wiredinUSA September 2015

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the next five years. “Growth within fixed communications markets will be mainly driven by the increase in broadband lines,” said Marcelo Kawanami, senior analyst at Pyramid Research. “Despite the effort from operators to leverage FTTH/FTTB services, prices charged for broadband services through fiber technology remain high, and service coverage is still restricted to selected areas within major cities,” he explained. The data is taken from Pyramid Research's recent “Fixed communications demand” forecast.

Industry analyst Pyramid Research expects the number of FTTH and FTTB connections in Latin America to reach 5.1 million by the end of 2015, part of an overall trend that will see connections increase at a compound annual growth rate of 34.9 percent over the next five years. However, research predicts that DSL is set to remain as the dominant fixed line technology. Overall, Pyramid expects the number of fixed lines for voice and Internet services to reach 163.8 million by the end of 2015, an increase of 2.3 percent over 2014. In Latin America, fixed lines are anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 2.1 percent over

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