Argentina - Telecom Market Trends, Key Statistics & Regulatory Overview

Synopsis

Argentina’s telecom market is one of the most advanced in Latin America. Despite the economic slowdown, telecom revenues are expected to continue growing in 2009, albeit at a reduced pace, driven by mobile telephony and broadband. Regulatory projects in the pipeline include: measures to encourage market competition, number portability regulations, selection of a digital terrestrial TV standard, implementation of a Universal Service Fund, and the development of a new regulatory framework. Telephone rates, frozen since the 2002 economic meltdown, are rising by up to 15%. This report provides an overview of Argentina’s telecom sector and regulatory environment, accompanied by statistical data, analyses, and outlook.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Country overview
  
  • 3.1 General outlook
    
• 4. Telecommunications Market
  
  • 4.1 Overview of Argentina’s telecom market
    
  • 4.2 Telecom market trends
    
• 5. Regulatory environment
  
  • 5.1 Background
    
  • 5.2 Regulatory authorities
    
    • 5.2.1 Secretaría de Comunicaciones (SeCom)
      
    • 5.2.2 Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones (CNC)
      
    • 5.2.3 Secretaría de Defensa de la Competencia y del Consumidor
      
  • 5.3 Privatisation of Entel
    
  • 5.4 Telecom sector liberalisation in Argentina
    
  • 5.5 Universal Service Fund
    
  • 5.6 Multicarrier system
    
  • 5.7 Interconnect
    
  • 5.8 Number portability
    
  • 5.9 Rate freezes
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – September 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities

• Exhibit 1 – The recession of 2000 – 2002 (historical)