Abstract
Publication Overview
Telecom service availability is relatively high in Venezuela compared with the
rest of Latin America. This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of
trends and developments in Venezuela's fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and pay
TV sectors. Subjects include:
- Market and industry analyses and overviews;
- Facts, figures, and statistics;
- Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
- Telecom infrastructure;
- International satellites and submarine fibre optic cables;
- Major players, revenues, subscribers, mobile ARPU;
- Fixed broadband (ADSL, cable modem, wireless);
- Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
- Convergence and triple play solutions;
- Pay TV market;
- Mobile voice and data markets;
- Next generation mobile (3G, mobile broadband, LTE plans);
- Scenario forecasts for the fixed-line, mobile, and broadband markets for
the years 2015 and 2020.
Executive Summary
Smartphone sales soar as Venezuelans flock to social networks
Substantial improvements in Venezuela's telecom infrastructure have made
service availability relatively high compared with the rest of Latin America.
The country's telecom market is expected to grow by at least 10% in 2012, led
by 3G including both mobile broadband and phone-based internet browsing. The
outlook for 2013 is less promising, as Venezuela's petroleum-dependent economy
leaves it vulnerable to sudden booms and busts tied to the global oil market,
and oil prices are on the way down. After the October 2012 general elections,
an economic slowdown is probable, and this would temporarily put a break on
telecom market growth.
Despite a sustained increase in the number of fixed lines in service,
Venezuela's fixed-line revenues account for a shrinking portion of total
telecom revenues, while the share of mobile, internet, and pay TV revenues has
been rising. A number of private operators compete in all telecom sectors, but
CANTV, the country's state-owned telecom incumbent, dominates the fixed,
mobile, and broadband markets.
Venezuela's teledensity is one of the highest in Latin America, having almost
doubled since 2005. In the local telephony market, four companies compete with
CANTV: NetUno, Inter, Movistar, and Digitel. NetUno and Inter are primarily
cable TV companies, while Movistar and Digitel are primarily mobile operators.
NetUno and Inter provide fixed-line services over their cable TV network as
part of triple play packages (including pay TV, broadband, and fixed-line
telephony). Movistar and Digitel offer local phone services using
fixed-wireless technology.
Venezuela's fixed broadband penetration and speed are lower than the regional
average and less than would be expected based on GDP per capita, which in
Venezuela is higher than in Latin America as a whole. Partly due to the
economic slowdown and partly to the rising popularity of mobile broadband,
growth in the fixed broadband market has slowed.
CANTV is the country's exclusive ADSL provider. A few cable TV companies offer
cable modem access and there is one WiMAX provider. The Venezuelan government
has launched a National Fibre-Optic Backbone project to guarantee a uniform
distribution of high-speed internet access throughout the national territory.
CANTV is in charge of implementing the project. The government intends to
lease capacity on the National Fibre-Optic Backbone to cooperatives and small
companies.
Pay TV is the fastest growing telecom sector in Venezuela after mobile
broadband, and accounts for 15% of all telecom revenue in the country. The
market leaders are DirecTV, Inter, SuperCable, NetUno, Movistar, and CANTV.
Mobile penetration in Venezuela is about 7% below average for South and
Central America. The mobile market is recovering from the downturn it took
during Venezuela's economic recession, but estimated growth is small compared
with previous years.
Despite the slump in mobile subscriber growth, the volume of data traffic has
been increasing exponentially. Spurred by the huge popularity of social
networks in Venezuela, the country has experienced an unanticipated surge in
the demand for 3G and smart phones. Indeed, Venezuela is the number one
country in Latin America for Blackberry handsets.
Three major players operate in the Venezuelan mobile market: Movilnet, the
market leader and mobile subsidiary of state-owned CANTV; Movistar, the
Venezuelan unit of Spain's Telefonica; and Digitel, a locally owned private
company.
