This report comprises statistical tables only. 170 tables are provided on a country by country basis, with a brief introduction. Some of the data is not current, but was the latest available at the time of publication.

Countries covered are: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean Countries, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Major statistics include:-

Key country indicators;
Subscriber numbers;
Annual change and penetration percentages;
Growth indications;
Historical data.


While Latin America’s fixed lines stagnate at 17% teledensity, mobile subscribers have overtaken their fixed-line counterparts in every country except Cuba. Paraguay leads the trend, with ten mobile phones for every fixed line in service. Broadband grew at the annual rate of around 54% in 2006, however broadband penetration at end-2006 was only 2.5%. Some countries are leapfrogging into new applications such as VoIP, WiMAX, and triple play, while governments struggle to bridge the digital divide and find a solution to the region’s inadequate rural telephony. Telecom infrastructure varies from nonexistent to rudimentary and from adequate to well advanced in some major cities.

This report gives an overview of activities in Latin America relating to broadband, convergence and the Internet. Major statistics include key country indicators, subscriber numbers, annual change and penetration percentages, growth indications and historical data. Some of the data is not current, but was the latest available at the time of publication.

This report only provides statistical tables relating to the above topics. For descriptions, commentary and forecasts for these topics see the complete reports:

2007 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Latin America – Central America
2007 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Latin America – Mexico and the Caribbean
2007 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Latin America – The Andean Countries
2007 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Latin America – The Mercosur Countries

1. LATIN AMERICAN OVERVIEW
1.1 The Internet
1.2 Broadband
1.2.1 DSL
1.2.2 Cable modem
1.3 Cable TV
2. ARGENTINA
2.1 Internet
2.2 Broadband
2.3 Cable TV
3. BELIZE
3.1 Internet
3.2 Broadband
4. BOLIVIA
5. BRAZIL
5.1 Internet
5.2 Broadband
5.3 Pay TV
6. CHILE
6.1 Internet
6.2 Broadband
6.3 Pay TV
7. COLOMBIA
7.1 Internet
7.2 Broadband
7.3 Pay TV
8. COSTA RICA
9. CUBA
10. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
11. ECUADOR
12. EL SALVADOR
13. GUATEMALA
14. GUYANA
15. HAITI
16. HONDURAS
17. JAMAICA
18. MEXICO
18.1 Internet
18.2 Broadband
18.3 Pay TV
19. NICARAGUA
20. PANAMA
21. PARAGUAY
22. PERU
23. PUERTO RICO
24. SURINAME
25. URUGUAY
26. VENEZUELA




