As of Q1 2017, the number of plans in the Teligen Emerging Markets – Latin America Mobile Voice Price Benchmarking service totalled 1,494. The number of prepaid packages is 30% of all plans, while 77% of all packages are residential offerings. Around 71% of all plans include some free data allowance.
The Emerging Markets – Latin America system covers 55 operators across the following19 countries in Latin America.
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·Argentina
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·El Salvador
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·Panama
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·Bahamas
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·Guatemala
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·Paraguay
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·Brazil
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·Haiti
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·Peru
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·Chile
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·Honduras
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·Uruguay
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·Colombia
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·Jamaica
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·Venezuela
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·Dominican Republic
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·Mexico
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·Ecuador
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·Nicaragua
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The average cost of the OECD 30 calls basket is USD PPP 15/month, with cheapest offerings coming from Entel in Peru, Digicel in Jamaica and Movistar in Mexico. BTC in the Bahamas, Movistar in Nicaragua and Tigo in Honduras are the most expensive for this low use basket. A user in Nicargua (the most expensive country) will pay 12 times the cost paid by a user in Peru (the cheapest country).
For a low to mid-range user – 100 calls + 500 MB, the average cost per month climbs to USD PPP 34. Entel, Peru is still the cheapest overall, followed by Movistar in Mexico and Oi in Brazil. The three most expensive countries for at this usage are Bahamas (BTC), Venezuela (Movilnet) and Nicaragua (Movistar), and a user in Nicargua (the most expensive country) will pay 7 times the cost paid by a user in Peru (the cheapest country).
The system contains full results for the 11 mobile voice/mobile voice and data baskets, at both a country and a provider level, although it is possible to produce a customised subset of results using the built-in functionality within the system.
Historical pricing for Latin America over several years is also available. Please contact us for more details.