Panama Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report

Panama Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report

Summary

Panama Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report, a new Country Intelligence Report by GlobalData, provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in Panama today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2023. Published annually, the report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics, and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile, and pay-TV segments, as well as a review of key regulatory trends.

The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following -
- Demographic and macroeconomic context in Panama.
- The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation, and more.
- Telecom and pay-TV services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, mobile data, and pay-TV markets.
- The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom and pay-TV services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
- Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications and pay-TV markets.
- Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.

Scope

- Mobile subscription penetration of population in Panama reached 121.4% in 2019, 10.4 p.p. above the Latin America’s average and will grow up to 126.6% by 2024.
- Mobile subscriptions in Panama reached an estimated 5.1 million in 2019, accounting for 0.7% of Latin America’s total mobile subscriptions for the same year. Over the forecast period 2019-2024, mobile operators will add a combined 600,000 mobile subscribers, bringing the country’s total mobile subscriptions to 5.7 million by the end of 2024.
- Smartphone subscriptions will grow from 3.8 million in 2019 to 5.0 million by 2024-end, driven by discounts on device bundle plans promoted by operators.
- 4G accounted for a majority 47.0% share of the total mobile subscriptions in 2019 and will grow to a 76.9% share by 2024.

Reasons to buy

- This Country Intelligence Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of Panama’s telecommunications markets, service providers and key opportunities in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.
- Accompanying GlobalData’s Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in Panama’s mobile communications, fixed telephony, and broadband markets, including the evolution of service provider market shares.
- With more than 20 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.
- The report provides an easily digestible market assessment for decision-makers built around in-depth information gathered from local market players, which enables executives to quickly get up to speed with the current and emerging trends in Panama’s telecommunications markets.
- The broad perspective of the report coupled with comprehensive, actionable detail will help operators, equipment vendors, and other telecom industry players succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in Panama.