Table 1 – Internet users and penetration worldwide by region – 2000; 2007
Table 2 – Latin America - Internet users and user penetration - 2000 - 2006
Table 3 – Latin America - Internet users and penetration – top 12 user countries – 2006
Table 4 – Latin America - Internet users and penetration – top 12 countries for penetration – 2006
Table 5 – Broadband lines worldwide by region - 2003 - 2006
Table 6 – Latin America - Broadband subscribers and penetration – 2001 - 2006
Table 7 – Latin America - Broadband subscribers & penetration - major countries – 2005 - 2006
Table 8 – Latin America - Broadband subscribers by technology – major countries – 2006
Table 9 – Latin America - top 12 broadband service providers – 2006
Table 10 – DSL versus cable modem worldwide - 2005 - 2006
Table 11 – DSL lines and penetration – 2001 - 2006
Table 12 – DSL subscribers and penetration – major countries – 2005 - 2006
Table 13 – Latin America - cable modem lines and penetration – 2001 - 2006
Table 14 – Latin America - cable modem lines and penetration – major countries – 2005 - 2006
Table 15 – Latin America - cable TV subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2006
Table 16 – Latin America - cable TV subscribers and penetration – major countries – 2005 - 2006
Table 17 – Argentina - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 18 – Argentina - Internet users and user penetration - 1999 - 2006
Table 19 – Argentina - residential dial-up subscribers, free ISP customers - 2001 - 2007
Table 20 – Argentina - paid dial-up, free dial-up, and broadband share - 2001 - 2007
Table 21 – Argentina - residential broadband subscribers and penetration - 2001 - 2007
Table 22 – Argentina - corporate broadband subscribers - 2001 - 2007
Table 23 – Argentina - broadband market share by technology - 2005 - 2006
Table 24 – Argentina - cable modem subscribers and penetration - 2001 - 2006
Table 25 – Argentina - ADSL subscribers and penetration - 2001 - 2006
Table 26 – Argentina - forecast broadband growth by market scenario – 2007; 2012; 2017
Table 27 – Argentina - Broadband subscribers by major operator – 2001 - 2007
Table 28 – Argentina - cable TV subscribers and operators’ market share - 2006
Table 29 – Argentina - cable TV subscribers for major operators – 1999 - 2006
Table 30 – Belize - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 31 – Belize - Internet users and user penetration – 1996 - 2005
Table 32 – Belize - BTL high speed Internet subscribers and household penetration – 2005 - 2006
Table 33 – Bolivia - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 34 – Bolivia - Internet users and user penetration - 1997 - 2005
Table 35 – Bolivia - dial-up subscribers – 1997 - 2005
Table 36 – Bolivia - broadband subscribers and penetration – 2002 - 2005
Table 37 – Bolivia - cable TV subscribers and household penetration – 2000 - 2005
Table 38 – Brazil - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 39 – Brazil - Internet users, penetration - 2002 - 2006
Table 40 – Brazil - Internet users with own computer - 2000 - 2007
Table 41 – Brazil - Internet access points - August 2006
Table 42 – Brazil - broadband subscribers and penetration – 2001 - 2007
Table 43 – Brazil - broadband market share by technology – 2001 - 2007
Table 44 – Brazil - cable modem subscribers and penetration – 2001 - 2007
Table 45 – Brazil - Virtua subscribers – 2002 - 2007
Table 46 – Brazil - ADSL subscribers and penetration – 2001 - 2007
Table 47 – Brazil - ADSL – operators’ market share – 2002 - 2007
Table 48 –– Brazil - ADSL subscribers by operator – 2000 - 2007
Table 49 – Brazil - pay TV subscribers and penetration – 1999 - 2006
Table 50 – Brazil - pay TV subscriber ratio by technology - 2000 - 2006
Table 51 – Brazil - pay TV concessions - April 2007
Table 52 – Brazil - cable TV subscribers and penetration by technology – 2000 - 2006
Table 53 – Brazil - major pay TV companies market share - 1998; 2003 - 2006
Table 54 – Brazil - Net Serviços pay TV subscribers – 2000 - 2007
Table 55 – Brazil - pay TV and broadband subscribers – Vivax & TVA –2002 - 2007
Table 56 – Chile - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 57 – Chile - Internet users and user penetration - 2000 - 2006
Table 58 – Chile - Internet subscribers and subscriber penetration - 2000 - 2006
Table 59 – Chile - dial-up subscribers – 2000 - 2006
Table 60 – Chile - ISP market share - March 2006
Table 61 – Chile - broadband subscribers and penetration - 2000 - 2006
Table 62 – Chile - broadband subscriber ratios by technology; ADSL, cable, other – 2001 - 2006
Table 63 – Chile - broadband market share – major companies – 2001 - 2006
Table 64 – Chile - ADSL subscribers and household penetration – 2001 - 2006
Table 65 – Chile -– ADSL subscribers by operator – 2000 - 2006
Table 66 – Chile - cable modem subscribers and household penetration – 2001 - 2006
Table 67 – Chile - VTR – cable modem subscribers – 2000 - 2006
Table 68 – Chile - forecast broadband growth by market scenario – 2005; 2010; 2015
Table 69 – Chile - cable TV subscribers – 1995 - 2006
Table 70 – Chile - pay TV subscribers by operator and market share - January 2007
Table 71 – Chile - VTR – cable TV subscribers by technology – 2000 - 2006
Table 72 – Colombia - Internet and broadband key statistics – June 2006
Table 73 – Colombia - Internet users and user penetration - 1996 - 2006
Table 74 – Colombia - Internet subscribers (dial-up + broadband) and penetration - 2003 - 2006
Table 75 – Colombia - dial-up subscribers - 2003 - 2006
Table 76 – Colombia - broadband subscribers and penetration - 2002 - 2006
Table 77 – Colombia - broadband market share by technology - 2003 - 2006
Table 78 – Colombia - cable modem subscribers and household penetration - 2003 - 2006
Table 79 – Colombia - ADSL subscribers and household penetration - 2003 - 2006
Table 80 – Colombia - forecast broadband growth by market scenario – 2005; 2010; 2015
Table 81 – Colombia - cable TV subscribers and household penetration – 2000 - 2006
Table 82 – Colombia - major cable TV providers – subscribers and market share – 2006
Table 83 – Colombia - satellite TV subscribers (Sky + DirecTV) – 2000 - 2006
Table 84 – Costa Rica - Internet and broadband key statistics – June 2006
