Mobile affordability
Mobile telephony: Are services in Latin America affordable?
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Mobile telephony has grown spectacularly in Latin America, with penetration currently around 80 percent. But can users afford the service? If we consider the users’ income and compare prices with those in other regions, is mobile telephony in Latin American countries cheap or expensive?
Based on:
Galperin, Hernan. Tariffs and affordability gap of mobile telephony services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Buenos Aires: DIRSI, 2010
Mobile Telephony in Latin America and the Caribbean: Who can afford it?
Mobile telephony has experienced a dramatic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and it has an average penetration level of around 80%. But can mobile users afford the service's cost? What happens if we take income into account and compare Latin America's cost with those of other regions. Is mobile telephony in Latin America cheap or expensive?
Answers to these questions can be found in a study by Hernán Galperín within the framework of DIRSI's research on ICT Indicators and Mobile affordability.
Tariffs and affordability gap of mobile telephony services in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Original Title: Tarifas y brecha de asequibilidad de los servicios de telefonía móvil en América Latina y el Caribe
A Policy Brief based on this paper is available here >>>
Are mobiles expensive?
In an interesting column about the cost of mobile telephony published on 6 January 2010, Hay más celulares, pero ¿cuánto cuesta usarlos? (There are more mobiles, but how much does it cost to use them?), Humberto Campodónico, columnist for the Peruvian newspaper, La República, uses data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and updated data from DIRSI’s report Affordability of mobile phone service in La
New data on mobile tariffs in Latin America
Preliminary results of DIRSI's research on mobile tariffs in Latin America were presented by Dr. Hernan Galperin at the LIRNEasia@5 conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 9 to 11 December 2009.
The results indicate that while there has been progress in the right direction, mobile tariffs in Latin America remain higher than those of developed countries and much higher than those of emerging markets in Asia.
