Is Brazil Mobile-Ready for FIFA World Cup? Infonetics Report Says No

CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Market research firm Infonetics  Research released excerpts from its new 2G,  3G, LTE Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers in Brazil market  share and forecast report, which tracks GSM, W-CDMA, and LTE equipment  and mobile subscribers in Brazil.

ANALYST NOTE

“Despite the size of the country and its economic clout, Brazil’s mobile  infrastructure is modest in size, with a total installed base of just  60,000 base transceiver stations at the beginning of last year. For  comparison’s sake, AT&T alone has roughly this many BTS in the U.S.,”  notes Stéphane  Téral, Infonetics’  principal analyst for mobile infrastructure and carrier economics.

“Brazil has even bigger problems to address, of course, with ongoing  anti-World Cup riots and other infrastructure issues, but I don’t see  how they will possibly be mobile-ready in 4 months for the FIFA  World Cup,” adds Téral.  “They’ve installed distributed antenna systems (DAS) in some stadiums,  so those should be fine, but there are way too few base transceiver  stations in surrounding neighborhoods, such as those around the Maracanã  stadium in Rio, to handle the mobile traffic of the impending crowds.  And currently there are only 24 base transceiver stations in  Jacarepaguá, where most of the Olympics will be hosted in 2016. Brazil  has some work to do.”

BRAZIL MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• With 136% mobile penetration – 276 million subscribers – and not  enough base transceiver stations (BTS) to accommodate the load, mobile  communications in Brazil are slow, around 1.4 Mbps on average
• 3G, not LTE, was the major spending event in Brazil in 2013 ($278  million vs. $96 million)
• Telefónica’s Vivo is Brazil’s top mobile operator, slightly  ahead of Telecom Italia’s TIM
• On the vendor side, NSN leads the Brazilian RAN market with  over a 1/3 market share; Ericsson is a close 2^nd,  with Huawei rounding out the top 3
• Infonetics expects Brazil’s mobile infrastructure market to grow  through 2016 and then turn bleak as major infrastructure projects are  completed, resulting in a 2013–2018 CAGR  of -0.4%
• The ongoing shift from prepaid to postpaid is Brazil’s major  transformation: A decade ago, over 85% of Brazil’s mobile subscriber  base was prepaid, falling to around 71% today

BRAZIL MOBILE REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ annual mobile  infrastructure and subscribers in Brazil report provides market  size, vendor market share, forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends  for 2G (GSM), 3G (W-CDMA), and 4G (LTE) equipment and subscribers in  Brazil. The report includes statistics collected from Brazil’s national  regulatory agency Anatel and Teleco Inteligencia em Telecomunicações. It  also features an LTE Deployment Tracker that details operator  deployments and trials. To buy  the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

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RELATED REPORT EXCERPTS

• Infonetics’ February Mobile research brief: http://bit.ly/MEjLuy
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• Service  provider capex increasing 6% in 2013, ignited by BRIC countries;  revenue to hit $2T

UPCOMING MARKET FORECAST REPORTS & SURVEYS

Download Infonetics’ 2014  market research brochure, publication calendar, events  brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

• 2G,  3G, LTE Mobile Infrastructure & Subscribers – 4Q13 (Mar.)
• 3G  & LTE Mobile Broadband Devices & Subscribers – 4Q13 (Mar.)
• Small  Cell Equipment (Mar.)
• 2G,  3G, LTE Mobile Infrastructure & Subscribers in Japan & China  (Apr.)
• DAS  Equipment (Apr.)
• Service  Provider Outsourcing to Vendors (May)
• IP  RAN & 3GPP Strategies & Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider  Survey (May)
• Service  Provider Capex, Revenue & Capex by Equipment Type (May)

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N. America (East, Midwest), L. America: Scott Coyne, scott@infonetics.com,  +1 408-583-3395

EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, george@infonetics.com,  +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com)  is an international market research and consulting firm serving the  communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking  emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics  helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View  Infonetics’ About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.

Source: Infonetcis (via Business Wire)