04/19/2012

TelecoWorld: Uruguay

 

Official Name: Eastern Republic of the Uruguay Capital: Montevideo Population: 3.38 million (CEPAL 2011) Currency: Uruguayan Peso Calling Code: +598 Regulatory Agency: URSEC Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones

 

 

In 2006 there were 2,330 thousand cellulars and 987 thousand fixed telephones in service in Uruguay.

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Mobile accesses	2,330	3,004	3,508	4,112	4,437	4,757	11.6%
Fixed Telephone	987	965	959	954	962	980	2.4%
Broadband	113	165	245	317	383	473	34.0%
Pay TV	366	393	417	448	491	537	13.5%

Source: Ursec and UIT

 

Densities

 

/100 inhab.	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Mobile accesses	70.3	90.4	105.2	122.9	132.2	141.7
Fixed Telephone	29.8	29.0	28.8	28.5	28.7	29.2
Broadband	3.4	5.0	7.3	9.5	28.7	14.1
Pay TV	11.0	11.8	12.5	13.4	0.0	16.0

Source: Ursec and UIT

 

 

Mobile Accesses

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Cellular	2,330	3,004	3,508	4,112	4,437	4,757	11.6%
Prepaid %	85%	83%	77%	75%	73%	70%	-

 

SMS

 

-	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Sent SMS (millions)	358.6	480.6	500.3	528.0	25.3%
SMS/Cell./Month	102	202	204	111	(36.9%)

 

 

 

Mobile Operators

 

Market Share %

 

-	2008	2009	2010
Ancel	38%	43%	44%
Movistar	40%	39%	40%
Claro	22%	18%	16%

 

 

Ancel: www.ancel.com.uy/ancel Claro: www.claro.com.uy Movistar: www.movistar.com.uy

 

 

Fixed Telephone Operators

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Fixed Telephones	987	965	959	954	962	980	2.4%
Fixed Tel./100inhab.	29.8	29.0	28.8	28.5	28.7	29.2	2.4%
Pay Phones	15.4	15.0	14.6	13.9	12.3	-	-

 

In Uruguay there are three operators: Antel (estatal), Telmex and Movistar.

 

 

Antel: www.antel.com.uy/antel Telmex: www.telmex.com/uy Movistar: www.movistar.com.uy

 

 

Broadband

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Broadband subscribers	113	165	245	317	500	473	34.0%
Broadband access/100inhab.	3.4	5.0	7.3	9.5	14.9	14.1	-

 

 

Pay TV

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Pay TV subscribers	366	393	417	448	491	537	13.5%
Pay TV access/100inhab.	11.0	11.8	12.5	13.4	14.6	16.0	-

 

 

 

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