2016 Caribbean - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 25 May 2016 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 90

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in the Caribbean telecommunications market. The report analyses the mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media sectors. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Convergence and Digital Media;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE).

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- May 2016 (14th Edition)

Executive Summary

Liberty Global providing competition to Digicel in bundled services offerings

The telecoms markets in most Caribbean countries have been progressively liberalised. The sector remains one of the region’s major growth sectors, particularly in the mobile telephony and data segments.

There are a large number of operators licensed to provide services within individual markets, though most of them are small and localised. Two regional operators compete in all market sectors: Digicel and Cable and Wireless Communications. The sector has undergone some considerable changes in recent years. Cable & Wireless acquired Columbus Communications in early 2015 and was itself acquired by Liberty Global in November 2015. The LIME brand was discontinued in May 2016 in favour of the Flow brand, which had been used by Columbus International for its fixed-line services.

As a result of these market changes, Liberty Global and Digicel now compete more effectively in the provision of bundled services, a segment to which both operators have focussed investment in recent years. Digicel has expanded its interest in the pay TV sector, launching Digicel Play in four markets thus far, though the scale of Liberty Global’s operations provide the operator with a stronger card regarding content for its pay TV and VoD offerings.

Investment in telecoms was for several years affected by the global financial crisis of 2008, which led to reduced revenue for operators, scaled-back government programs and a weakened tourist sector. Recovery in the US and in some European economies has bolstered the prospects of a number of Caribbean countries heavily dependent on tourism, though some markets, particularly those dependent on agriculture and other primary industries, remain suppressed and restricted by their small scale. The decline in the price of oil and gas has been particularly debilitating for Trinidad & Tobago, which is the region’s largest exporter of these commodities.

In turn, these economic limitations have led to constraints on customer discretionary spend for telecom services.

Key developments:

Jamaican regulator accepts application for a new mobile licence;
Digicel expands Digicel Play to four markets;
Dominican Republic’s government delays adopting full digital terrestrial TV until 2021;
Caribbean Research and Education Network (CaribNET) network delivers connectivity to international research stations;
KeyTech reports strong revenue growth in H1 2016;
Digicel prepares for LTE launch in Jamaica;
CWC sold to Liberty Global;
ECTEL planning to implement MNP across all member states by the end of 2016;
CWC reduces ownership of BTC to 49%;
Legislative amendments extend jurisdiction of the Barbadian telecom regulator to include mobile services.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Cable & Wireless, LIME, Flow, Liberty Global, Digicel Group, Orange Caraïbes, United Telecommunications Services (UTS), KeyTech.

1. Regional Overview
- 1.1 Telecommunications market
  - 1.1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Regulatory environment
  - 1.2.1 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  - 1.2.2 Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)
  - 1.2.3 Telecom sector liberalisation
  - 1.2.4 Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organisations (CANTO)
- 1.3 Major telecom operators in the Caribbean
  - 1.3.1 Flow (Cable & Wireless/Liberty Global)
  - 1.3.2 Digicel
- 1.4 Company timeline
- 1.5 Review of Digicel’s markets
- 1.6 Digicel’s financial performance
- 1.7 Telecommunications infrastructure
  - 1.7.1 Submarine cable systems
- 1.8 Broadband market
  - 1.8.1 Overview
- 1.9 Mobile communications
  - 1.9.1 Overview
  - 1.9.2 Mobile statistics
  - 1.9.3 Satellite mobile
2. Anguilla
3. Antigua and Barbuda
- 3.1 Mobile market
4. Aruba
5. Bahamas
- 5.1 Mobile
  - 5.1.1 Second and third mobile licenses
- 5.2 Internet
- 5.3 Submarine cables
6. Barbados
- 6.1 Market background
- 6.2 Mobile
- 6.3 Internet
7. Bermuda
- 7.1 Market background
- 7.2 Mobile
- 7.3 Internet
- 7.4 Smart grids
8. British Virgin Islands
- 8.1 Mobile services
9. Cayman Islands
- 9.1 Mobile networks:
10. Dominica
11. Grenada
12. Guadeloupe
13. Martinique
14. Montserrat
15. (The former) Netherlands Antilles
16. St Kitts and Nevis
17. St Lucia
- 17.1 Mobile
18. St Vincent and the Grenadines
19. Trinidad and Tobago
- 19.1 Fixed-line
- 19.2 Mobile
20. Turks and Caicos
21. United States Virgin Islands

