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05/10/2012 |
TelecoWorld: Paraguay
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The following figure presents the evolution of mobile and fixed telephones in Paraguay.

Mobile Operators
| Mobile accesses (Thousands) | 1Q10 | 2Q10 |
3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | 4Q11 | 1Q12 | ∆Qter |
∆Year |
| Telecel | 3,128 |
3,181 |
3,300 | 3,441 |
3,491 |
3,511 |
3,574 | 3,614 | 3,697 |
2.3% |
5.9% |
| Nucleo | 1,819 |
1,835 |
1,855 | 1,878 |
1,901 |
1,983 |
2,078 |
2,149 | 2,203 | 2.5% | 15.9% |
| Cellulars (Thousands) | 2007 |
2008 |
2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
∆Year |
| Telecel (Milicom) | 2,067 |
2,748 |
3,048 |
3,441 |
3,614 |
5.0% |
| Nucleo (Telecom Personal - Tel. Italia) | 1,626 |
1,800 |
1,806 |
1,878 |
2,149 |
14.4% |
Source: Operators |
Claro is also operates in Paraguay, but in 2007 is started to publish its results consolidated for Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.
The fourth carrier is Vox (Hola Paraquay) that is owned by KDDI and was acquired by COPACO in 2010. |
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Telecel: www.telecel.com.py Núcleo:www.personal.com.py Claro: www.claro.com.py Vox: www.vox.com.py |
Thousands |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
∆Year |
Mobile accesses |
3,233 |
3,233 |
5,791 |
5,619 |
5,914 |
5.3% |
Fixed accesses |
331 |
331 |
363 |
387.3 |
405 |
4.6% |
Broadband |
16 |
16 |
94 |
140.9 |
39 |
(72.2%) |
Source: UIT |
Densities |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Mobile accesses/100 inhab. |
54.7 |
72.7 |
92.8 |
88.5 |
91.6 |
Fixed accesses /100 inhab. |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
6.1 | 6.3 |
Broadband accesses/100 inhab. |
0.03 |
0.03 |
1.5 |
2.2 | 0.6 |
Source: UIT |
Fixed Telephone Operators
There were in Paraguay more than 100 small local fixed telephony operators
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Economic Indicators
| Economic Data | 2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| GDP Billion U$$ | 9.3 |
12.2 |
16.9 |
14.2 |
18.5 |
| GDP Per Capita U$$ | 1,568 |
2,026 |
2,747 |
2,265 |
2,886 |
| Average Inflation % | 9.6 |
8.1 |
10.2 |
2.6 |
4.7 |
| Population (Million) | 5.9 |
6.0 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
Source: FMI World Economic Outlook Database |





