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Internet World Stats > South America > Chile
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Chile
Search Engines and
Internet Usage
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Chile Internet Usage:
6,700,000
Internet users as of December/2005, 42.8% of the population,
according to AMI.
Chile Population
Estimate:
15,818,840 population for 2007, according to world-gazetteer.com
Gross National
Income:
GNI per
capita is US$ 4,910 ('05) according to World
Bank
Chile
Country Area and Maps:
755,482 sq
km - see Chile
maps
Chile
Local Weather:
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weather in Chile
Internet Growth and
Population Statistics:
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YEAR
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Population
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Internet
Users
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% Pen.
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GNI
p.c.
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Usage
Source
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2000
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15,789,194
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1,757,400
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26.2 %
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$
4,600
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ITU
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2006
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15,666,967
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6,700,000
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42.8 %
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$
4,910
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AMI
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Note: GNI is Gross National Income per capita, and corresponds
to
World Bank data for the years 2000 and 2004 in US dollars.
Chile Search Resources:
In Chile the main language
is Spanish. For this reason most local Search Engines and
Directories are in Spanish.
Chile Search Engines
Directory
Search Engine Colossus.
Lanic Chile Search
Resources
Chilean search resources
from the
University of Texas at Austin.
Wikipedia about
Chile
History, politics,
geography, economy and demographics of Chile.
Chile Internet Market Reports
Chile WIP Project
Reports of the World
Internet Project-Chile.
Chile - The
Economist
Chile country
briefings from The Economist.
Doing Business in
Chile
Chile Economic Report by The Economist.
Chile Telecommunications
Reports
Chile - Convergence
Broadband and Internet Market Report
Chile has a state-of-the-art
telecom infrastructure and regulatory system, and the highest PC
and Internet penetration rates in Latin America. The
country’s broadband market is a fast growing business, with
cable modems growing by around 45% a year and ADSL access by
around 108%. Cable modems have traditionally led the broadband
market, but in 2004 ADSL lines overtook cable modems. Chile is
the regional leader in terms of convergence. In 1999, it was the
first Latin American country to witness the deployment of triple
play solutions, which combine fixed line, broadband and pay TV
services into a single package. Chile is also pioneering the
introduction of Broadband Powerline (BPL), which was launched
commercially in March 2005 for the first time in the
region. Purchase the full
report here.
Chile Fixed Line
Market and Infrastructure Overview and Statistics
Chile has a state-of-the-art
telecom infrastructure and regulatory system. The country’s
fixed-line network has been fully digital since 1993. But while
Chile’s mobile market continues to flourish, the fixed-line
sector remains flat, mostly because the move to mobile solutions
has served as an inhibitor to fixed-line uptake. Chilean local
telephony has 11 operating companies, however incumbent local
telephone operator Telefónica CTC continues to hold around
75% of all lines in service. The long-distance sector is one of
the most competitive in Latin America. While CTC leads the local
and domestic long-distance markets, Entel is the leader in the
international long-distance sector. Entel’s previous owner,
Telecom Italia, sold its 54.8% stake in March 2005 to Chilean
company Almendral. Get the full report
here.
Chile - Key
Statistics on Telecom Market and Regulatory
Overviews
Chile has one of the
region’s most dynamic and promising telecom markets. A high
level of maturity has been achieved through investment,
competition and innovation. The telecom sector was completely
privatised in 1990, and is very open to competition and foreign
participation. The country has one of the least-regulated telecom
market in the region, with full competition in all areas. Chile
was the second country in the region (Mexico was the first) to
have free trade agreements with the major western economies. A
mobile access fee structure issued by the regulator in January
2004 is gradually reducing fixed-to-mobile interconnection fees
by 26.5% over five-year, while a May 2004 Decree is raising the
interconnection rates that incumbent fixed-line telco
Telefónica CTC charges its competitors by 39.6%. Get the complete
report here.
Chile - Mobile
Market Overview and Statistics
Chile has one of the highest
mobile telephony penetration rates in Latin America: around 60%
in early 2005. Mobile subscribers outnumber fixed-line
connections by about 7:3. Chile’s mobile industry is one of
the most competitive in Latin America, but the number of mobile
companies decreased from four to three in January 2005, with the
merger of Telefónica Móvil de Chile and BellSouth
Chile. The merged company was renamed Movistar Chile in April
2005, leapfrogging Entel to become the mobile market leader.
América Móvil entered the Chilean mobile market in
August 2005, with the acquisition of Smartcom. The shape of the
mobile market is set to change yet again, with the forthcoming
auction for spectrum which Movistar has been asked to return
within 18 months from its merger. Purchase this
report here.
Chile
Travel and Tourism:
Check travel
infromation, things to do, sights to see, and how to
travel to Chile
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