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05/03/2012 |
Teleco World: Latin America
This page : Statistics of cellulars in Latin America, ranking of the countries, operators and technologies.
Cellular statistics in Latin America
Mobile Accesses in Latin America

Main markets
6 countries concentrate more than 80% of the Cellulars of Latin America.
Quarter Results
Mobile Accesses
| Thousands | 1Q10 |
2Q10 |
3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | 4Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
| Brazil | 179.1 |
185.1 |
191.5 |
202.9 |
210.5 |
217.3 |
227.4 |
242.2 | 6.5% |
19.4% |
| Mexico | 85.3 |
86.9 |
88.8 |
91.4 |
93.7 |
95.0 |
96.2 |
94.6 | (2.6%) |
3.51% |
| Argentina | 53.6 |
54.6 |
54.6 |
56.7 |
57.9 |
57.9 |
57.7 |
57.7 | (0.0%) |
1.6% |
| Colombia | 42.0 |
42.7 |
42.5 |
43.7 |
45.3 |
46.3 |
47.8 |
- | - | - |
| Venezuela | 28.1 |
28.2 |
27.9 |
27.9 |
27.2 |
26.9 |
27.0 |
28.8 | 6.7% |
3.2% |
| Chile | 17.1 |
17.6 |
18.3 |
19.9 |
20.3 |
20.8 |
21.5 |
- | - |
- |
Source: Teleco and Regulator Agency
Density
| Cell/100 inhab. | 1Q10 | 2Q10 |
3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 |
4Q11 |
| Brazil | 93.0 |
95.9 |
98.9 |
104.7 |
108.3 |
111.6 |
116.5 |
123.9 |
| Mexico | 75.9 |
77.4 |
79.1 |
81.3 |
83.4 |
84.6 |
84.6 |
84.2 |
| Argentina | 133.6 |
136.1 |
134.8 |
140.0 |
140.7 |
140.6 |
140.7 |
140.2 |
| Colombia | 92.2 | 93.8 | 93.4 | 96.1 | 99.6 | 101.8 | 104.9 | - |
| Venezuela | 98.4 |
98.5 |
97.0 |
96.7 |
94.0 |
92.5 |
92.9 |
98.3 |
| Chile | 100.2 |
102.7 |
106.9 |
117.3 |
118.8 |
118.8 |
123.8 |
- |
Source: Teleco and Regulator Agency
Annual Results
Cellulars
| Thousands | 2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | 2011 | ∆Year |
| Brazil | 99,919 |
120,980 |
150,641 |
173,959 |
202,944 |
242,231 | 19.4% |
| Mexico | 57,017 |
68,241 |
75,303 |
83,528 |
91,363 |
94,565 | 3.51% |
| Argentina | 31,510 |
40,402 |
46,509 |
51,891 |
56,725 |
57,651 | 1.6% |
| Colombia | 29,763 |
33,941 |
41,365 |
41,155 |
43,711 |
- | - |
| Venezuela | 18,789 |
23,820 |
27,414 |
28,124 |
27,880 |
28,781 | 3.2% |
| Chile | 12,451 |
13,955 |
14,797 |
16,450 |
19,852 |
- | - |
Source: Teleco and Regulator Agency
Net Adds
| Thousands | 2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Brazil | 13,708 |
21,061 |
29,661 |
23,318 |
28,985 |
39,287 |
| Mexico | 9,888 |
9,542 |
8,744 |
8,225 |
7,835 |
3,202 |
| Argentina | 9,354 |
8,891 |
6,107 |
5,382 |
4,834 |
926 |
| Colombia | 7,963 |
4,178 |
7,424 |
(210) |
2,556 |
- |
| Venezuela | 6,293 |
5,031 |
3,594 |
709 |
(244) |
901 |
| Chile | 1,881 |
1,504 |
841 |
1,654 |
3,402 |
- |
Cellulars Density
| Cell/100 inhab. | 2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Brazil | 53.6 | 64.2 | 79.2 | 90.5 | 104.7 |
123.9 |
| Mexico | 53.7 | 62.0 | 69.4 | 76.2 | 81.3 |
84.2 |
| Argentina | 80.5 | 102.2 | 116.4 | 128.6 | 139.2 |
140.2 |
| Colombia | 67.8 | 76.4 | 92.0 | 91.5 | 96.1 |
- |
| Venezuela | 68.9 | 87.1 | 98.3 | 99.2 | 96.8 |
98.3 |
| Chile | 75.8 | 84.1 | 88.3 | 97.2 | 116.1 |
- |
Source: Teleco and Regulator Agency
Mobile Accesses by Region
