MAP > Internet Providers in Uruguay

Uruguay does enjoy one of the best broadband penetration rates in the Latin America, and number two in terms of the fixed-line teledensity rate, and this is after the Costa Rica country. The mobile penetration has been the second highest after the Panama. In terms of the computer penetration. Uruguay gets to top all the other countries in the region by some considerable margin, and hence this has been able to facilitate development in the fixed-line broadband adoption. Uruguay has become among the few Latin America nations where the local fixed-line market has been neither liberalized nor privatized.

State-owned incumbent, Antel has the monopoly when it comes to the provision of the local telephony and the fixed broadband services. Well, other segments of the telecom market have been launched to completion, and this includes the international long distance telephony, the mobile telephony as well as the fixed wireless broadband. Uruguay is among the countries globally where broadband access via the cable modem has not been established. Despite the cable networks being well equipped technologically, and by the digital cable TV being widely available, the telecom legislation does prohibit the data transmission over the pay Television networks.

There have been ongoing discussions over the need to be able to change regulations and also permit the cable Television providers to be able to provide the broadband services. In the year 2017 on December, Claro has been able to win right to provide the pay Television services under the separate license that was granted in the year 2008, that government had gone on and claimed that it was void.

The Cable broadband would aid when it comes to strengthening the pay-TV market, making bundled solutions to be more available and give the customers the much-needed freedom to be able to choose internet provider. Nonetheless, there has been a very sharp market for OTT video streaming services. Netflix has been highly available since the year 2011, in September as well as the other providers to be able to compete.

The fiber to the premises (FttP) program has been a far most ambitious broadband effort in Latin America. With the investment being projected to reaching 0 million, this company has expectations to offer the national FttP coverage by the early 2022. They are combined with FttP network, launching submarine cable system in early 2012 as well as the Tannat cable in August 2017 to help in boosting Uruguay’s internet bandwidth as well as data rate available to the end users.