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Higher Investments in 3G Networks Opens up the Market for Mobile Services in Latin America, Finds Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire SAO PAULO, July 11, 2012 - Innovative voice and data services to offset restraints due to regulatory delays and market saturation SAO PAULO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Superior coverage and quality of mobile broadband services and the deeper penetration of smart devices are compelling mobile operators in Latin America to provide value-added services. To keep pace with the demands of data traffic generated by smart devices, operators are increasing capital expenditure on 3G network expansion and bandwidth capability. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.wireless.frost.com), Latin America Mobile Services Market Outlook I, 2011, finds that the market earned revenues of $79.56 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $112.97 billion in 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.0 percent, mainly driven by the increasing relevance of mobile broadband and value added services. If you are interested in more information on this research, please send an email to Francesca Valente, Corporate Communications, at francesca.valente@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company email address, company Web site, city, state and country. Some operators in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico have already upgraded their networks to 3.5G, while others are conducting trials of 3.5G and 4G.

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Higher Investments in 3G Networks Opens up

the Market for Mobile Services in Latin

America, Finds Frost & Sullivan

PR Newswire

SAO PAULO, July 11, 2012

- Innovative voice and data services to offset restraints due to

regulatory delays and market saturation

SAO PAULO

July 11, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Superior coverage and quality of

mobile broadband services and the deeper penetration of smart devices are

compelling mobile operators in

Latin America

to provide value-added services.

To keep pace with the demands of data traffic generated by smart devices,

operators are increasing capital expenditure on 3G network expansion and

bandwidth capability.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.wireless.frost.com),

Latin

America Mobile Services Market Outlook I, 2011

, finds that the market

earned revenues of

$79.56 billion

in 2011 and estimates this to reach

$112.97

billion

in 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.0 percent, mainly driven

by the increasing relevance of mobile broadband and value added services.

If you are interested in more information on this research, please send an

email to Francesca Valente, Corporate Communications, at

francesca.valente@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title,

telephone number, company email address, company Web site, city, state and

country.

Some operators in

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

, and

Mexico

have already

upgraded their networks to 3.5G, while others are conducting trials of 3.5G and

4G. With 4G speeds reaching up to 1Gbps in low mobility communication,

mobile broadband is likely to substitute fixed broadband for a large percentage

of the population, opening up a vast market for mobile service providers.

"Investments in next-generation technologies will stoke the introduction of

several attractive services and applications for end users," said Frost & Sullivan

Telecom Services Team Leader Renato Pasquini.

Despite the market potential, operators are hindered by regulatory delays.

Initiatives such as mobile number portability, mobile virtual network operators

(MVNOs), cost-based mobile termination rates, and spectrum auctions, which

could have stimulated competition and attracted entrants, are being

implemented only in 2012 or later in some countries.

January 2012

, mobile number portability (MNP) was fully implemented only

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

, and

Mexico

. In

Argentina

, the implementation

occurred in

March 2012

, approximately 12 years after the publication of the

decree 764, which established the right for users to change operators while

keeping the number. Only in

Venezuela

was there no clear indication of this

service's introduction. The implementation of MNP is likely to increase

competition in mobile services markets and help reduce average prices.

However, even with MNP impelling operators to innovate mobile services, the

lack of competition in distant geographical areas and market concentration in

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