Key developments:
- Venezuela's fixed-line teledensity has been increasing at a faster pace
than any other Latin American country;
- telecom revenue as a percentage of GDP has shrunk in the past few years;
- internet sales (including fixed and mobile broadband) are the fastest
growing telecom revenues;
- driven by Twitter and Facebook, smartphone penetration in Venezuela is one
of the highest in the region;
- in the five years since it was renationalised, CANTV has increased the
country's fibre-optic backbone infrastructure by 48%;
- a new Chinese-built satellite for Venezuela (Miranda) is scheduled for
launch in October;
- Movilnet, Movistar, and Digitel have been allocated additional spectrum;
- mobile operators are having to invest in their networks, which suffer from
severe congestion;
- Digitel, Movistar, and MovilMax (a WiMAX provider) plan to deploy 4G/LTE
networks in 2013/2014;
- more than one third of Venezuela's mobile subscribers still use CDMA
technology;
- Venezuela continues to have the region's highest mobile ARPU;
- the National Fibre-Optic Backbone project aims to build a 6,940Km network;
- Venezuela ranks third in the world for Facebook users as a percentage of
internet users;
- Venezuela's pay TV market suffers from rampant signal theft;
- in 2011/2012, two more companies entered the Venezuelan satellite TV
market: CANTV and Inter.
For those needing an objective and high-level strategic analysis on Venezuela,
this report is essential reading and gives further information on:
- The development of Venezuela's fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and pay TV
sectors together with industry outlook and forecasts.
- Company performance, ARPU, and spectrum awards.
- An analysis of Venezuela's broadband sector.
- The government's ICT projects.
- The development and expansion of mobile broadband in Venezuela.
- How different scenarios are likely to affect the fixed-line, mobile, and
broadband markets in the years to 2020.
Table of Contents
1. Key Statistics
2. Country Overview
3. Telecommunications Market
- 3.1 Overview of Venezuela's telecom market
- 3.2 Market analysis - 2012
4. Regulatory Environment
- 4.1 Regulatory authority
- 4.1.1 Telecom Ministry
- 4.1.2 Conatel
5. Fixed Network Operators
- 5.1 Overview of operators
- 5.1.1 Local fixed-line market
- 5.1.2 Long distance fixed-line market
- 5.2 CANTV
- 5.3 Movistar (Telefonica)
- 5.4 Digitel
- 5.5 Inter
- 5.6 NetUno
6. Telecommunications Infrastructure
- 6.1 National telecom network
- 6.1.1 Fixed-line statistics
- 6.2 International infrastructure
- 6.2.1 Terrestrial links
- 6.2.2 Submarine cable networks
- 6.2.3 Satellite networks
- 6.3 Infrastructure developments
- 6.3.1 IP and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
- 6.4 Wholesale
7. Broadband Market
- 7.1 Overview
- 7.1.1 Fixed broadband statistics
- 7.1.2 Broadband market analysis
- 7.1.3 Broadband providers
- 7.2 Government initiatives
- 7.2.1 Laptops for schools
- 7.2.2 National Fibre-Optic Backbone Project
- 7.3 Cable modems
- 7.4 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
- 7.5 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
- 7.6 WiMAX
- 7.7 Media convergence
- 7.7.1 Triple play
- 7.7.2 Broadband TV (IPTV)
8. Digital Media / Digital Economy
- 8.1 Social networks
- 8.2 Broadcasting
- 8.2.1 Pay TV overview
- 8.2.2 Cable TV
- 8.2.3 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments
- 8.2.4 Digital terrestrial TV
9. Mobile Communications
- 9.1 Overview of Venezuela's mobile market
- 9.1.1 Mobile statistics
- 9.1.2 Spectrum auction
- 9.1.3 Mobile market analysis
- 9.2 Mobile technologies
- 9.2.1 CDMA
- 9.2.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile
- 9.2.3 Long-term evolution (LTE)
- 9.2.4 Mobile handsets/smart phones
- 9.3 Major mobile operators
