Dominican Republic Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Date: January 2025

Report Pages: 126

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

Contact BuddeComm

Purchase this Report

Summary
Table Of Contents

Dominican Republic’s telecom sector remains calm and steady in the face of Covid-19 upheaval

The Dominican Republic’s telecom sector continued its solid though unspectacular form throughout 2020 and into 2021, shrugging off the economic turmoil unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic to maintain a decade-long run of low but positive growth across all areas of the market.

A show of stability in the face of widespread disruption is a sure sign of strength in the sector, yet the Dominican Republic remains behind most of its counterparts in the Latin American region, especially in terms of fixed-line network coverage. Mobile penetration is more on a par with the regional average, but at penetration levels of around 88% there is still ample opportunity for growth.

In terms of growth, the standout winner was once again the mobile broadband segment. The market was expected to have seen close to 8% growth in 2021, building further on the gains it made in 2020 when lockdowns and work-from-home rules encouraged many people to find ways to upgrade their internet access and performance. The limited coverage of fixed-line broadband networks makes mobile the first, if not only, choice for most people in the country.

Key developments:

National electricity distributor ETED opens its fibre network to provide commercial fixed broadband services;
$115 million loan provided by the Inter-American Development Bank to finance broadband infrastructure projects in under-served parts of the country;
Report includes the regulator's market data to December 2021, telcos' financial and operating data updates to Q1 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Claro Dominicana (América Móvil); Altice Dominicana; Orange Dominica; Tricom; Viva (Trilogy Dominicana); Centennial Dominicana; BEC-Tel; Wind Telecom; Onemax.

Key statistics
Regional Caribbean Market Comparison

Caribbean Telecom Maturity Index
TMI versus GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed and mobile broadband penetration

Country overview
Telecommunications market

Historical overview
Sector growth

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authority
Fixed-line developments

Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation of Codetel
Foreign investment
Number Portability (NP)

Mobile network developments

Spectrum
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Mobile market

Mobile statistics
Mobile broadband
Mobile data

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
GSM

Major mobile operators

Claro Dominicana (Codetel)
Altice Dominicana
Tricom
Viva (Trilogy Dominicana)

