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03/09/2012 |
This page : Statistics: fixed telephones, cellular and broad band in Argentina. |
TelecoWorld: Argentina
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In June of 2000, occurred the liberalization of telecommunication in Argentina through the Decree nº 465/00, with the elimination of entrance barriers of new operators in the market.
Wireline and Cellular Telephony Evolution
The following figure presents the evolution number of wireline and cell phones in Argentina.

Fixed and Cellular Telephony
| Thousands | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses | 31,510 | 40,402 | 46,509 | 551,891 | 56,725 | 57,651 |
1.63% |
| Fixed Telephones | 8,643 |
8,886 |
9,015 |
9,155 |
9,367 |
9,478 |
1.18% |
| Broadband | 1,553 |
2,332 |
3,303 |
4,256 |
5,224 |
- |
- |
| Pay TV | 2,890 |
3,156 |
- |
9,802 |
- |
- |
- |
* In service Source: Indec and CNC |
| Densities | 2006 | 2007 |
2008 |
2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Mobile Accesses | 80.86 |
102.66 |
117.02 |
129.29 |
140.00 |
140.95 |
| Fixed Telephones | 22.18 |
22.58 |
22.68 |
22.81 |
23.12 |
23.17 |
| Broadband | 3.99 |
5.93 |
8.31 |
10.61 |
12.89 |
- |
| Pay TV | 7.42 |
8.02 |
0.00 |
24.42 |
- |
- |
* in service Source: Indec and CNC |
| Groups |
Group |
Fixed | Cellular | Broadband | Pay TV |
Telefónica |
- |
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| Telecom Italia (Personal) | Arnet |
- |
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| America Móvil | - |
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| Nextel | - |
- |
- |
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| Cablevision | - |
- |
Fibertel |
Cablevision |
| Directv | - |
- |
- |
General Indicators
| - | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
Annual changes PIB % |
9.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 3.6 | - | - |
GDP, current prices (US$ billions) |
183.0 | 214.0 | 262.0 | 328.0 | 310.2 | 370.3 | 19.4% |
GDP per capita, current prices (US$) |
4.742 |
5.492 |
6.658 |
8.253 |
7.728 |
9.138 |
18.2% |
Inflation, costumer prices % |
9.6 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 10.5 | - |
Population (millions) |
38.6 | 39.0 | 39.4 | 39.7 | 40.1 | 40.5 | 0.9% |
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook Database




