"Colombia Telecommunications Report Q3 2015" Published

MVNOs and 4G services are having a significant impact on the trajectory of the Colombian mobile market. Virgin Mobile in particular has continued its success across Latin America. This should help with competition dynamics, as well as result in downward pressures on ARPU spending. LTE demonstrates the development of the market, with greater demand for higher-value data services, with the uptake of LTE services growing more than five-fold. New launches of 4G from Avantel and DirecTV hope to tap into this demand and shake up competition dynamics. The merger of Tigo and UNE -EPM will create a stronger player in the broadband market with a greater ability to offer converged services. Further, the relaunch of Vive Digital after a successful 2010-2014 run bodes well for mobile and fixed broadband growth over our forecast period.

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Key Data

* Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Virgin Mobile Colombia's subscriber base was 1.991mn by the end of 2014, compared to 440,667 a year earlier, according to data from industry watchdog Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (MinTIC). Other local MVNOs Uff ! Movil, Exito, Avantel and Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) registered 1.182mn subscribers total at the end of 2014.
* The broadband market's growth is supported by ongoing interest in dedicated mobile broadband connections, which BMI believes will drive the long term growth potential.
* MinTIC met its goal to quadruple the number of internet connections from around 2.2mn at the end of 2010 to 8.8mn by 2014.
* Colombia reached nearly 1.135mn 4G subscribers of which were 301,203 data cards by the end of 2014, according to recent figures provided the MinTIC.

Key Trends And Developments

Broadband services provider ETB targets a mobile telephony subscriber base of more than 350,000 by the end of 2015, said Company President Saul Kattan in April 2015. The president stated that ETB currently has around 100,000 mobile subscribers....

The Colombia Telecommunications Report features BMI Research's independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Colombia's ICT market, covering the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news, including investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled, highlighting their quarterly financial performance, capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.

BMI's Colombia Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the telecoms industry in Colombia.

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