Bandwidth Demand Drives Metro/Access Fiber Deployment in Latin America.Business/Technology Editors PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 For fiberoptics suppliers, the opportunity in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. boils down to bandwidth demand: It's growing and will continue to grow, despite economic gyrations. Fiber Deployment in Latin America, 2000-2006: From Buildout The construction and implementation of a system. For example, "network buildout" implies constructing the network and going online. to Bandwidth, a new report from KMI KMI Kerrigan Media International, Inc. KMI Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut KMI Key Management Infrastructure KMI Knowledge Management Institute (George Washington University) KMI Keep Me Informed reveals that Latin America is emerging from a period of pulling itself up by its telecom bootstraps. In recent years, most major telecommunications markets in the region have been opened to competition. Attendant with these openings have been teledensity and level-of-service requirements imposed by governments resulting in a transformation of Latin American telecommunications from a mishmash mish·mash n. A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge. [Middle English misse-masche, probably reduplication of mash, soft mixture; see mash. of individual initiatives to a cohesive region-wide infrastructure. This region now presents attractive market opportunities, although different from the opportunities of previous years. As the long-haul build out nears completion, the metropolitan rollout is underway. But due to its less regional nature, the worsening wors·en tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens To make or become worse. Noun 1. worsening - process of changing to an inferior state decline in quality, deterioration, declension economy and the market downturn, metro/access deployment is beginning to slow. With this decline comes the truly hard work of telecom development in emerging regions. It's a sophisticated transition from the bull-work of the long-haul build-out when financing is easy to the deal-making finesse fi·nesse n. 1. Refinement and delicacy of performance, execution, or artisanship. 2. Skillful, subtle handling of a situation; tactful, diplomatic maneuvering. 3. required of metropolitan and access deployment in economically challenging times. KMI finds the installed base of single-mode fiber See singlemode fiber. in Latin America will rise to 30.6 million fiber-km in 2006 from 15.7 million in 2000. Cumulative deployment in the region will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12%. The KMI report includes profiles of each of the six major markets in the region: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile and Ecuador, as well as profiles of the telco, cable TV and utility carriers serving those markets. Regional sections are included. Long-haul systems account for the largest share of fiber deployment through the forecast period. However, long-haul deployment will decline as carriers shift to metropolitan markets. The CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate in these metro deployments will be 17% from 2000 to 2006; new long-haul fiber installation CAGR, in contrast, will be 10%. Metro/access deployment escalated during 2000-2002 but is hindered by poor economic conditions. Such deployments will account for over 30% of all fiber deployed in Latin America in 2006, in contrast to 23% in 2000. KMI Research provides intelligence on fiberoptics markets worldwide. For more news from KMI visit: www.kmicorp.com/news.htm. |
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