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South America Stats > Site Links > Peru
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Peru
Internet Usage and
Market Report
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Peru Internet Usage
Statistics:
7,636,400
Internet users as of March/08, 26.2% of the population,
according to Osiptel.
Latest Population
Estimate:
29,180,899
population for 2008, according to US Census Bureau.
Gross National
Income:
GNI per
capita is US$ 3,450 ('07) according to World
Bank.
Peru Country
Size:
1,285,216 sq
km - Population density is 23 persons per sq km.
Internet Growth and
Population Statistics:
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YEAR
|
Population
|
Internet
Users
|
% Pen.
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GNI
p.c.
|
Usage
Source
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2000
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25,726,000
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2,500,000
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9.7
%
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$
2,100
|
ITU
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2005
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28,032,047
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4,570,000
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16.3 %
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$
2,360
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C.I.Almanac
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2007
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28,920,965
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6,100,000
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21.1 %
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$
2,360
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Osiptel
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2008
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29,180,899
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7,636,400
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26.2 %
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$
3,450
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ITU
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Note: GNI is Gross National Income
per capita, and corresponds to
World Bank data for the years 2000 and 2006 in US dollars.
Peru
Search Engines:
Adonde -
Peru
Peruvian Search Engine and
Directory.
Peru Search
Engines
Listing of
Peruvian SE and Directories.
Peru Local Time and
Dialing Code:
Peruvian local
time and weather.
Peru News in English:
Living in
Peru
Peruvian US Tourist
Information:
Peru Country
Specific Information
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Peru
Internet Usage and Broadband:
Peru Broadband and Broadcasting - Market Overview,
Statistics and Forecasts
Internet user penetration in Peru is considerably higher
than average for Latin America, a remarkable achievement compared with
Peru’s other economic indicators. The success of the Internet in Peru is
primarily due to the mushrooming of cheap public Internet facilities known as
cabinas publicas. In fact, Peru is a world leader in terms of users who access
the Internet in public places. The Peruvian government is aiming to increase
broadband penetration from 2% to more than 3% by 2011. Several government-subsidised
broadband projects (FITEL) are underway or up for tender using the reverse bid
mechanism. Accompanied by market statistics and analyses, this report provides
an overview of the Internet, broadband, and pay-TV markets in Peru, as well as
developments in convergence strategies. More information on the
report
Peru - Key Statistics,
Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews
The Peruvian telecom market was
liberalised in 1998, and the country enjoys free competition in
all telecom sectors. Despite liberalisation, telecommunications
are largely in the hands of one single company, Telefónica
del Perú, which still has a near monopoly in the local
fixed-line market and also dominates the mobile sector. This
situation has stifled growth and, at around 7%, fixed-line
teledensity is among the lowest in South America. Excessively
high interconnection rates have been blamed for this state of
affairs. At 16% in early 2005, Peruvian mobile penetration is
also low for Latin America. On the positive side, a multicarrier
system introduced in 2002 has stimulated long-distance
competition, and fixed-to-mobile charges were reduced in 2004 and
2005. More information
here
Peru Telecommunications - Fixed Line
Market and Infrastructure
Despite liberalisation and the removal
of licensing restrictions, the local fixed-line market remains
almost a monopoly, with Telefónica del Perú (TdP) still
holding 96% of all lines in service. Moreover, Tdp’s main
local fixed-line competitor, Comunicaciones Móviles del
Perú/BellSouth Peru, was merged with Telefónica
Móviles Perú in June 2005 and was renamed Movistar
Perú. Long-distance telephony, on the other hand, is
enormously competitive, stimulated by the multicarrier system
introduced in April 2002. There is no limit to the number of
long-distance licensees. Besides TdP, the main long-distance
carriers are: IDT Perú, Americatel Perú, Impsat
Perú and Telmex Perú. See table of
contents.
Peru - Mobile Communications
and Mobile Data Market Report
A wave of change began in the Peruvian
mobile scenario following Telefonica de Peru acquisition, in
October 2004, of BellSouth Peru, which was renamed Comunicaciones
Móviles del Perú (CMP). Telefónica asked for
governmental approval to merge CMP with Telefónica
Móviles Perú. Such a merger raised considerable
controversy but was approved in April 2005 and implemented in the
following June. The new merged company, named Movistar Perú,
now dominates the mobile market with around 66% share. To
revitalise competition, the government awarded a fourth mobile
licence, in March 2005, to América Móvil. It also
imposed substantial duties to expand operations in under-serviced
rural areas on both Movistar, as a condition for approving the
merger, and on América Móvil. More information on the
report
Peru Country Profile:
Peru Profile by the
BBC
World Bank News on
Peru
CIA Factbook on
Peru
Lanic -
Peru
Site with links about Peru, maintained by
the University of Texas at Austin.
Wikipedia about
Peru
History, politics,
geography, economy and demographics of Peru.
Internet Usage in
Peru
Peru’s National Statistics Institute
(INEI) released on Thursday the results of a study called "Information and Communications Technology in Households".
The study, which was carried out in the first trimester of 2008, revealed that the majority of Peruvians accessed the World Wide Web by going to internet cafes.
INEI's study showed that almost 75 percent of the Andean country's residents accessed the Web by going to internet booths, while only 16.9 percent of users had an internet connection in their home.
Furthermore, it was reported that only 12.5 percent of Peruvians had access to the Internet at work while just 3.7 percent of the population cold log onto the web at a school.
The study revealed that 41.9 percent of Lima had access to the Internet while only 6.2 percent of rural areas could log onto the Web.
According to INEI, the number of homes with internet access increased 3.1 percent to 15.5 in the past year.
In addition to information on Internet use in Peru, the survey showed the cellular phone penetration rate in the country.
The number of cellular phone users in Peru increased 15.6 percent to 51.5 percent in the past year.
The use of mobile phones in Lima jumped to 73 percent when compared to last year.
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