Research and Markets: Latin America Telecom Insider / Vol. 2, No 7, Edition 10 - Strong Demand for Mobile Data Services Ac

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/511537/latin_america_tele) has announced the addition of the "Latin America Telecom Insider / Vol. 2, No 7, Edition 10 - Strong Demand for Mobile Data Services Accelerates Spectrum Auctions" report to their offering.

Mobile data services are growing rapidly in Latin America, where a combination of factors are creating the perfect storm for operators to serve a larger number of customers, resulting in higher demand for spectrum to support the new traffic on mobile networks, according to a new report.

Strong Demand for Mobile Data Services Accelerates Spectrum Auctions analyzes the dynamics behind mobile data growth in Latin America and its likely implication of requiring regulators to offer additional spectrum. The report analyzes the impact of mobile devices (laptops and smartphones) on generating more demand for mobile data services and compares the contribution of mobile data to economic activity in Latin America with other regions.

As mobile penetration approaches 100 percent in Latin America, and as voice revenues are stagnating, mobile data services are growing rapidly. Pyramid believes that competitive conditions in markets in Latin America, where mobile data services are still in their infancy, will cause prices to decline, allowing more subscribers to join, notes Jose Magana, Senior Analyst at Pyramid. Mobile data services in Latin America will expand at a CAGR of 31 percent from 2010 to 2015, when mobile Internet users and mobile broadband will supply most of the revenue.

"This wave of net additions, the availability of new-generation networks, the persistent decline of mobile voice tariffs, and the larger affordability of advanced phones and mobile computers may translate into heavy demand for bandwidth and traffic, causing operators to use up existing spectrum and demand that regulators streamline the process to free up capacity," says Magana. In Latin America, recent and upcoming auctions of spectrums total around 1,200 MHz in several bands. "All countries are auctioning more than 100 MHz of additional spectrum each to support demand for advanced services; in addition, as the implementation of 4G networks becomes cheaper, Pyramid anticipates pressure to auction spectrum will increase."

Executive Summary:

Mobile data services are growing rapidly in Latin America, where a combination of factors is creating the perfect storm for operators to serve a larger number of customers. Among those factors we include the availability of new generation networks, the persistent decline of mobile voice tariffs and the larger affordability of advanced phones and mobile computers. The resulting impact is higher demand for spectrum to support the new traffic on mobile networks.

We believe that competitive conditions in markets in Latin America, where mobile data services are still in their infancy, will cause prices to decline and therefore allow more subscribers to join. This wave of net additions may translate into heavy demand for bandwidth and traffic, causing operators to use up existing spectrum and demand that regulators streamline the process to free up capacity. In Latin America, we forecast that 146m mobile Internet (mobile broadband plus mobile browsing) subscribers will be added over the next five years, with 60% of those coming from connections through mobile phones.

This report analyzes the dynamics behind mobile data growth in Latin America and its likely implication of requiring regulators to offer additional spectrum. It analyzes the impact of mobile devices (laptops and smartphones) on generating more demand for mobile data services and compares the contribution of mobile data to economic activity in Latin America with other regions.

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Key Topics Covered:

• INTRODUCTION
• A NEW WAVE OF SPECTRUM IN LATIN AMERICA
• Mobile data services in Latin America will expand at a CAGR of 31% from 2010 to 2015, when mobile Internet users and mobile broadband will supply most of the revenue
• Mobile services will gain share of GDP where Latin America is already an outlier
• Higher demand for data services is already translating into more spectrum auctions
• MARKET DETAIL
• CASE STUDY: In Mexico, additional spectrum will move the battle to a new competitive level
• CASE STUDY: Costa Rica opens its doors to competition
• CONCLUSIONS
• Key findings
• Recommendations
• RELATED RESOURCES
• Table of exhibits

Companies Mentioned:

• America Movil
• Claro
• Digicel
• Entel Chile
• ICE
• Millicom
• Movistar
• Nextel
• Telcel
• Televisa

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/511537/latin_america_tele

Source: Pyramid Research, Inc.

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