Research and Markets: Honduras - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e42e42/honduras_telecom) has announced the addition of the "Honduras - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband" report to their offering.

Besides being the second poorest country in Central America, Honduras has an extremely unequal distribution of income - about 70% of the population live below the poverty line.

Teledensity is about 14% lower than average for Central America. Nevertheless, it is better than one would expect based on the country's other economic indicators. Mobile penetration is about average for Central America and quite high compared with GDP per capita.

Fixed-line telephony has been partly liberalised, with long-distance telephony open to competition, but local services are still a monopoly of state-owned Hondutel and its franchise partners. Laws governing full liberalisation have been delayed amid allegations of corruption and political wrangling over the role of Hondutel.

The mobile sector, on the other hand, is highly competitive, with four operators offering services. The market leader is Millicoms Tigo, followed by Amrica Mvils Claro. Digicel entered the market in late 2008. Three companies have received WiMAX licences. The Internet has been slow to develop in Honduras. ADSL is still primarily used by corporate customers. Nevertheless, the demand for broadband is increasing and there are some small developments regarding network upgrades to Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH).

Market highlights:

• VoIP telephony services are more readily available than normal phone service and significantly cheaper.
• There are good investment opportunities for wireless DSL and WiMAX, since the fixed-line and cable networks have insufficient capacity.
• Cable Sula, the second largest cableco in terms of subscribers, announced it would upgrade its networks to FttH technology.
• Millicom International, the leading mobile provider in Honduras through Tigo, has acquired cable TV and triple player Amnet.
• Honduras is the first and only country in Central America to have chosen a Digital Terrestrial TV standard: the government has opted for the US ATSC.
• Both Claro and Tigo have launched 3G mobile services based on WCDMA technology.
• A number of factors are currently influencing telecoms growth, particularly the economic downturn and political unrest in the region.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

2.1 Country overview

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Honduran telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Regulatory authority

4.2 Privatisation

4.3 DR-CAFTA

4.4 Foreign investment

4.5 Telecom sector liberalisation in Honduras

4.6 Telephony For All program

4.7 Number portability (NP)

5. Telecom network operators in Honduras

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National telecom networks

6.2 International infrastructure

6.3 Infrastructure developments

7. Internet market

7.1 Overview

8. Broadband market

8.1 Overview

9. Convergence

9.1 Overview of media convergence

9.2 Pay TV market

9.3 Digital terrestrial TV

10. Mobile communications

10.1 Overview of the Honduran mobile market

10.2 Mobile technologies and data services

10.3 Major mobile operators

Companies mentioned:

• Tigo/Celtel (Millicom)
• Claro/Sercom (Amrica Mvil)
• Hondutel
• Digicel
• Hondutel
• Multifon
• Tele+ (Comunitel)
• Comisin Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel)

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KEYWORDS:   Central America  Honduras

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications

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