Chile - Convergence, Broadband and Internet market

Synopsis

Chile’s Internet and broadband penetration rates are the highest in South America. In fact, when it comes to new technologies, Chile tends to be Latin America’s pioneer. The region’s first IPTV service, for example, was offered by Telefónica Chile in June 2007, though on a limited scale. Telsur, another Chilean telco, launched Latin America’s first wireless TVoIP service in August 2007. Telmex Chile claims to have launched, in October 2007, the first mobile WiMAX service in Latin America, but only for corporate clients. In terms of convergence, Chile is the uncontested regional leader with VTR – Latin America’s first triple player – and several other companies all offering triple play packages. In this report, we review Chile’s Internet, broadband, and pay-TV sectors, we take a look at major players in these markets and at their convergence strategies, and we provide relevant statistics and analyses.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Internet market
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
    • 2.1.1 Internet statistics
      
• 3. Broadband market
  
  • 3.1 Overview
    
    • 3.1.1 Broadband statistics
      
  • 3.2 Digital Strategy 2007-2012
    
  • 3.3 Broadband operators
    
  • 3.4 Cable modems
    
    • 3.4.1 VTR Banda Ancha
      
  • 3.5 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
    
    • 3.5.1 Telefónica Chile
      
    • 3.5.2 Telsur
      
    • 3.5.3 Entel Internet
      
  • 3.6 Broadband Powerline (BPL) and smart grids
    
  • 3.7 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
    
  • 3.8 Wireless broadband
    
    • 3.8.1 DSL
      
    • 3.8.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      
    • 3.8.3 WiFi
      
    • 3.8.4 WiMAX
      
    • 3.8.5 Internet via satellite
      
• 4. Content and e-services
  
  • 4.1 E-commerce
    
  • 4.2 E-banking
    
  • 4.3 E-government
    
• 5. Convergence
  
  • 5.1 Overview of media convergence
    
  • 5.2 Triple play models
    
• 6. Pay TV
  
  • 6.1 Cable TV
    
    • 6.1.1 VTR Globalcom
      
  • 6.2 Satellite TV
    
  • 6.3 Broadband TV (IPTV and TVoIP)
    
• 7. Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
  
• 8. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Internet users, annual change and user penetration - 2000 - 2008
• Table 2 – Dial-up subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2008
• Table 3 – Dial-up and broadband market share - 2000 - 2008
• Table 4 – ISP market share - September 2008
• Table 5 – Broadband subscribers annual change and penetration - 2000 - 2008
• Table 6 – Broadband technology market share – 2001 - 2008
• Table 7 – Broadband market share – major companies – 2001 - 2008
• Table 8 – Cable modem subscribers, annual change and penetration – 2001 - 2008
• Table 9 – VTR – cable modem subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2008
• Table 10 – ADSL subscribers, annual change and penetration – 2001 - 2008
• Table 11 – Telefónica Chile – ADSL subscribers – 2000 - 2008
• Table 12 – Telsur – ADSL subscribers – 2000 - 2008
• Table 13 – E-commerce transactions and annual change – 2001 - 2008
• Table 14 – Pay TV subscribers by operator and market share - 2006 - 2008
• Table 15 – Cable TV subscribers, annual change and penetration – 1995 - 2008
• Table 16 – VTR – cable TV subscribers by technology – 2000 - 2008
• Table 17 – Telefónica Chile – satellite TV subscribers – 2000 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – Metrópolis (historical)