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Latin America - Telecom Market Regulatory Overview & Infrastructure

Most telecom markets in Latin America have been both privatised and liberalised. Privatisation, however, has met with considerable opposition in a number of countries. While private investment has contributed to rapid growth in the non-basic services, such as mobile and long distance telephony, fixed lines have virtually ceased to grow, despite a low 18% teledensity. Countries with poor infrastructure have leapfrogged into new applications such as VoIP and WiMAX. But telecoms laws lag behind technological advances, leaving numerous grey areas that have resulted in acrimonious legal battles among companies, regulators, and governments. This report provides an overview of the region's telecom sector and regulatory environment, accompanied by relevant statistics and analyses.

Last Update: 6 Apr 2008 Number of Pages: 16

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Table of Contents

1.  Synopsis
2.  Telecommunications market
2.1 Overview of Latin America's telecom market
2.2 Telecommunications growth
3.  Regulatory environment
3.1 Background
3.2 Universal access
3.3 Foreign operators
3.4 Types of licensing
3.5 Privatisation and liberalisation
3.6 Settlement rates with the USA
4.  Telecommunications infrastructure
4.1 Overview
4.2 International
4.2.1  Submarine cable systems
4.2.2  International satellite systems
4.3 Infrastructure developments
4.3.1  Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
4.3.2  VoIP
5.  Related reports

Table  1 - Total GDP and GDP growth by country (estimates) - 2007
Table  2 - GDP per capita by country and variation from regional average - 2006 - 2007
Table  3 - International mobile operators - subscribers, annual change and market share - 2006 - 2007
Table  4 - Latin America - fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity - 1995 - 2007
Table  5 - Fixed lines in service, annual change and teledensity by country - 2003 - 2007
Exhibit  1 - Major submarine cable networks in Latin America
Exhibit  2 - Regulatory status of VoIP in selected Latin American countries