2009 Latin America - Mobile Communications Statistics (tables only)
Publication Overview
This report provides 186 statistical tables for the mobile communications and mobile data activities, both on a regional and national level, for the major 26 South American and Caribbean countries
Researcher:- Lucia Bibolini, Lawrence Baker
Current publication date:- May 2009 (8th Edition)
Next publication date:- August 2010
Executive Summary
Mobile penetration in Latin America and the Caribbean was approximately 80% in early 2009, well above the world average which was about 58%. With 458 million people owning a mobile phone in early 2009, Latin America and the Caribbean together hold approximately 12% of the world’s 3.97 billion mobile subscribers. Several countries, including Argentina, Jamaica, Uruguay, and Venezuela have passed the 100% penetration threshold. The region is becoming fertile soil for 3G W-CDMA services, following substantial increases in coverage and in subscriber numbers during 2008. In early 2009, there were about 5 million 3G subscribers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
There are vast differences in mobile development throughout the region. Apart from some first-world Caribbean island nations, the highest mobile penetration rates in early 2009 could be found in Jamaica (115%), Argentina (110%), Uruguay (109%), and Venezuela (101%). By contrast, penetration was much lower in Bolivia (48%), Costa Rica (48%), and Nicaragua (52%). Cuba, the country with the region’s lowest mobile penetration, stagnated at 2.9%. Penetration in Haiti, the second lowest country, shot up from a 4.8% at end-2005 to 41% at end-2008 thanks to the launch of low-priced GSM services by Caribbean mobile giant Digicel, which entered the Haitian market in May 2006.
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
Throughout the report, BuddeComm provides a number of scenario forecasts. The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology:
·This report includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing long-range scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth to occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely growth trend within this band.
·The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our own historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector statistics from official and non-official, national and international sources. We assume a possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.
·All statistics for GDP, revenue, etc are shown in US$, in order to maintain consistency within and between markets. At the same time we acknowledge that this can introduce some irregularities.
Table of Contents
1. Regional Overview
1.1 Subscribers
1.2 Country comparisons
1.3 Operator statistics
1.4 ARPU
2. Argentina
2.1 Subscribers
2.2 Operator statistics
3. Belize
4. Bolivia
5. Brazil
5.1 Subscribers
5.2 Operator statistics
6. Caribbean Small Island Nations
7. Chile
7.1 Subscribers
7.2 Operator statistics
8. Colombia
8.1 Subscribers
8.2 Operator statistics
9. Costa Rica
10. Cuba
11. Dominican Republic
11.1 Operator statistics
12. Ecuador
12.1 Subscribers
12.2 Operator statistics
13. El Salvador
13.1 Subscribers
13.2 Operator statistics
14. Guatemala
14.1 Subscribers
14.2 Operator statistics
15. Guyana
15.1 Subscribers
15.2 Operator statistics
16. Haiti
17. Honduras
17.1 Subscribers
17.2 Operator statistics
18. Jamaica
19. Mexico
19.1 Subscribers
19.2 Operator statistics
20. Nicaragua
20.1 Subscribers
20.2 Operator statistics
21. Panama
21.1 Subscribers
21.2 Operator statistics
22. Paraguay
23. Peru
23.1 Subscribers
23.2 Operator statistics
23.3 Mobile data
24. Puerto Rico
24.1 Subscribers
24.2 Operator statistics
25. Suriname
26. Uruguay
26.1 Operator statistics
27. Venezuela
27.1 Subscribers
27.2 Operator statistics
27.3 Mobile data
Table 1 – Latin America – mobile subscribers and penetration - 1998 - 2008
Table 2 – Latin America - market share by mobile technology - 2003 - 2008
Table 3 – Latin America - top 10 countries for mobile subscribers – 2007 - 2008
Table 4 – Latin America - countries ranked by penetration – 2008
Table 5 – Latin America - countries ranked by net additions, and annual growth – 2008
Table 6 – Latin America – 3G subscribers and penetration per country - 2007 - 2008
Table 7 – Latin America - top 10 local mobile operators ranked by subscriber numbers - 2008
Table 8 – Latin America - major international operators – subscribers, market share – 2007 - 2008
Table 9 – América Móvil – mobile subscribers and technology by country– 2007 - 2008
Table 10 – América Móvil – mobile ARPU by country – 2006 - 2008
Table 11 – América Móvil – MOU by country – 2006 - 2008
Table 12 – América Móvil – churn by country – 2006 - 2008
Table 13 – Telefónica – mobile subscribers and technology by country – 2007 - 2008
Table 14 – Telefónica – mobile ARPU by country – 2006 - 2008
Table 15 – Telefónica – MOU by country – 2007 - 2008
Table 16 – Telecom Italia – mobile subscribers and technology by country – 2007 - 2008
Table 17 – Millicom – mobile subscribers and technology by country – 2007 - 2008
Table 18 – Latin America - ARPU for major countries – 2006 - 2008
Table 19 – ARPU in Argentina – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 20 – ARPU in Brazil – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 21 – ARPU in Chile – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 22 – ARPU in Colombia – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 23 – ARPU in Mexico – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 24 – ARPU in Peru – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 25 – ARPU in Venezuela – major operators – 2006 - 2008
Table 26 – Argentina - mobile key statistics – 2008
Table 27 – Argentina - mobile subscribers and penetration - 1997 - 2008
Table 28 – Argentina - mobile subscribers by operator and technology – September 2008
Table 29 – Argentina - forecast mobile subscriber growth – 2008; 2013; 2018
Table 30 – Argentina - mobile prepaid/postpaid ratio - 1999 - 2008
Table 31 – Argentina - mobile operators’ market share - 1999 - 2008
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