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Central America Internet Stats > Site Links > Panama
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Panama
Internet Usage and
Market Report
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Internet Usage Statistics:
959,900
Internet users as of June, 2010, 28.1% of the population,
according to the ITU.
Latest Population
Estimate:
3,410,676
population estimate for 2010, according to US Census Bureau.
Latest Country GDP
Estimate:
GDP per
capita was US$ 7,579 for 2010, according to the I.M.F.
Country Area (Size):
77,082 sq km
- Population density: 44 persons per sq km
Internet Usage and
Population Growth:
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YEAR
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Users
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Population
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% Pen.
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Usage
Source
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2000
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45,000
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2,839,177
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1.6
%
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ITU
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2008
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264,316
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3,292,693
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8.0
%
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ITU
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2009
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934,500
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3,360,474
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8.0
%
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ITU
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2010
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959,900
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3,410,676
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28.1
%
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ITU
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Wikipedia
Broadband and
Telecommunications in Panama
Panama opened its telecom
industry to full competition in January 2003, ending the monopoly
enjoyed by Cable & Wireless Panamá (C&WP). Since
then, the government has awarded numerous new concessions for
fixed-line telephony.
With significant telecom
infrastructure, a liberalised market, and serviced by five global
fibre optic cables, Panama has become an attractive country for
telecom investments. Competition is slow to develop in basic
telephony, where the incumbent Cable & Wireless Panamá
is reluctant to unbundle its local network, but the long distance
sector has attracted several players, leading to huge price
drops, especially in international calls. Mobile telephony
overtook fixed lines in 2001 and has been steadily
growing.
In the Internet market, although
penetration is still low, dial-up and ADSL connections are
developing at a fast pace; growth potential in this sector is
excellent. The leading cable TV company, Cable Onda, has started
to offer Triple Play services (converged broadband, telephony and
pay TV).
Panama Telecommunications
Market Overview and Statistics
Slated to be the best performer in Latin America in terms of economic growth, Panama
is an attractive country for telecom investments. Competition has been slow to develop
in basic telephony, where the incumbent Cable & Wireless Panama (C&WP) is reluctant to
unbundle its local network, but the long distance sector is highly competitive. In
December 2007, Panamanian startup CTV Telecom launched the first IPTV service in
Central America offering digital pay TV, broadband, and telephony services. Digicel
Panama, Claro Panama, and Telemovil El Salvador prequalified for a 2008 spectrum
auction, in which two mobile licences are being offered to compete with C&WP and
Telefónica. This report looks at Panama’s overall telecom market and includes a
selection of market statistics and forecasts. Get the report
here.
Recommended Telecommunications Market Report on all Central
America:
Telecommunications, Telecoms, Mobile and
Broadband in Central America
Central American countries are Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, and Panama, all of which are small countries with generally low GDP per
capita but with considerable scope for development in all telecom sectors. This
annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments in
fixed-line telephony, mobile telephony, Internet, broadband, digital TV, and
converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments. See the table of content and executive summary
here.
Panama Links:
Panama Links from
Lanic
Panama Radio and TV
Stations
Click on this link to see the latest Telecommunications
Market Reports for Central America. More statistics, figures and updates become available all the
time.
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