Recently released market study: Colombia Telecommunications Report Q2 2010

April 1, 2010 - PRLog -- Colombia's telecoms regulator has begun an investigation into market dominance that could see some operators facing regulated off-net tariffs if found to be dominant. Mobile market leader  Comcel, whose market share increased to 65% by Q308, seems the most likely to be impacted by this. Coupled with the regulator's look towards introducing mobile number portability (MNP) as soon as possible, this reflects a stronger stance from the CRT in maintaining competition in the market. This bodes well for Colombia's future development as the mobile market approaches maturity. The biggest news for the mobile market was the introduction of 3G services by all three operators in 2008 with Comcel kicking off the year with one of parent company  América Móvil's first 3G launches of 2008 in January. It remained the only 3G operator until the end of October when  Tigo launched its own network followed just a few weeks later by  Movistar's December launch. This puts Colombia in the ranks of Argentina and Chile, the region's most developed markets, in terms of market development and should help see some growth in the market's ARPU rates as customers increase their spending on their phones. The 3G launches have seen several new technologies and value-added services (VAS) introduced by all operators. There is little data available at present regarding the number of 3G subscribers in the market although Tigo said it had 10,000 3G users within the first month of its launch. This was mostly driven by the company's free 3G access for the first month helping to drive usage. However,  BMI believes that many of these subscribers will not become regular 3G users. Nonetheless, this is an impressive showing over such a short period of time and highlights the potential for good growth of 3G services in the Colombian market. Reflecting the high interest in 3G services the  Colombia Telecommunications Report Q209 has new sections analysing the VAS market in Colombia and the types of technology and applications that have been made available. As such the fixed-line and broadband data sections of the report have remained unchanged for this quarter with a full update to be undertaken for the Q309 report.

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Report Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
-- SWOT Analysis
-- Colombia Mobile Market SWOT
-- Colombia Wireline Market SWOT
-- Colombia Political SWOT Analysis
-- Colombia Economic SWOT Analysis
-- Colombia Business Environment SWOT Analysis
-- Business Environment
-- Latin America Telecommunications Business Environment Ratings
Table: BMI Telecommunications Business Environment Ratings
-- Industry Forecast
-- Mobile
-- Telecoms Sector - Mobile - Historical Data And Forecasts
-- Fixed Line
-- Telecoms Sector - Fixed-Line - Historical Data And Forecasts
-- Internet
-- Telecoms Sector - Internet - Historical Data And Forecasts
-- Market Data Analysis
-- Mobile
Table: Colombia Mobile Market, Q309
Table: Colombia Mobile Net Additions, Q309
-- Subscriber Mix
-- ARPU & MOU
-- Mobile Contract Wins
-- Mobile Content
-- Regional Focus
-- Country Outlook
-- Mobile Internet Usage Q309
-- VAS Timeline
-- Colombia Mobile Market Overview
-- Comcel (América Móvil)
-- Movistar
-- Tigo (Colombia Móvil)
-- Fixed Line
-- Colombia Fixed-Line Subscribers (000)
-- Colombia Fixed-Line Subscribers (000)
-- Regional Focus
-- Colombia IPTV Subscribers
-- Domestic Long Distance Minutes By Operator (000)
-- Internet
-- Colombia Internet Subscribers By Connection Type (000)
-- Wireline Developments
-- Regulatory Development
-- Division Of Regulatory Responsibilities In Colombia
-- Colombia: Regulatory Bodies And Their Responsibilities
-- Background And Regulatory Bodies
-- Regulatory Issues
-- Competition
-- Industry Developments
-- Competitive Landscape
-- Market Structure
Table: Key Players: Colombia Telecoms Sector
Table: Selected Operator Financial Parameters
-- Company Profiles
-- Latin America Catch-Up Creates LTE Opportunities For Ericsson
Table: Net Sales By Division, SEKmn
-- Telefónica Telecom
-- TEM Colombia (Movistar)
-- Comcel
-- Colombia Móvil (Tigo)
-- Appendix:
-- Regional Telecommunications Penetration Overview
-- Mobile
Table: Regional Mobile Penetration Overview
-- Fixed Line
Table: Regional Fixed-Line Penetration Overview
-- Internet
Table: Regional Internet Penetration Overview
Table: Regional Broadband Penetration Overview
-- Glossary Of Terms
Table: Glossary Of Terms
-- BMI Methodology
-- How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
Table: Key Indicators For Telecommunications Industry Forecasts
-- Telecoms Business Environment Ratings
Table: Weighting Of Indicators
Table: Ratings Indicators
-- Sources

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