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Nicaragua Internet Usage and Telecom Report

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Internet Usage Statistics:
155,000 Internet users as of August, 2007, 2.7% of the population, according to the ITU.

Latest Population Estimate:
5,785,846 population estimate for 2008, according to US Census Bureau.

Latest Country GNI Estimate:
GNI per capita was US$ 910 for 2006, according to the World Bank.

Country Area (Size):
129,454 sq km - Population density: 45 persons/sq km

Internet Usage and Population Growth:

YEAR	Users	Population	% Pen.	Usage Source
2000	50,000	5,400,904	1.1 %	ITU
2005	125,000	5,766,497	2.2 %	ITU
2008	155,000	5,785,846	2.7 %	ITU

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Telecommunications in Nicaragua

Nicaragua has the second lowest teledensity in Latin America after Haiti. However, 2004 brought some momentous changes to the telecom market. In January 2004, the government sold its remaining 49% interest in Enitel to América Móvil, thus completing telecom privatisation. In April 2004, the regulator announced that Nicaragua’s fixed-line market would be opened to full competition in December 2004. In August 2004, América Móvil increased its interest in Enitel to 99.03%, and applied for authorization to merge Enitel Movil with Sercom Nicaragua. In October 2004, BellSouth completed the sale of its Nicaraguan unit TCN BellSouth to Telefónica Móviles. As a result, the mobile industry in Nicaragua may soon be served by only two nationwide operators: Telefónica Móviles and América Móvil.

Nicaragua Telecommunications Market Overview and Statistics
Nicaragua has the second lowest teledensity in Latin America after Haiti. Rural areas have limited access to telephone facilities as distance, isolation, and lower incomes have made them less attractive to the incumbent operator. America Movil’s Enitel holds a virtual monopoly over the country’s fixed lines. Full liberalisation of the fixed-line market is still awaiting proper implementation, having been delayed by political and legal wrangles. The mobile market, on the other hand, is a lively duopoly between Telefonica’s Movistar and America Movil’s Claro. Mobile phones exceed the number of fixed lines in service by more than nine to one. This report provides an overview of the country’s telecom sector accompanied by relevant statistics and analysis. Get the report here.

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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.

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