Venezuela - Mobile Market - Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Venezuela’s mobile penetration has passed the 100% milestone, positioning itself well above the Latin American average. The mobile industry has reached a high level of maturity and remains a dynamic, competitive market with three operators vying for market share. Mobile broadband is becoming an attractive alternative for Internet users, as well as an important source of revenue for companies faced with a near-saturated market. Venezuela is the regional leader in terms of SMS traffic, the number of text messages being about double the number of minutes the average Venezuelan talks on a mobile phone. Accompanied by key market statistics and analyses, this report provides an overview of the market and a brief profile of mobile operators. The report also contains scenario forecasts for the years 2015 and 2020.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview of Venezuela’s mobile market
  
  • 2.1 Mobile statistics
    
• 3. Regulatory issues
  
  • 3.1 Spectrum regulations and auctions
    
• 4. Mobile technologies
  
  • 4.1 Digital
    
  • 4.2 CDMA2000 1x
    
  • 4.3 Third Generation (3G) mobile
    
  • 4.4 Long Term Evolution (LTE)
    
  • 4.5 Mobile handsets/smart phones
    
• 5. Major mobile operators
  
  • 5.1 Movilnet (CANTV)
    
  • 5.2 Movistar (Telefónica)
    
  • 5.3 Digitel GSM
    
• 6. Mobile voice services
  
  • 6.1 Prepaid
    
• 7. Mobile messaging
  
  • 7.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
    
• 8. Mobile broadband
  
• 9. Satellite mobile
  
• 10. Forecasts – mobile market 2010; 2015; 2020
  
  • 10.1 Scenario 1 – higher mobile market growth
    
  • 10.2 Scenario 2 – lower mobile market growth
    
  • 10.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
    
• 11. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1997 - 2010
• Table 2 – Market share by mobile operators – 2001 - 2009
• Table 3 – Evolution of mobile ARPU in Venezuela – major operators – 2006 - 2008
• Table 4 – Market share of mobile market by technology – 2004 - 2009
• Table 5 – Movilnet – mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2010
• Table 6 – Movistar subscribers – 2000 - 2009
• Table 7 – Digitel subscribers – 2003 - 2010
• Table 8 – Mobile prepaid/postpaid ratio – 1997 - 2009
• Table 9 – SMS messages sent – 2002 - 2009
• Table 10 – Forecast mobile subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2010; 2015; 2020
• Table 11 – Forecast mobile subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2010; 2015; 2020

• Exhibit 1 – Mobile telephony in Venezuela – historical overview – 1991 - 2000
• Exhibit 2 – Mobile telephony in Venezuela – licensing regions
• Exhibit 3 – Movistar – company history
• Exhibit 4 – Digitel – historical
• Exhibit 5 – Infonet – historical
• Exhibit 6 – Digicel – historical