DIRSI research in Lima's "El Comercio"

Research on Peruvian demand for telecom services by Aileen Aguero, a researcher from DIRSI, who is current working at LIRNEasia for six months, has made it into El Comercio, one of Peru's leading newspapers.

The article, which documents the introduction of bundled services by telecom companies, uses Aileen’s research on the demand for telecom services in Peru to explain the provision of varied packages by operators to suit different socio-economic groups. Her study shows that the lowest socio-economic group spends only 5% of family income on telecommunications; however, for every 10% increase in family income, Peruvians increase their spending on telecommunications by 19.7% on average.

Resources:

• The article from the El Comercio website
• A rough English translation of the article by LIRNEasia , DIRSI's sister network in Asia
• Aguero, Aileen, Telecommunications expenditures in Peruvian households, Lima, DIRSI, 2008.
• Aguero, Aileen, El gasto en telecomunicaciones de los hogares del Perú, Lima, DIRSI, 2008.