Argentina - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 20 Dec 2019 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 44

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Synopsis

Argentina has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in Latin America, supported by investment among operators as well as a number of government programs aimed at extending the reach of services. Although the country’s economic and political difficulties during the last decade have impacted on sector investments there have been steady improvements in recent quarters, with a considerable proportion of investment being earmarked for expanding fibre networks beyond areas of the principal cities. This work has had a positive effect on the delivery of services, with the average download speed having increased from 5.3Mb/s in the first quarter of 2016 to 12Mb/s by the fourth quarter of 2017 and to 20.3Mb/s by the second quarter of 2019.

The market still suffers from limited competition, with the two fixed-line incumbents Movistar (known as Telefónica de Argentina before a rebranding exercise in April 2018) and Telecom Argentina dominating the DSL platform. These operators offer similar services and together control about two-thirds of all fixed-line broadband connections. The only meaningful competition was from the cable modem platform, which was owned by Grupo Clarín’s Cablevisión unit until early 2018 when it was acquired by Telecom Argentina. The merger of the two companies (approved by the competition authorities in June 2018) was made possible following an early 2017 decree allowing telcos to branch into the cable TV sector.

A national connectivity plan, dubbed ‘Argentina Conectada’, involves the deployment of broadband services and free-to-air digital TV to underserved parts of the country. The plan was launched in late 2010, with the state-owned satellite company ARSAT responsible for the project. In August 2016 ARSAT also became a partner in a project to deliver low-cost broadband to 1,200 localities across the country. The project is expected to cost ARS4.53 billion, of which ARS3.66 billion will be used to connect localities to the Federal Fibre-Optic Network (REFEFO), which is comprised of a federal backbone network made up of thirteen geographic regions, as well as provincial networks interconnected to the backbone. The network will span 58,000km and connect around 2,600 localities, accounting for 90% of the population. By late 2019 the project had been largely completed.

This report provides an overview of Argentina’s fixed and fixed-wireless broadband markets, accompanied by statistics, analyses, and subscriber forecasts to 2024.

Key developments:

Telecom Argentina scales down investment in response to macro-economic difficulties;
Cablevisión merged with Telecom Argentina;
TVFuego builds a GPON network;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to September 2019, company financial and operating data to Q3 2019, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Movistar (Telefónica de Argentina), Telecom Argentina, Grupo Clarín, Cablevisión, Claro, VeloCom, Netizen, Phonevision/Omnivision, Telpin, DirecTV, Supercanal, Telecentro, Red Intercable, ARSAT, MercadoLibre

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Broadband statistics
National Broadband Plan

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks

Cablevisión (FiberTel)

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Movistar (Telefónica Argentina/Speedy)
Telecom Argentina (Arnet)

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

Wireless broadband
Satellite broadband

Digital economy

E-government
E-education
E-commerce

Overview of e-commerce in Argentina
MercadoLibre

Online banking

Appendix – Historic data
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Change in broadband market share by technology – 2016 – 2019
Table 2 – Growth in the number of fixed-line internet subscribers and penetration rates – 2010 – 2019
Table 3 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rates – 2009 – 2024
Table 4 – Decline in the number of dial-up subscriptions – 2008 – 2019
Table 5 – Growth in fixed internet services revenue – 2013 – 2019
Table 6 – Fixed internet services ARPU – 2013 – 2019
Table 7 – Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by access speed – 2017 – 2019
Table 8 – Average fixed internet access speed – 2015 – 2019
Table 9 – Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2019
Table 10 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers and penetration rate – 2009 – 2019
Table 11 – Change in the number of Movistar’s broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Table 12 – Growth in the number of Telecom Argentina’s broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2019
Table 13 – Change in Telecom Argentina’s broadband ARPU – 2011 – 2019
Table 14 – Growth in the number of Movistar’s FttX broadband subscribers – 2016 – 2019
Table 15 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2019
Table 16 – Growth in the number of fixed wireless broadband connections – 2010 – 2019
Table 17 – Historic - Internet users and user penetration – 1996 – 2015
Table 18 – Historic - Fixed-line internet subscribers and penetration rates – 2000 – 2009
Table 19 – Historic - DSL subscribers and penetration rates – 2001 – 2009
Table 20 – Historic - Cable modem subscribers and penetration rates – 2001 – 2009
Table 21 – Historic - Fixed-line internet subscribers and penetration rates – 2000 – 2009
Table 22 – Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rates – 2001 – 2009
Table 23 – Historic - Movistar broadband subscribers – 2001 – 2009
Table 24 – Historic - Broadband market share by provider – 2003 – 2014
Table 25 – Historic - FiberTel broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2016
Table 26 – Historic - DSL subscribers and penetration rate – 2001 – 2009
Table 27 – Historic - Telecom Argentina – broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2009

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Change in broadband market share by technology – 2016 – 2019
Chart 2 – Growth in the number of fixed-line internet subscribers and penetration rates – 2010 – 2019
Chart 3 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rates – 2009 – 2024
Chart 4 – Growth in fixed internet services revenue – 2013 – 2019
Chart 5 – Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by access speed – 2017 – 2019
Chart 6 – Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2019
Chart 7 – Change in the number of DSL subscribers and penetration – 2009 – 2019
Chart 8 – Change in the number of Movistar’s broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2019
Chart 9 – Growth in the number of Telecom Argentina’s broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2019
Chart 10 – Change in Telecom Argentina’s broadband ARPU – 2011 – 2019
Chart 11 – Growth in the number of Movistar’s FttX broadband subscribers – 2016 – 2019
Chart 12 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2019
Chart 13 – Growth in the number of fixed wireless broadband connections – 2010 – 2019

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Argentina - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses

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Synopsis

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Introduction and statistical overview

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Other fixed broadband services

Digital economy

Appendix – Historic data

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