Table 85 – Costa Rica - Internet users and user penetration – 1997 - 2006
Table 86 – Costa Rica - broadband subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2006
Table 87 – Costa Rica - broadband market share by technology – 2003 - 2006
Table 88 – Costa Rica - broadband subscribers and penetration by technology – 2000 - 2006
Table 89 – Cuba - Internet key statistics – 2006
Table 90 – Cuba - Internet users and penetration – 1996 - 2006
Table 91 – Cuba - personal computers and penetration – 2002 - 2006
Table 92 – Dominican Republic - Internet key statistics – 2006
Table 93 – Dominican Republic - Internet users and user penetration - 1998 - 2006
Table 94 – Dominican Republic - Internet subscribers and household penetration – 1998 - 2006
Table 95 – Dominican Republic - DSL residential and corporate subscribers - 2004 - 2006
Table 96 – Ecuador - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 97 – Ecuador - Internet users and user penetration - 1999 - 2006
Table 98 – Ecuador - Internet subscribers (dial-up and broadband) – 1998 - 2006
Table 99 – Ecuador - pay TV subscribers by technology – 2004 - 2006
Table 100 – El Salvador - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 101 – El Salvador - Internet users and penetration - 1996 - 2005
Table 102 – El Salvador - Internet subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2005
Table 103 – Guatemala - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 104 – Guatemala - Internet users and, penetration - 1997 – 2005
Table 105 – Guyana - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 106 – Guyana - Internet users and user penetration - 1997 - 2005
Table 107 – Guyana - Internet subscribers and penetration - 1999 - 2005
Table 108 – Haiti - Internet key statistics – 2005
Table 109 – Haiti - Internet users and user penetration – 1998 - 2006
Table 110 - Haiti - Internet subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2006
Table 111 – Honduras - Internet key statistics – 2005
Table 112 – Honduras - Internet users and penetration – 1997 - 2005
Table 113 – Honduras - Internet subscribers and penetration – 2002 - 2005
Table 114 – Honduras - pay TV subscribers - 2002 - 2005
Table 115 – Jamaica - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 116 – Jamaica - Internet users and user penetration - 1996 - 2006
Table 117 – Jamaica - market share by connection type – 2006
Table 118 – Mexico - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 119 – Mexico - Internet users and penetration - 1998 - 2006
Table 120 – Mexico - Internet user percentages by access technology - 2002 - 2006
Table 121 – Mexico - Internet subscribers by access technology - 2000 - 2006
Table 122 – Mexico - forecast dial-up subscriber growth by market scenario – 2007; 2012; 2017
Table 123 – Mexico - Prodigy ADSL subscriber lines - 2002 - 2006
Table 124 – Mexico - cable modem subscribers by operator - 2001 - 2006
Table 125 – Mexico - forecast broadband subscriber growth by scenario – 2007; 2012; 2017
Table 126 – Mexico - Pay TV subscribers by technology and penetration – 1997 - 2006
Table 127 – Mexico - pay TV subscribers by operator - 2001 - 2006
Table 128 – Nicaragua - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 129 – Nicaragua - Internet users and user penetration - 1997 - 2005
Table 130 – Nicaragua - Internet subscribers - 2000 - 2005
Table 131 – Nicaragua - Internet market share by technology – 2000 - 2005
Table 132 – Panama - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 133 – Panama - Internet users and user penetration - 1996 - 2005
Table 134 – Panama - dial-up subscribers and household penetration - 1998 - 2005
Table 135 – Panama - broadband subscribers by technology and penetration - 1998 - 2005
Table 136 – Paraguay - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 137 – Paraguay - Internet users and user penetration - 1997 - 2005
Table 138 – Paraguay - Internet subscribers and penetration - 2000 - 2005
Table 139 – Paraguay - Multicanal cable TV subscribers – 2001 - 2006
Table 140 – Peru - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 141 – Peru - Internet users and user penetration - 1996 - 2006
Table 142 – Peru - Internet subscribers by access - 2001 - 2005
Table 143 – Peru - dial-up and broadband subscriber ratio - 2001 - 2005
Table 144 – Peru - broadband subscribers and penetration – 2001 - 2006
Table 145 – Peru - TdP broadband subscribers – 2001 - 2006
Table 146 – Peru - ADSL subscribers – 2002 - 2005
Table 147 – Peru - cable modem subscribers by operator – 2001 - 2005
Table 148 – Peru - cable TV subscribers and household penetration – 1999 - 2006
Table 149 – Peru - subscribers – 2001 - 2006
Table 150 – Peru - forecast broadband growth by market scenario – 2005; 2010; 2015
Table 151 – Puerto Rico - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 152 – Puerto Rico - Internet users and user penetration - 1997 - 2006
Table 153 – Puerto Rico - broadband lines - 2002 - 2005
Table 154 – Puerto Rico - PRTC DSL lines - 2002 - 2006
Table 155 – Puerto Rico - broadband TV subscribers - selected years 1980 - 2005
Table 156 – Suriname - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 157 – Suriname - Internet users and user penetration – 1997 - 2005
Table 158 – Suriname - Internet subscribers and penetration - 1997 - 2005
Table 159 – Uruguay - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2005
Table 160 – Uruguay - Internet users and user penetration - 1997 - 2005
Table 161 – Uruguay - Anteldata – ADSL subscribers - 2003 - 2006
Table 162 – Uruguay - pay TV subscribers and household penetration - 1998 – 2005
Table 163 – Venezuela - Internet and broadband key statistics – 2006
Table 164 – Venezuela - Internet users and user penetration - 1998 - 2006
Table 165 – Venezuela - Internet subscribers and penetration – 1998 - 2006
Table 166 – Venezuela - dial-up/broadband subscriber ratio - 2000 - 2006
Table 167 – Venezuela - broadband subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2006
Table 168 – Venezuela - CANTV – ADSL subscribers – 2001 - 2006
Table 169 – Venezuela - broadband growth by market scenario – 2005; 2010; 2015
Table 170 – Venezuela - pay TV subscribers and penetration - 1997 - 2006