DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Honduras
– Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses”
report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s
offering.

Honduras is among the poorest countries in Central America and has long
been plagued by an unstable political framework which has rendered
telecom sector reform difficult. This has created real difficulties for
telcos as well as consumers. Fixed-line teledensity, at only 5.9%, is
significantly lower than the Latin American and Caribbean average. Poor
fixed-line infrastructure has been exacerbated by low investment and
topographical difficulties which have made investment in rural areas
unattractive or uneconomical.

Consequently, the internet has been slow to develop: DSL and cable modem
technologies are available but are relatively expensive and thus take-up
has been low thus far, while higher speed services are largely
restricted to the major urban centres. Nevertheless, the demand for
broadband is steadily increasing and there are been some investment in
network upgrades to fibre-based infrastructure.

On the positive side, these factors have encouraged consumer take-up of
mobile services, a sector where there is lively competition supported by
international investment. Even so, mobile penetration is substantially
below the regional average. Revenue growth from the mobile sector looks
promising in coming years as operators invest in their networks, expand
their reach and upgrade their capabilities to accommodate mobile
broadband services. Mobile data as a proportion of overall mobile
revenue has increased steadily, though low-end SMS services will
continue to account for the bulk of data revenue for some years.

Political developments during the last few years have not facilitated
the much-needed reform of legislation governing the telecoms sector.
Partly this is due to political stalemate and ineffective legislators,
but underlying the difficulties are the close ties between executives at
the incumbent Hondutel and key members of the government.

Key Developments:

• MIC ends talks to merge Central American units with Liberty Latin
  America;
• Regulator preps for multi-spectrum auction aimed at attracting a
  fourth mobile player;
• Claro and Tigo extend LTE services;
• Universal Access program providing free internet services to public
  schools;
• Tigo Money mobile cash transfer service signs up more than one million
  users;
• Tigo launches satellite service;
• Spectrum auction encourages mobile broadband services take-up;
• Report update includes the regulators market data to December 2018,
  telcos operational data updates to Q1 2019, Telecom Maturity Index
  charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

3. Country overview

4. Telecommunications market

4.1 Historical overview

5. Regulatory environment

5.1 Regulatory authority

5.2 Privatisation

5.3 DR-CAFTA

5.4 Foreign investment

5.5 Telecom sector liberalisation

5.6 Telephony For All’ program

6. Fixed network operators

6.1 Hondutel

6.2 Tele+ (Comunitel)

6.3 MultiData

7. Telecommunications infrastructure

7.1 Overview of the national telecom network

7.2 International infrastructure

7.2.1 Interconnection with other Central American countries

7.2.2 Submarine cable networks

7.2.3 Satellite networks

7.3 Infrastructure developments

7.3.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

7.4 Internet Exchange Point (IXP)

8. Fixed-line broadband market

8.1 Introduction and statistical overview

8.2 Broadband statistics

8.2.1 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

8.3 Major ISPs and broadband players

8.4 Community Telecentres

9. Mobile market

9.1 Market analysis

9.2 Mobile statistics

9.2.1 Mobile voice

9.2.2 Mobile data

9.2.3 Mobile broadband

9.3 Regulatory issues

9.3.1 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

9.3.2 Spectrum auctions

9.4 Mobile infrastructure

9.4.1 4G (LTE)

9.4.2 3G

9.5 Major mobile operators

9.5.1 Tigo Honduras

9.5.2 Claro Honduras

9.5.3 Hondutel Movil

9.5.4 Digicel

9.6 Mobile applications

9.6.1 M-money

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