02/15/20112

Latin America: Bolivia

 

Official Name: Republic of Bolivia Capital: La Paz Population: 10.03 millions (CEPAL 2010) Currency: Bolivian Peso Calling Code: +591 Regulator Agency: SITEL

 

 

The following figure presents the evolution of wireline and cellulars in Bolívia (Source: Sittel).

 

 

 

Cellular Operator

 

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	4Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Telecel (Millicom)	2,085	2,117	2,249	2,404	2,501	2,564	2,580	2,687	4.1%	11.8%

 

The mobile carriers operating in Bolivia are: Entel, Telecel, Nuevatel and Cotas

 

 

Cotas: www.cotasmovil.com.bo Entel: www.entel.bo Telecel: www.telecel.com.bo Nuevatel: www.nuevatel.com

 

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	2,698	3,254	4,830	7,148	7,179	0.4%
Fixed Telephones	646	678	678	810	848	4.7%
Broadband	13.0	34.0	65.6	282.4	96	(66.0%)

 

Density	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Cell./100 inhab.	28.04	33.11	49.85	72.50	72.30
Fixed Telephones /100 inhab.	6.71	6.90	7.00	8.22	8.54
Broadband/100 inhab.	0.14	0.35	0.68	2.86	0.97

 

 

Economic Indicators

 

Economic Data	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
GDP Billion U$$	11.53	13.29	16.60	17.46	19.37
GDP Per Capita U$$	1,197	1,352	1,656	1,708	1,858
Average Inflation %	4.28	8.71	14.01	3.35	2.50
Population (Million)	9.63	9.83	10.03	10.23	10.43

Source: FMI World Economic Outlook Database

 

 

 

Fixed Telephony Operators

 

There were 18 local telephony operators in Bolívia. From those, 15 were cooperatives that originally worked in the main cities. Entel (Telecom Italia), major long distance telephony operator, was one of the others 3 local telephony operators and was privatized in 2007.

 

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