While most telecom markets in Latin America are both privatised and deregulated, liberalisation has mostly advantaged the mobile sector

Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004 Latin America - Fixed Voice, Infrastructure and Data Markets to their offering

(PRWEB) July 21, 2004 -- This annual report offers a wealth of information on the Fixed Voice, Infrastructure and Data markets, covering:

-Infrastructure Issues

-Regulatory issues and government policies re infrastructure

-Datacomms Infrastructure, Leased Lines, ISDN

-Public and Value Added Data Services

-Leased Lines, ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM

-Brief overviews on all of the major telecommunications carriers and service providers in 26 latin american countries

Key Highlights of the report:

Teledensity remains low, with only around 17% of the population having a telephone line. Telecom infrastructure varies greatly from country to country, and from urban to rural areas. There is a marked trend towards the use of alternative systems in fixed line telephony, especially Wireless Local Loop (WLL) and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

While most telecom markets in Latin America are both privatised and deregulated, liberalisation has mostly advantaged the mobile sector. When it comes to fixed lines, it is not easy for new entrants to build out a network that can compete with the incumbents. So fixed line growth is stagnating even in the major economies such as Brazil, where operators have reached their service goals for line installation and consumers are increasingly favouring mobile.

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