Chile s mobile market lost an estimated ---,--- subscribers in ----, a decline we attribute largely to the discounting of inactive SIM cards. The market added an impressive ---,--- new subscribers in the first six months of ----, however, as it began to rebound from the discounting of ----. ...Chile s president Michelle Bachelet has unveiled the country s Digital Agenda ---- plan, promising to reduce the digital divide. Under the plan, which contains a total of -- measures to be developed via public and private partnerships, the government intends to double broadband penetration to -- over the next five years. Internet is currently available to only -- of homes in Chile s rural areas, according to Bachelet. ...Under the plan, which contains a total of -- measures to be developed via public and private partnerships, the government intends to double broadband penetration to -- over the next five years. Internet is currently available to only -- of homes in Chile s rural areas, according to Bachelet.
...New provider WOM posted significant growth at the end of H---, claiming an estimated -.-mn subscribers, up from ---,--- a year earlier. We estimate that Chile s mobile subscriber base reached approximately --.---mn at end of June ----. ...Going forward, the greatest growth opportunities in the mobile market will come from the uptake of postpaid services and from the adoption of -G and -G services. Based on the incorporation of new data from the regulator, we anticipate that the number of Chilean -G and -G subscriptions will climb from around --.--mn at the end of ---- to just over --.--mn at the end of ----. Wireline telephone services will begin to decline from ---- as a consequence of an intensifying mobile substitution trend. ...Chile s broadband internet market will continue to post gains as the infrastructure develops and the country becomes further connected. Broadband internet subscriptions will surpass -.--mn by the end of ----, up from -.--mn at the end of ----, reaching a penetration rate of almost --.- .
...BMI View: We have made some minor revisions to our Chilean mobile forecast in the Q--- report in order to account for strong growth in H---. BMI notes that the market posted losses in subscriber numbers in ----, as inactive accounts were shed from operator balance sheets. ...
