Last updated: 4 Mar 2008 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 139
Analyst: Stephen McNamara
Publication Overview
The Southern Cone countries are
· Key satistics and forecasts;
· Market and industry overviews;
· Government policies and regulatory issues;
· Historical information;
· Major players (fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and pay TV);
· Telecom infrastructure (national and international, fixed and wireless);
· Mobile voice and data markets;
· Internet market and VoIP;
· Broadband (DSL, cable, wireless);
· Convergence, pay TV, and developments in digital TV.
Researcher - Lucia Bibolini
Current publication date: March 2008 (7th Edition)
Next publication: February 2009
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s Annual Publication on the Southern Cone countries, 2008 Telecoms,
This report presents a concise overview of sector liberalisation and privatisation in the Southern Cone sub-region, government initiatives, and regulations in the telecom industry, the development of product offerings for fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and pay-TV technologies, essential country and operator statistics in all telecom sectors, and the emergence of convergence and triple play.
Key highlights
· While
· The fixed-line sector in the Southern Cone suffers from fixed-mobile substitution.
· Mobile telephony, on the other hand, has been soaring in the Southern Cone, especially in
· The broadband market has been booming, particularly in
· All three countries have developed WiMAX networks. Telmex
· Convergence has had a different development in each one of the three countries.
· Telefónica
Mobile penetration and annual change in Southern Cone countries – September 2007
Country |
Penetration |
Annual change |
98.7% |
+25% | |
80.4% |
+13% | |
88.3% |
+62% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
For those needing high-level strategic information and objective analysis on this region, this report is essential reading and gives further information on:
· Regulatory developments and spectrum auctions;
· Fixed-line developments, including the adoption of alternative technologies such as VoIP;
· Mobile telephony growth, launch of 3G, and the up-take of mobile data services;
· Broadband growth and the incursion into wireless technologies such as WiMAX;
· Convergence, triple play, High Definition TV, IPTV, and other new technologies;
· Scenario forecasts for the fixed line, mobile, and broadband markets and of
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