Table of Contents
- Executive summary
- In a nutshell
- Ovum view
- Key messages
- Customer demand
- Lots of small markets with excellent growth potential
- Prepaid dominates
- Key players
- Big six dominate islands and isthmus
- America Movil (Claro) showing increased interest in islands
- Telefonica (Movistar) more interested in the mainland
- Cable & Wireless: The British island incumbent
- Digicel aggressively targets incumbents
- Millicom is not giving up Central America
- Market trends
- Immaturity is a recurring theme
- Markets opening up
- ‘Bridging the digital divide' is an emerging theme
- Mobile number portability is the exception, not the rule
- Telecoms taxes are a significant source of government revenue
- Strong government influence remains
- Interconnection battles rage
- Tower-sharing enforced, but cooperation is an issue
List of Tables
- Table 1: Rankings and IDI values for Caribbean markets: 2002 and 2007
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Ten largest mobile markets in the Caribbean, year-end 2008
- Figure 2: Population and mobile penetration in the Caribbean, 2008
- Figure 3: Caribbean prepaid penetration, 2000- 2008
- Figure 4: Caribbean connections market share by operator, 4Q08
- Figure 5: Number of markets in which Caribbean operators are present, 4Q08
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