Mobile Services in Latin America: Trends and Forecasts 2020-2025

Restrictions imposed by governments due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have a notable impact on the mobile segment in Latin America, resulting in a 9.4% decline in mobile service revenue in 2020. However, prepaid-to-contract migration will improve the situation somewhat, and mobile service revenue will decline at a CAGR of -0.3% between 2020 and 2025.

This report and associated data annex provide:

• a 5-year forecast of 113 mobile KPIs for Latin America and for 6 countries
• an in-depth analysis of the trends, drivers and forecast assumptions for each type of mobile service
• an overview of operator strategies and country-specific topics, which highlights similarities and differences between countries
• a summary of results, key implications and recommendations for mobile operators.

Data coverage

Connections

• Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
• Prepaid, contract
• 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
• Smartphone, non-smartphone

Revenue/ARPU

• Service, retail, wholesale
• Handset, mobile broadband, IoT
• Handset voice, messaging, data
• Prepaid, contract
• 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

Traffic

• Outgoing voice minutes, MoU
• Mobile data traffic

Who Should Read this Report

• Market intelligence, strategy and project managers at mobile operators in Latin America.
• Regulatory bodies in Latin America.
• Financial institutions that directly invest in the telecoms sector in the region, or advise others that do so.
• Press and media bodies that need a foundation of knowledge of the mobile telecoms market in Latin America.