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RDATE:02052008

Dublin - Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90649) has announced the
addition of 2008 Latin America - Internet Broadband and Convergence
Statistics (tables only) to their offering

This report provides 180 statistical tables relating to Internet and
broadband markets of 26 Latin American countries, and is extracted from
the full annual market reports. For a full description, commentary,
analysis and forecasting.

Internet Internet user penetration in Central America and the Caribbean
stands at roughly 18%, only just over a quarter of what it is in the
USA and Canada. In South America, about 25% of the population uses the
Internet. Challenges to Internet growth include poor fixed-line
infrastructure, low PC penetration, and widespread poverty. On the
positive side, the broadband market has been growing steadily in most
countries, and there is considerable room for expansion. Although the
situation varies considerably from country to country, the region as a
whole is a fertile ground for broadband investment. WiMAX and triple
play are becoming increasingly popular.

Broadband At the end of 2007, broadband subscribers in Latin America
had grown to 19.4 million, a huge increase compared with 2.7 million in
2003. Nevertheless, in terms of penetration rate, the number of
broadband lines per 100 inhabitants was only 3.4, considerably less
than the world's estimated 5.9 lines.

The poor uptake of broadband in the region can be attributed to several
factors, the main one being the high prices charged by providers, which
in many countries have a virtual monopoly in their areas of operation.
Other factors include low PC penetration, insufficient fixed-line
infrastructure, highly unequal income distribution, a lack of economies
of scale, and regulatory hurdles.

Convergence Convergence offers promising prospects in Latin America, a
continent with about 570 million people, a soaring broadband sector,
low teledensity, relatively high TV penetration, and a growing VoIP
market. VoIP has gained huge popularity in most countries throughout
the region since it dramatically cuts the costs of long-distance
calling. It has been combined with broadband services by a number of
operators but, in a few markets, especially those that are not
privatised and/or liberalised, governments have regulated VoIP or
prohibited it altogether in an attempt to protect the incumbent.

This report provides 180 statistical tables relating to Internet and
broadband markets of 26 Latin American countries, and is extracted from
the full annual market reports. For a full description, commentary,
analysis and forecasting, see the original reports.

Notes on scenario forecasts - Throughout the report, BuddeComm provides
a number of scenario forecasts. The following notes provide some
background to our scenario forecasting methodology: - This report
includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing long-range
scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth to
occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely
growth trend within this band.

- The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our
own historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector
statistics from official and non-official, national and international
sources. We assume a possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.

- All statistics for GDP, revenue, etc are shown in US$, in order to
maintain consistency within and between markets. At the same time we
acknowledge that this can introduce some irregularities.

Chapter Titles Include:

-1. Regional overview

-- 1.1 Internet

-- 1.2 Broadband

-- 1.3 Convergence

- 2. Argentina

-- 2.1 Internet

-- 2.2 Broadband

--- 2.2.1 Subscribers

--- 2.2.2 Operator statistics

--- 2.2.3 Forecasts

-- 2.3 Pay TV

- 3. Belize

-- 3.1 Internet

-- 3.2 Broadband

- 4. Bolivia

-- 4.1 Internet

-- 4.2 Broadband

-- 4.3 Pay TV

- 5. Brazil

-- 5.1 Internet

-- 5.2 Broadband

--- 5.2.1 Subscribers

--- 5.2.2 Subscribers by technology

--- 5.2.3 Operator statistics

--- 5.2.4 Forecasts

-- 5.3 Convergence

--- 5.3.1 Operator statistics

- 6.

- 7. Caribbean Small Island Nations

- 8. Chile

-- 8.1 Internet

-- 8.2 Broadband

--- 8.2.1 Subscribers

--- 8.2.2 Operator statistics

--- 8.2.3 Forecasts

-- 8.3 Convergence

- 9. Colombia

-- 9.1 Internet

-- 9.2 Broadband

--- 9.2.1 Subscribers

--- 9.2.2 Forecasts

-- 9.3 Convergence

- 10. Costa Rica

-- 10.1 Internet

-- 10.2 Broadband

- 11. Cuba

- 12. Dominican Republic
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-- 12.2 Broadband

- 13. Ecuador

-- 13.1 Internet

-- 13.2 Broadband

-- 13.3 Pay TV

- 14. El Salvador

-- 14.1 Internet

-- 14.2 Broadband

- 15. Guatemala

-- 15.1 Internet

- 16. Guyana

- 17. Haiti

- 18. Honduras

-- 18.1 Pay TV

- 19. Jamaica

- 20. Mexico

-- 20.1 Internet

-- 20.2 Broadband operator statistics

--- 20.2.1 Forecasts

-- 20.3 Convergence

--- 20.3.1 Subscribers

--- 20.3.2 Pay TV operator statistics

- 21. Nicaragua

-- 21.1 Internet

-- 21.2 Broadband

- 22. Panama

-- 22.1 Internet

-- 22.2 Broadband

- 23. Paraguay

-- 23.1 Internet

-- 23.2 Broadband

- 24. Peru

-- 24.1 Internet

-- 24.2 Broadband

--- 24.2.1 Subscribers

--- 24.2.2 Operator statistics

--- 24.2.3 Forecasts

-- 24.3 Pay TV

- 25. Puerto Rico

-- 25.1 Internet

-- 25.2 Broadband

-- 25.3 Pay TV

- 26. Suriname

-- 26.1 Internet

-- 26.2 Broadband

- 27. Uruguay

-- 27.1 Internet

-- 27.2 Broadband

-- 27.3 Convergence

- 28. Venezuela

-- 28.1 Internet

-- 28.2 Broadband

--- 28.2.1 Subscribers

--- 28.2.2 Forecasts

-- 28.3 Pay TV

List of Tables

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