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01/03/2011 |
3G UMTS
HSDPA+
In December/2011 there were 31 networks operating commercialy in Latin America:
- CelularOne (Bermuda)
- Digicel (Bermuda)
- Entel Movil (Chile)*
- Movistar (Chile)*
- Claro (Chile)
- Iusacell (Mexico)
- Telcel (Mexico)
- AT&T (Porto Rico)
- T-Mobile (Porto Rico)
- Entel Movil (Bolivia)
- Claro (Porto Rico)
- Comcel (Colombia)
- Claro (Peru)
- Claro (Ecuador)
- Movistar (Ecuador)
- Claro (Brazil)
- Claro (Dominican Rep.)
- Claro (Panama)
- LIME/C&W (Jamaica)
- Cable & Wireless (Panama)
- Indies - Digicel (French West)
- Claro (Jamaica)
- C&W/LIME (Cayman Islands)
- Claro (Paraguay)
- Claro (Uruguay)
- Claro (Argentina)
- Algar (Brazil)
- Vivo (Brazil)
- LIME/C&W (Barbados)
- Digicel (Barbados)
- LIME/C&W (Bahamas)
- Digicel (Panama)
*Offer connectivity HSPA+ dual carrier in the theorical transference rate of downlink in 42 Mbps (peak).
Source: 4G Americas
WCDMA/HSPA
A Entel (Chile) was the first to start to operate a commercial 3G net (WCDMA/HSDPA) in Latin America (December/06).
In Oct/10 there were 52 3G nets (WCDMA/HSDPA) in commercial operation in 22 Latin America/Caribbean countries:
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América Móvil (Claro) in 18 countries (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Porto Rico and Jamaica).
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Telefonica/Movistar in 11 countries (Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama and Guatemala) and Vivo (Brazil).
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Tigo (Millicom) in 6 countries (Bolivia, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, Paraguay and El Salvador)
The following table presents operators with 3G nets (WCDMA/HSDPA) in comercial operation in Latin America.
| Country | Operators | Operation start |
HSDPA Index of Peak (Mbit/s) |
Coverage |
| Argentina | Telecom Personal | May/07 |
1.8 |
Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Mar del Plata, Pinamar, Cariló, Villa Gesell and San Bernardo. |
| Movistar | Jul/07 |
1.8 |
Buenos Aires | |
| Claro | Nov/07 | 1.8 |
Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba, Mar del Plata and other cities in the cost. |
|
| Aruba | Setar | Dec/07 |
7.2 |
- |
| Bolivia | Tigo | Aug/08 |
3.6 |
Santa Cruz, La Paz and Cochambamba. |
| Brazil | Vivo (Telemig) | Nov/07 |
1.8 |
Belo Horizonte |
| Vivo | Sep/08 | 1.8 |
358 cities |
|
| Claro | Nov/07 |
3.6 |
298 cities | |
| CTBC | Apr/08 |
1.0 |
16 cities |
|
| Tim | Apr/08 |
7.2 |
39 cities | |
| Brasil Telecom | Apr/08 |
3.6 |
49 cities |
|
| Oi | May/08 |
1.8 |
51 cities | |
| Sercomtel | Dec/08 | 7.2 |
- | |
| Chile | Entel PCS | Dec/06 |
3.6 |
Santiago |
| Claro | 2007 |
1.8 |
Santiago and in the 5th region. | |
| Movistar | 2007 |
1.8 |
National | |
| Colombia | Comcel | Feb/08 |
1.8 |
- |
| Tigo | Nov/08 | 7.2 |
14 cities | |
Movistar |
Dec/08 |
1.8 |
- |
|
| Costa Rica | ICE |
2009 |
3.6 |
- |
| Claro | Jan/08 |
1.8 |
- | |
| Tigo | Sep/08 |
1.8 |
- | |
| Ecuador | Claro |
Jan/09 |
1.2 |
- |
Movistar |
Jul/09 |
3.6 |
- |
|
| Guatemala | Tigo | Sep/08 |
3.6 |
- |
| Claro | Mar/08 | 1.8 |
53 cities | |
Movistar |
Aug/09 |
1.8 |
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| French Guiana | Orange |
2009 |
3.6 |
- |
| Claro | Febr/08 |
3.6 |
- | |
| Tigo | Sep/08 |
1.8 |
- | |
| Jamaica | Claro |
Dec/08 |
3.6 |
- |
LIME |
Jun/09 |
3.6 |
- |
|
| Mexico | Movistar | Apr/07 |
14.4 |
Monterrey |
| Telcel | Feb/08 |
1.8 |
15 cities | |
| Nicaragua | Claro | 2008 |
1.8 |
- |
| Panama | Movistar | Dec/08 |
1.8 |
- |
Claro |
Mar/09 |
1.8 |
- |
|
| Paraguay | Claro | Nov/07 |
1.8 |
Asunción, Ciudad del Este and Encarnación. |
| Núcleo (Personal) | Nov/08 |
3.6 |
- | |
| Tigo | Sep/08 |
3.6 |
- | |
| Peru | Claro | Jul/07 |
3.6 |
|
Movistar |
May/09 | 3.6 | ||
Nextel |
Dec/09 | 1.8 | ||
| Porto Rico | Claro | Dec/06 |
1.8 |
- |
| AT+T | Nov/06 |
1.8 |
- |
|
| Claro | Sep/08 |
3.6 |
- | |
Orange |
Feb/10 |
7.2 |
- |
|
| Uruguay | Ancel | Jul/07 |
3.6 |
- |
| Movistar | Jul/07 |
3.6 |
Montevideo | |
| Claro | Nov/07 |
1.8 |
Montevideo | |
| Venezuela | Movistar | Dec/08 | 7.2 | - |
| Digitel | Mar/09 | 3.6 |
- |
Source: GSA and Teleco
*In the beginning of July, Telcel announced the expansion of its coverage for many other cities, however, the names of those cities weren't released yet.
3G EVDO
According the CDMA Development Group (CDG) there were 5.92 million cellphones EV-DO in Latin America/Caribbean in 2008. The main operations are:
| Brazil | Vivo and Embratel (WLL) |
| Equador | Alegro PCS |
| Venezuela | Movilnet and Movistar |
| Mexico | Iusacell |
| Guatemala | Telgua and Movistar |
| 3G auction in Mexico |
In August 13th, Federal Telecommunications Commission - Cofetel, Mexican telecoms regulator, concluded the auction for the 3G band (1710-1770/2110-2170 MHz). The winners were: América Movil, Telefônica and Nextel. Together, these companies will pay about US$ 414 million.
The process benefited mainly Nextel, which purchased the national license for a cheaper price if compared with the value paid for its competitors (US$ 14 million, while América Móvil paid US$ 300 million and Telefônica US$ 100 million). It happened because the company competed alone for this piece of the band 1,8/2,1Ghz.
By that, Nextel puts itself in a good position to amplify its investments in Latin America. |
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