| Millions | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 |
1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
| Mexico | 85.3 |
86.9 |
88.8 |
91.4 |
93.7 |
95.0 |
96.2 | 1.2% | 8.3% |
| Central America | 46.4 |
47.8 |
47.4 |
48.8 |
50.0 |
51.3 |
52.0 | 1.4% | 9.8% |
| Caribe | 23.0 |
23.2 |
22.9 |
24.3 |
24.1 |
23.8 |
23.9 | 0.5% | 4.4% |
| America do Sul | 379.1 |
389.5 |
398.1 |
415.6 |
426.0 |
435.1 |
447.8 | 2.9% | 12.5% |
| Total Latin America | 534.4 |
547.4 |
557.2 |
580.0 |
593.8 |
605.2 |
619.9 | 2.4% | 11.3% |
| Cell./100 inhab. | 91.9 |
94.2 |
95.9 |
99.8 |
99.6 |
99.8 |
100.6 | 0.7% | 4.9% |
Source: Teleco and UIT |
| Thousands | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
∆Year |
| Mexico | 58,562 | 68,699 | 78,029 | 83,528 |
91,363 |
9.4% |
| Central America | 18,860 | 27,936 | 36,991 | 44,648 |
48,769 |
9.2% |
| Caribe | 13,657 | 15,766 | 19,622 |
22,662 |
24,299 |
7.2% |
| America do Sul | 219,030 | 269,123 | 329,270 |
368,807 |
415,568 |
12.7% |
| Total Latin America | 310,109 | 381,524 | 463,912 |
519,645 |
579,999 |
11.6% |
| Cell./100 inhab. | 55.5 | 67.5 | 81.2 | 90.1 |
98.8 |
- |
Source: Teleco and UIT |
Total of Mobile Accesses in Latin America
| Thousands | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| Ibero-American Countries* | 299,520 | 369,574 | 449,759 | 503,563 | 562,249 | 11.7% |
| Total Latin America** | 310,109 | 381,524 | 463,912 | 518,645 | 578,999 | 11.4% |
| Density/100 inhab. | 55.5 | 67.9 | 81.7 | 90.6 | 99.5 | 9.8% |
* Ibero-American Countries: 19 countries, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Rep., Venezuela and Uruguay ** Total of Countries in Latin America: All 35 countries. |
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Operators
Quarter Results
Millions |
1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
191.0 |
195.4 |
200.2 |
207.3 |
212.4 |
217.2 |
222.2 |
2.3% |
11.0% |
|
138.4 |
141.9 |
144.8 |
149.3 |
151.6 |
155.5 |
159.8 |
2.7% |
10.4% |
|
31.3 |
31.3 |
31.3 |
51.0 |
52.8 |
52.8 |
52.8 |
0.0% |
69.1% |
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Oi* |
36.6 |
37.2 |
37.4 |
39.2 |
41.4 |
42.4 |
43.4 |
2.4% |
16.0% |
22.2 |
22.6 |
22.8 |
23.6 |
24.2 |
24.8 |
25.1 |
1.2% |
10.1% |
|
6.6 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
3.7% |
23.3% |
|
Others |
107.8 |
112.3 |
113.8 |
96.2 |
103.6 |
104.2 |
108.0 |
3.7% |
(5.1%) |
Total |
533.8 |
547.4 |
557.2 |
580.0 |
593.8 |
605.2 |
619.9 |
2.4% |
11.3% |
Source: Teleco, Operators and Regulator Agency
* Consolidated Oi/BrT
Annual Results
Millions |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| 116.9 | 143.9 | 171.5 | 186.5 | 213.1 |
11.1% |
|
| 83.3 | 100.5 | 123.4 | 134.7 | 149.3 |
10.8% |
|
| 35.0 | 43.5 | 50.8 | 57.4 | 51.0 |
7.3% |
|
| 18.9 | 23.1 | 30.0 | 36.1 | 39.2 |
14.8% |
|
| 9.5 | 14.8 | 18.6 | 21.7 | 23.6 |
8.8% |
|
| 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
17.2% |
|
Others |
40.0 | 47.9 | 60.2 | 74.6 | 96.2 |
13.2% |
Total |
308.6 | 379.4 | 460.5 | 517.5 | 580.0 |
11.6% |
Source: Teleco, Operators and Regulator Agency
Note: Cantv doesn't release its results since 2Q08.


