July 20, 2010 marks the Bicentennial anniversary of Colombia’s Independence from Spain. For this occasion it is very fitting to show the great advance of the Internet in Colombia. The following graph from the Colombia NAP shows Monthly Traffic Peaks in Mbps for 2006-2010: Currently the estimated number of Internet users in Colombia is 21,529,415 for December 31, 2009, according [...]
Conatel, the Official Telecom Regulating Agency in Venezuela, has reported 2009 third quarter statistics that indicate 8,293,734 Internet users in Venezuela. The penetration rate is now 30.9%, one of the highest rates for South America. Read more…
The Official Telecom Regulating Agency in Colombia (CRT) has released 2009 third quarter statistics which indicate 20,788,818 Internet users in Colombia. The penetration rate is now 46.2%, one of the highest rates for South America. Read more…
New Internet Measurement Service for Brazil Hitwise launched this month its Internet measurement service for Brazil. It will be reporting on more 60,000+ Web sites across more than 160 industry categories based on the Internet activity of 90,000 Brazilian Internet users from all regions. Percentage of Brazilian visits among all web sites for the week [...]
Today Colombia celebrates 199 years of Independence and it seems fit to mention that the local regulating agency CRT reported that the number of Internet users is estimated at 18,234,822 for March 31, 2009 and a penetration rate of 40.0%. The current Internet data for Colombia can be seen at Internet in Colombia.
Telecommunications in South America are in fast expansion. Here is a complete Telecom Industry series of reports, covering broadband telecommunications, mobile communications, Internet, convergence and telecom companies overview for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela, available at South America Telecommunications Reports.
Ecuador’s Constituent Assembly and the telecom regulator Conatel have approved a merger of the two incumbents Andinatel and Pacifictel, which had been separated in 1997 with a view to privatization. The current government no longer aims to privatize the companies, and substantial synergies can be gained by unifying the two operations. Although it may take [...]
Internet World Stats has updated its statistics for South America Internet users for June 30, 2008. Three new charts have been published that are very interesting. The first one compares the region’s Internet Penetration Rate with the rest of the world. As you can see in the bar chart below, Internet Penetration in South America [...]