Pyramid Research Latin American Research Director Gerardo Sandoval discusses the opening of the Costa Rican telecom market, the upcoming 4G spectrum auction in Chile and trends in regional broadband penetration rates.
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Costa Rica Intelligence Report
The telecom market in Costa Rica generated $905m in 2009, a 14.4% expansion compared with 2008, as the mobile sector continued its expansion and adoption of broadband and pay-TV services remained largely unaffected by the economic crisis. Going forward, we expect growth to come mostly from mobile services, with mobile data expanding 32.6%.
Chile Intelligence Report
We expect the Chilean market to grow at a 4.4% CAGR from 2010 through 2015, reaching $6.1bn. Mobile data will be the fastest growing segment, driven by increasing adoption of mobile broadband and Internet browsing. By 2015, Pyramid Research expects mobile data services to generate $1.4bn in revenue, up from $492m in 2009.
Latin America Mobile Demand Forecast Forecasts published quarterly
Our Mobile Demand Forecast products provide complete pictures of demand trends for 25 geographical markets in Africa & Middle East. The Excel output includes five years of historical data and five years of market projections for metrics such as GDP, mobile penetration, subscriptions (by operator, type of package, technology), ARPS and total mobile service revenue (data and voice). The Forecasts are based on extensive field research and use a consistent methodology across all markets, aiming to capture the total spending, from an end-user perspective, on mobile communication services in each market. Data from these Forecasts is available online for subscribers to our DataTracker service.
Latin America Mobile Handsets Forecast Forecasts published quarterly
Our Mobile Handset Forecast products provide a complete picture of handset sell-through in each of 18 Latin American markets. The Excel output includes five years of historical data and five years of market projections for metrics such as total handset sales, handset sales by network technology, new handset sales (by technology, by technology generation, by feature set), smartphone handset sales, vendor market share and handset ASP. We believe our Handset Forecasts are superior because they capture sell-through (units sold to end users) rather than unit shipments (sales from manufacturers to distributors) and rely heavily on our Mobile Demand Forecasts. Moreover, they are based on extensive field research, and a consistent methodology that is applied to all markets. Data from these Forecasts is available online for subscribers to our DataTracker service.
Latin America Fixed Communications Forecast Forecasts published quarterly
The Fixed Communications Forecast quantifies fixed voice, Internet and IPTV adoption and service revenues trends, at the residential, corporate and total market level. It tracks demand and projects future growth for Eastern European markets and is available at the country and regional levels.
