA
Fixed and mobile voice traffic
- Outgoing minutes, MoU
Revenue
Mobile
- Service, retail
- Prepaid, contract
- Handset, mobile broadband, M2M
- Handset voice, messaging, data
Fixed
- Service, retail
- Voice, broadband, IPTV, dial-up, BNS
- DSL, FTTH/B, cable, BFWA
Mobile ARPU
- SIMs, handset
- Prepaid, contract
- Handset voice
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