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02/15/2012 |
TelecoWorld: El Salvador
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The figure presents the evolution of public telephony and cellulars in El Salvador. Source: SIGET.

Cellular Operators |
| Thousands | 1Q10 |
2Q10 |
3Q10 |
4Q10 |
1Q11 |
2Q11 |
3Q11 |
4Q11 | ∆Qter |
∆Year |
| Tigo (Millicom) |
2,816 |
2,786 |
2,693 |
2,728 |
2,793 |
2,883 |
2,913 |
3,027 | 3.9% |
11% |
Mobile carriers operating in El Salvador are: Claro, Movistar, Tigo and Digicel. Movistar, Claro and Digicel, don't release their results separately. |
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Claro: www.claro.com.sv/Movil.aspx Movistar: www.movistar.com.sv Tigo:www.tigo.com.sv Digicel: www.digicel.com.sv |
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Annual Results |
| Thousands | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses | 4,882 | 6,662 | 7,445 | 7,514 | 0.9% |
| Fixed Telephones | 1,054 | 1,058 | 1,137 | 1,131 | (0.5%) |
| Broadband | 40 | 65 | 94 | 146 | 4.1% |
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Densities |
| Thousands | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses/100 inhab. | 85.0 | 110.1 | 123.1 | 124.2 | 0.9% |
| Fixed/100 inhab. | 18.4 | 17.5 | 18.8 | 18.7 | (0.5%) |
| Broadband/100 inhab. | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 4.1% |
Fixed Telephony Operators
There are in El Salvador 9 fixed telephony operators being CTE Telecom Personal, controlled by América Móvil, the main local telephony operator. CTE has 781 thousand telephones in service in 2004, 808 thousand in 2005 and 837 thousands in 2006.





