Latin America is at ’the forefront of global WiMAX deployment,’ w...
Latin America is at “the forefront of global WiMAX deployment,” with networks in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Venezuela, market research firm Research & Markets said in a new report. It said 80% of Latin American broadband…
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subscribers are in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The most prevalent broadband technology is ADSL, the report said. Mexico was the first to offer HDTV in 2005, on the ATSC standard. Brazil uses ISDB; Honduras, ATSC. Mobile phones have overtaken fixed lines in every Latin American country but Cuba, the report said. Paraguay leads the trend, with 10 mobile phones for every fixed line. GSM has about 69% market share in Latin America, R&M said, while CDMA is growing “sluggishly;” TDMA is “on its way out.” -- www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58021