Mobile content and applications

Mobile banking

Fixed-line broadband market

Major broadband operators
Broadband statistics
Fixed-line broadband technologies

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services

Fixed network operators

Codetel (Claro Dominicana)
Altice Dominica

Telecommunications infrastructure

National telecom network
International infrastructure

Submarine cable networks
Satellite networks

Wholesale

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top-Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Dominican Republic – 2022 (e)
Table 2 – Development of GDP – 2012 – 2027
Table 3 – Telecom sector revenue (RD$ billion) – 2012 – 2020
Table 4 – Telecom sector investment (RD$ billion) – 2012 – 2020
Table 5 – Annual mobile number portings – 2012 – 2020
Table 6 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 7 – Postpaid and prepaid share of subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 8 – Postpaid and prepaid subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2021
Table 10 – Mobile data lines by type (thousand) – 2012 – 2021
Table 11 – SMS sent – 2012 – 2021
Table 12 – Growth in the number of Claro’s mobile subscribers (thousand) – 2012 – 2021
Table 13 – Change in the number of Altice Dominicana’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 14 – Development of Altice Dominicana’s financial data (€ million) – 2012 – 2022
Table 15 – Altice Dominicana’s revenue by sector (€ million) – 2014 – 2022
Table 16 – Change in the number of Viva’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 17 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Table 18 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers by technology – 2012 – 2021
Table 19 – Altice Dominicana’s DSL and telephony subscribers – 2014 – 2021
Table 20 – Change in the number of residential and corporate DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 21 – Change in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 22 – Altice Dominicana fibre infrastructure – 2014 – 2022
Table 23 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2021
Table 24 – WiMAX subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Table 25 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Table 26 – International internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
Table 27 – Historic - GDP growth – 2000 – 2011
Table 28 – Historic - Fixed lines in service – 1996 – 2011
Table 29 – Historic - Internet users – 1996 – 2011
Table 30 – Historic - Internet subscribers – 1996 – 2011
Table 31 – Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers – 2003 – 2011
Table 32 – Historic - Cable broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2011
Table 33 – Historic - WLL lines in service – 1999 – 2011
Table 34 – Historic - DSL residential and corporate subscribers – 2004 – 2011
Table 35 – Historic - Postpaid and prepaid percentage of subscribers – 2002 – 2011
Table 36 – Historic - Mobile phone subscribers and penetration rate – 1996 – 2011
Table 37 – Historic - Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2007 – 2011
Table 38 – Historic - Altice Dominicana mobile subscribers – 2008 – 2011
Table 39 – Historic - Altice Dominicana revenue – 2008 – 2011
Table 40 – Historic - Tricom mobile subscribers – 2011 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Caribbean Telecoms Maturity Index by country
Chart 2 – Caribbean Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 3 – Caribbean mobile subscriber penetration versus mobile broadband penetration
Chart 4 – Caribbean fixed broadband penetration versus mobile broadband penetration
Chart 5 – Telecom sector revenue – 2012 – 2020
Chart 6 – Telecom sector investment – 2012 – 2020
Chart 7 – Annual mobile number portings – 2012 – 2021
Chart 8 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 9 – Postpaid and prepaid share of subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 10 – Postpaid and prepaid subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 11 – Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 12 – Change in the number of mobile data connections by type (million) – 2012 – 2021
Chart 13 – SMS sent – 2012 – 2021
Chart 14 – Growth in the number of Claro’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 15 – Change in the number of Altice Dominicana’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 16 – Development of Altice Dominicana’s financial data – 2012 – 2022
Chart 17 – Altice Dominicana’s revenue by sector – 2014 – 2022
Chart 18 – Change in the number of Viva’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 19 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
Chart 20 – Fixed-line broadband subscribers by technology – 2012 – 2021
Chart 21 – Altice Dominicana’s DSL and telephony subscribers – 2014 – 2021
Chart 22 – Change in the number of residential and corporate DSL subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 23 – Altice Dominicana fibre infrastructure – 2014 – 2022
Chart 24 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2021
Chart 25 – WiMAX subscribers – 2012 – 2021
Chart 26 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
Chart 27 – International internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 – Caribbean - Key Characteristics of Telecoms Markets by Select Country
Exhibit 3 –Dominican Republic 5G auction calendar
Exhibit 4 – Major submarine cable networks serving the Dominican Republic

Related Reports

Purchase this Report

Contact BuddeComm

Share this Report

TMT Intelligence

A platform to scale your intelligence tasks

Monitor critical insights with our AI-powered Market Intelligence Platform gathering and analyzing intelligence in real time. With AI trained to spot emerging trends and detect new strategic opportunities, our clients use TMT Intelligence to accelerate their growth.

If you want to know more about it, please see:

TMT Intelligence Platform

Research Methodology

BuddeComm's strategic business reports contain a combination of both primary and secondary research statistics, analyses written by our senior analysts supported by a network of experts, industry contacts and researchers from around the world as well as our own scenario forecasts.

For more details, please see:

Research Methodology

More than 4,000 customers from 140 countries utilise BuddeComm Research

Are you interested in BuddeComm's Custom Research Service?

Hot Topics

News & Views

Have the latest telecommunications industry news delivered to your inbox by subscribing to BuddeComm's weekly newsletter.

Unsubscribe

Dominican Republic Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Purchase this Report

Dominican Republic’s telecom sector remains calm and steady in the face of Covid-19 upheaval

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Regional Caribbean Market Comparison

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

Purchase this Report

Share this Report

TMT Intelligence

A platform to scale your intelligence tasks

Research Methodology

Hot Topics

News & Views