- 9.3.1 Movilnet (CANTV)
- 9.3.2 Movistar (Telefonica)
- 9.3.3 Digitel
- 9.4 Mobile voice services
- 9.5 Mobile messaging
- 9.5.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 9.6 Mobile broadband
- 9.7 Mobile satellite
10. Forecasts
- 10.1 Forecasts - fixed-line market 2015; 2020
- 10.1.1 Scenario 1 - higher fixed line growth
- 10.1.2 Scenario 2 - lower fixed line growth
- 10.2 Forecasts - fixed broadband market - 2015; 2020
- 10.2.1 Scenario 1 - higher broadband growth
- 10.2.2 Scenario 2 - lower broadband growth
- 10.3 Forecasts - mobile market - 2015; 2020
- 10.3.1 Scenario 1 - higher mobile market growth
- 10.3.2 Scenario 2 - lower mobile market growth
11. Glossary of Abbreviations
- Table 1 - Country statistics - 2012
- Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2012
- Table 3 - Internet user statistics - 2012
- Table 4 - Broadband statistics - 2012
- Table 5 - Mobile statistics - 2012
- Table 6 - National telecommunications authority
- Table 7 - Evolution of GDP in Venezuela - 2000 - 2013
- Table 8 - Fixed and mobile market share - 1998 - 2012
- Table 9 - Telecom revenues and investments - 2001 - 2012
- Table 10 - Telecom revenue as a percentage of GDP - 2001 - 2012
- Table 11 - Telecom revenues by segment - 2008 - 2012
- Table 12 - Fixed-line prepaid/postpaid ratio - 2001 - 2012
- Table 13 - CANTV - fixed lines in service and market share - 1999 - 2012
- Table 14 - Movistar - fixed lines in service and market share - 2004 - 2012
- Table 15 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2012
- Table 16 - Public payphones - 1997 - 2012
- Table 17 - Internet users and user penetration rate - 1998 - 2012
- Table 18 - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rates - 2000 - 2012
- Table 19 - Fixed broadband technologies - market share - 2001-2012
- Table 20 - CANTV - broadband subscribers - 2000 - 2012
- Table 21 - Facebook users and penetration - 2008 - 2012
- Table 22 - Pay TV subscribers and penetration rates - 1997 - 2012
- Table 23 - Major pay TV providers - market share - 2010-2012
- Table 24 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1997 - 2012
- Table 25 - Evolution of mobile ARPU in Venezuela - major operators - 2008
- 2011
- Table 26 - Market share of mobile operators - 2001 - 2012
- Table 27 - Movilnet - mobile subscribers - 2001 - 2012
- Table 28 - Movistar subscribers - 2001 - 2012
- Table 29 - Mobile prepaid/postpaid ratio - 1997 - 2012
- Table 30 - SMS messages sent - 2002 - 2012
- Table 31 - Mobile broadband subscribers - 2008 - 2012
- Table 32 - Forecast fixed lines - higher growth scenario - 2015; 2020
- Table 33 - Forecast fixed lines - lower growth scenario - 2015; 2020
- Table 34 - Forecast broadband subscribers - higher growth scenario - 2015;
2020
- Table 35 - Forecast broadband subscribers - lower growth scenario - 2015;
2020
- Table 36 - Forecast mobile subscribers - higher growth scenario - 2015;
2020
- Table 37 - Forecast mobile subscribers - lower growth scenario - 2015; 2020
- Chart 1 - Fixed and mobile subscribers in Venezuela - 1998 - 2012
- Chart 2 - Evolution of revenues and investments - 2001 - 2012
- Chart 3 - Telecom revenue breakdown at a glance - 2012
- Chart 4 - Fixed lines in service - market evolution at a glance - 2003 -
2012
- Chart 5 - Fixed broadband subscribers - market evolution at a glance -
2003 - 2012
- Chart 6 - Pay TV market share at a glance - 2012 (Mar)
- Chart 7 - Mobile subscribers - market evolution at a glance - 2003 - 2012
- Chart 8 - Mobile ARPU at a glance - 2008 - 2011
- Chart 9 - Mobile market share at a glance - 2012 (Mar)
- Exhibit 1 - Map of Venezuela
- Exhibit 2 - CANTV at a glance
- Exhibit 3 - Movilnet at a glance
- Exhibit 4 - Movistar at a glance
- Exhibit 5 - Digitel at a glance
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