Brazil - Telecom Market Trends, Key Statistics and Regulatory Overview

Synopsis

With about one third of the region’s population, Brazil is Latin America’s largest telecom market. The outlook is bright for 2011. With the spending power of Brazilian consumers on the rise and the upcoming 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, we can expect strong demand for fixed and mobile broadband, mobile telephony, and other wireless products such as smart phones and mobile applications. Brazil’s regulator Anatel has an ambitious agenda to overhaul the country’s regulatory framework. The General Plan for Updating Telecom Regulations, known as PGR, includes lists of actions to be carried out in the short term, medium term, or long term. Among others, there are plans to develop open networks in the country through local loop unbundling and through structural or functional separation regulations. This report provides an overview of Brazil’s telecom market and regulatory environment, accompanied by statistical data, analyses, and outlook.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Country overview
  • 3.1 Outlook
• 4. Telecommunications market
  • 4.1 Overview of Brazil’s telecom market
  • 4.2 Market analysis - 2011
• 5. Regulatory environment
  • 5.1 Regulatory developments
  • 5.2 General Plan for Updating Telecom Regulations
  • 5.3 Regulatory authority
    • 5.3.1 Anatel
  • 5.4 Privatisation of Telebrás
  • 5.5 Mirror companies
  • 5.6 Telecom sector liberalisation in Brazil
  • 5.7 Concessions and authorisations
  • 5.8 Universal service goals
  • 5.9 Government telecom funds (Fust, Fistel, and Funttel)
  • 5.10 Foreign investment
  • 5.11 Number portability
  • 5.12 Access
  • 5.13 Functional and structural separation
  • 5.14 Interconnection
  • 5.15 Fixed-line contract renewal – 2006
  • 5.16 Fixed-line contract renewal – 2011
• 6. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2011
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – 2011
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2011
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Evolution of GDP in Brazil – 2000 - 2011
• Table 8 – Fixed and mobile market share – 1997 - 2011
• Table 9 – Telecommunications revenue – 2000 - 2011
• Table 10 – Telecom revenue by segment – 2000 - 2011
• Table 11 – Telecommunications investment – 2000 - 2011
• Table 12 – Telecom investment by segment – 2000 - 2011

• Chart 1 – Fixed and mobile subscribers in Brazil – 1997 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Fixed and mobile subscribers in Brazil by market share – 1997 - 2011
• Chart 3 – Evolution of telecom revenue in Brazil – 2000 - 2011
• Chart 4 – Evolution of telecom investment in Brazil – 2000 - 2011

• Exhibit 1 – Map of Brazil