Note: GNI is Gross National Income
per capita, and corresponds to World Bank data in US dollars.
Uruguay Internet Usage, Broadband
and Market Reports
Uruguay - Telecoms
Market Overview & Statistics Report
Uruguay’s long-distance and international telephone
sectors were liberalised in February 2001, but state-owned Antel
retains a monopoly over local telephony. Yet the country leads
Latin America in many key indicators (teledensity, computer,
Internet penetration), and has the region’s highest
literacy rate. The PSTN has been wholly digital since 1997 and
reaches over 30% of the population, well above neighbouring
Argentina or Brazil. ADSL services are also readily available.
Following the sale of Movicom BellSouth to Telefonica, and the
award of new mobile licences in May 2004 to Telefónica
Móviles and America Movil, Uruguay’s mobile market is
now divided between three competitors: Antel, Telefonica Moviles
and America Movil. Antel launched GSM services in April
2004. See table of
contents here
