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Bolivia
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Bolivia, officially The Republic of Bolivia, was named after Simon Bolivar, and is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west.




Bolivia Internet Usage Statistics:
3,087,000 Internet users as of June 30, 2012, 30.0% of the population, according to IWS.

Bolivia Facebook Subscribers:
1,753,060 Facebook subscribers on Sept 30, 2012, 17.0% of the population, according to Facebook.

Latest Population Estimate:
10,290,003 population for 2012, according to US Census Bureau.

Doing Business in Bolivia:
GNI per capita is US$ 2,040 , see the World Bank Group’s Doing Business database

Local Weather in Bolivia:
Local weather for Bolivian cities, see the Weather forecast

Bolivia Country Size:
1,098,581 sq km - Population density is 9 persons per sq km.

Internet Growth and Population Statistics:

YEAR

Population

Internet Users

% Pen.

GNI p.c.

Usage Source

2000

8,476,200

120,000

1.4 %

$ 1,000

ITU

2005

9,073,856

480,000

5.2 %

$ 900

ITU

2008

9,601,257

1,000,000

10.4 %

$ 1,100

IWS

2012

10,290,003

3,087,000

30.0 %

$ 2,040

IWS

Note: GNI is Gross National Income per capita, and corresponds to
World Bank data in US dollars.



Bolivia Search Engines:

Bolivia Search Engines
Listing of Bolivian SE and Directories.

Bolivia Local Time and Dialing Code:
Bolivian local time.




Bolivia Internet Usage and Broadband:


Bolivia - Telecoms Mobile Market Overview and Broadband
One of the poorest and least developed Latin American nations, Bolivia has South America’s lowest mobile penetration and second lowest fixed-line teledensity. Mobile telephony suffers from poor quality of service and inadequate network capacity. In April 2007, the government moved to renationalize the incumbent operator, Entel, 50% owned by Telecom Italia. But negotiations between the Bolivian state and the Italian telco turned sour, leading to an impasse despite international conciliation attempts. If it gains control of Entel, the government plans to shift its focus from technological innovation to providing basic coverage in rural areas. This report provides an overview of the country’s telecom sector accompanied by relevant statistics and analyses. See report summary here.


Global Telecoms and the Future of the Internet We were lucky that the internet in its current format was invented by academics and innovative independent entrepreneurs rather than by governments and the vested commercial interests. Furthermore, the various elements of the internet are built by private companies and as such are also owned by them, very little internet ownership is in the hands of governments. The internet would never have been developed if it had been left to governments, telcos or the international institutions around them. See table of contents and the executive summary here.



Bolivia Country Profile:

Bolivia Profile by the BBC

World Bank News on Bolivia

CIA Factbook on Bolivia

Lanic - Bolivia
Site with links about Bolivia, maintained
by the University of Texas at Austin.

Wikipedia about Bolivia
History, politics, geography, economy and demographics of Bolivia.

Internet Usage in Bolivia
Bolivia's largest telecoms co-operative, Cooperativa de Telefonos Automaticos La Paz (COTEL), has upgraded its network infrastructure in the Bolivian capital La Paz, BNamericas is reporting. It is understood that the upgrade will allow COTEL to expand its services to include IP telephony, data transmission and on-demand video services, and the company has announced that it is aiming to increase its internet subscriber base by at least 25% this year. According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms database, the broadband market in Bolivia is currently dominated by Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel), which claims 90.28% market share.


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