Table 1 –Caribbean GDP – 2003 - 2016
Table 2 – CWC financial data (Caribbean) – 2010 - 2015
Table 3 – CWC revenue by sector (Caribbean) – 2010 - 2015
Table 4 – CWC subscribers by sector (Caribbean/BTC) – 2009 - 2015
Table 5 – Digicel financial statistics – 2010 - 2015
Table 6 – Digicel revenue by operating segment – 2013 - 2015
Table 7 – Digicel revenue by geographic sector ($ million) – 2014 - 2015
Table 8 – Active mobile broadband subscribers in select Caribbean countries – 2014
Table 9 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers in select Caribbean countries – 2015 (e)
Table 10 – Mobile subscribers in select Caribbean countries – 2015 (e)
Table 11 – Country data Anguilla – 2015 (e)
Table 12 – Anguilla communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2016
Table 13 – Country data Antigua and Barbuda – 2015 (e)
Table 14 – Antigua and Barbuda fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2016
Table 15 – Antigua and Barbuda fixed-telephony lines in service – 2005 - 2016
Table 16 – Antigua and Barbuda mobile subscribers and penetration – 2001 - 2016
Table 17 – Country data Aruba – 2015 (e)
Table 18 – Aruba fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2003 - 2016
Table 19 – Aruba mobile subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2016
Table 20 – Country data Bahamas – 2015 (e)
Table 21 – Bahamas fixed lines in services and penetration – 2000 - 2016
Table 22 – Bahamas mobile subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2016
Table 23 – Bahamas fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2001 - 2016
Table 24 – Country data Barbados – 2015 (e)
Table 25 – Bermuda mobile subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2016
Table 26 – Barbados fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2016
Table 27 – Country data Bermuda – 2015 (e)
Table 28 – KeyTech Group financial data – 2010 - 2016
Table 29 – Bermuda mobile subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2016
Table 30 – Bermuda fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2016
Table 31 – Bermuda fixed lines in services – 2003 - 2016
Table 32 – Country data British Virgin Islands – 2015 (e)
Table 33 – Country data Cayman Islands – 2015 (e)
Table 34 – Cayman Island subscribers by service – 2005 - 2015
Table 35 – Cayman Island penetration by service – 2005 - 2015
Table 36 – Cayman Island telecom and broadcasting revenue – 2008 - 2015
Table 37 – Country data Dominica – 2015 (e)
Table 38 – Dominica communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2015
Table 39 – Dominica fixed broadband subscribers – 2003 - 2016
Table 40 – Dominica fixed lines in service – 2000 - 2016
Table 41 – Dominica mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2016
Table 42 – Country data Grenada – 2015 (e)
Table 43 – Grenada communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2016
Table 44 – Grenada fixed broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2016
Table 45 – Grenada fixed lines in service – 2000 - 2016
Table 46 – Grenada mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2016
Table 47 – Country data Guadeloupe – 2015 (e)
Table 48 – Country data Martinique – 2015 (e)
Table 49 – Country data Montserrat – 2015 (e)
Table 50 – Montserrat communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2016
Table 51 – Country data Netherlands Antilles – 2015 (e)
Table 52 – Netherlands Antilles fixed lines in service – 2002 - 2016
Table 53 – Country data St Kitts and Nevis – 2015 (e)
Table 54 – St Kitts and Nevis communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2016
Table 55 – St Kitts and Nevis fixed broadband subscribers – 2002 - 2016
Table 56 – St Kitts and Nevis mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2016
Table 57 – St Kitts and Nevis fixed-lines in service – 2000 - 2016
Table 58 – Country data St Lucia – 2015 (e)
Table 59 – St Lucia communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2016
Table 60 – St Lucia fixed broadband subscribers – 2003 - 2016
Table 61 – St Lucia mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2016
Table 62 – Country data St Vincent and the Grenadines – 2015 (e)
Table 63 – St Vincent and the Grenadines communications sector revenue – 2008 - 2016
Table 64 – St Vincent and the Grenadines fixed broadband subscribers – 2003 - 2016
Table 65 – St Vincent and the Grenadines mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2016
Table 66 – Country data Trinidad and Tobago – 2015 (e)
Table 67 – Trinidad and Tobago telecom revenue by service – 2013 - 2015
Table 68 – Trinidad and Tobago telecom subscribers by service – 2010 - 2015
Table 69 – Trinidad and Tobago ARPU by service (TT$) – 2013 - 2015
Table 70 – Trinidad and Tobago mobile internet penetration – 2013 - 2015
Table 71 – Country data Turks and Caicos – 2015 (e)
Table 72 – Country data United States Virgin Islands – 2015 (e)

Chart 1 – CWC financial data (Caribbean) – 2010 – 2015
Chart 2 – CWC revenue by sector – 2010 – 2015
Chart 3 – CWC subscribers by sector (Caribbean/BTC) – 2009 – 2015

Exhibit 1 – Island territories of the Caribbean
Exhibit 2 – Telecom privatisation and liberalisation in the Caribbean
Exhibit 3 – Digicel’s Caribbean operations
Exhibit 4 – Major submarine cable networks serving the Caribbean region

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