Latin America Fixed Wireless Broadband Regulatory Issues By: Andres F. Rodriguez
Driving Fixed Wireless Broadband in Latin America Liberalization and convergence Spectrum allocation High leased line prices and delay Last Mille Bottleneck Internet grow
Internet Grow 1999 Source: ITU
Internet Accounts Grow Latin America Source: IDC
Waiting list for fixed lines (months)
Competition in Latin America Source: ITU
Incumbent participation on the Internet Market Source: ITU
Liberalization schedule 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Source: Pyramid Research Neither Privatized or Liberalized Privatized, Not Liberalized Liberalized not Privatized Privatized and Liberalized Source and design:Pyramid Research
Latin American Regulators Argentina Bolivia Brazil Colombia Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Venezuela Government Cuba Fiscal Control Costa Rica Dominican Republic Congress
Regulations affecting Fixed Wireless Broadband Spectrum allocation Services licensing and regulations Local and long distance voice Data and Internet VoIP Convergence ( TV + others) Access regulations (to building)
CITEL recommendations (March 2000) LMDS/LMCS: 25.25 - 27.5 Ghz (recommendation ITU) 27.5 - 28.35 Ghz (priority over satellite) 29.1 - 29.25 Ghz 31.0 - 31.3 Ghz
10.5 Ghz Argentina Brazil (*) Colombia Mexico Peru (*)
11 Ghz Brazil Colombia 13 Ghz Peru
15 Ghz Brazil Mexico Brazil Colombia Peru 18 Ghz
23 Ghz Argentina Brazil (*) Colombia Mexico Peru (*) Venezuela (*)
24 Ghz Argentina Colombia 26 Ghz Peru Uruguay (*) (EUROPA)
28 Ghz Argentina Brazil (*) Chile (*) Colombia Mexico (*) Uruguay (*) Venezuela
38 Ghz Argentina Brazil Colombia Mexico Peru
Internet Licenses (Latin America)
Latin America Local Loop Exclusivity Source: ITU
Local Loop Monopoly or exclusivity Competition Argentina Brasil Chile Colombia Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Peru Bolivia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Honduras Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Competition
VoIP
Problem: lacking convergence regulation The Brazilian case Domestic provision of TV programming: CABLE TV(164 licenses) MMDS (51 licenses) DTH (9 licenses) Delivering mainly audio and TV
The Brazilian Case (II) MMDS Legislation: General Telecommunications Law Cable Law (8.977/95) Cable Regulations (Rule 13/96 and Dec. 2.206/97) MMDS Regulation (Rule 002/94 ver.97) Special Services Regulations (Dec. 2.196/97) DTH Regulation (Rule 008/97)
The Brazilian Case (III) November 1999 Regulation that established the rules for High Speed Internet Access over (Mass Communications Services to Subscriber MCSS (Cable TV, MMDS and DTH). February 2000 ANATEL decided to auction telephony licenses where there is no effective competition. Mid 2000
The Brazilian Case (IV) Revision of Pay TV regulations: regulating services NO technologies FUTURE-LMDS: regulation as a convergence system
Fixed Wireless Broadband “Regulation for convergence” Data+ Internet + Local Telephone + Long Distance Telephone + TV
Andres Rodriguez andres@cyberegulation.com +1(202)7212371