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The State of Latin American Information Society Indicators
[email protected] Telecommunication
Union
International Telecommunication Union
• United Nations specialized agency for telecommunications
• Oldest inter-governmental organization
• Global organization with broad membership
• Mandate includes promoting the development of ICT sector worldwide
• Main inter-governmental agency collecting ICT infrastructure and user statistics for all countries and regionswww.itu.int/ti
The importance of Information Society indicators
• Need up-to-date, relevant and comparable statistics to monitor and analyze Information Society developments
• Indicators should be readily available so that more time can be spent on analysis
• Although many indicators are useful, this presentation focuses on access to Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
Sources of Information Society indicators
• Telecom regulators• National statistical offices• Telecom operators• Market research firms
Classifying Information Society indicators
National
Radio Sets
Television Sets
Fixed telephone
Lines in service
Mobile telephone
Subscribers
Total telephone
Fixed+Mobile
Personal computer
Total
Internet SubscribersUsers
Household
Radio
Television (regular, pay)
Fixed only
Mobile only
Fixed or mobile
PC
Home Internet access (connection type)
Community
Localities with service
Population coverage
Number of / Localities with public access
Problems with Latin American ICT statistics
• Hard to find– In many cases, not readily available
• Non-existent– Few countries have carried out
detailed ICT surveys
• Reliability– Particularly for PCs and Internet users
Regulatory agencies:South America
Country Regulator Web site
Argentina Secom secom.psi.gov.ar/municipios/ver.asp?MID=10&tipo=nota&id=141
Bolivia Sittel www.sittel.gov.bo/sittel/sercon.nsf/($All)?OpenView
Brazil Anatel www.anatel.gov.br/indicadores/default.asp
Chile Subtel www.subtel.cl/servlet/page?_pageid=58&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30
Colombia CRT www.crt.gov.co/paginas/internas/infsector/ppal.htm
Ecuador Supertel www.supertel.gov.ec/ecuador/ecuador2.htm
Paraguay Conatel www.conatel.gov.py/indicadores.htm
Peru Osiptel www.osiptel.gob.pe/Index.ASP?T=P&P=2635
Uruguay* Ursec www.ursec.gub.uy/home.htm
Venezuela Conatel www.conatel.gov.ve/ns/index.htm
Availability of telecom/ICT indicators
* No ICT indicators available on web site.
Regulatory agencies:Central America
Country Regulator Web site
Costa Rica* ARESP www.aresep.go.cr
El Salvador SIGET http://www.siget.gob.sv/Resumen%20Manual%20de%20Indicadores%201998%201999%202000%202001%202002.htm
Guatemala SIT www.sit.gob.gt/ger_regula_06.htm
Honduras Conatel www.conatel.hn/EstadoTelcoms/estado_telecoms_hond_2000.htm
Nicaragua Telcor www.telcor.gob.ni/Estadisticas.asp
Mexico CFT http://www.cft.gob.mx/frame_economico_estadisticas.html
Panama Enteregulador
www.enteregulador.gob.pa/estadisticas.asp
Availability of telecom/ICT indicators
* No ICT indicators available on web site.
General ICT indicators
Radio215 million sets
44 per 100 people
Television139 million sets
29 per 100 people
Internet26 million users5 per 100 people
Newspaper35 million in circulation
7 per 100 people
Latin America Profile, 2001
Millennium Development GoalsGoal 8: Build a global
partnership for development… includes ICT indicators:
• Telephone lines and cellular subscribers per 100 people
• Personal computers in use per 100 people
• Internet users per 100 people
11.4
2.40.3
33.4
6.0 5.1
24% 20%
73%
Main lines PCs Internet
19962001CAGR
Latin AmericaPer 100 inhabitants
Internet users: Where do the data come from?
• In majority of countries, regulators offer a figure for users usually based on number of subscribers
• In Uruguay, the telecom operator provides a figure
• Only Chile & Paraguay seem to have carried out nationwide survey by NSO
• Market researchers– Nielsen//NetRatings
• Very misleading (only home access) – Local consultancies
• Only Argentina, Brazil, Mexico• Argentina, Mexico, Peru• Sometimes not nationwide 0 1 2 3 4 5
Paraguay
Honduras
Panama
Mexico
Brazil
L.America
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
C.Rica
Bolivia
Ecuador
Chile
Peru
Ratio: Internet users ÷Internet
subscribers 2001
Source: ITU adapted from national data.
12
4.6
Universal service versus universal access
R2 = 0.7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
$0 $2'000 $4'000 $6'000 $8'000 $10'000 $12'000 $14'000
Universal access Universal service
Tele
ph
ones
per
100
house
hold
s
Per capita income, PPP$, 2000
Community indicators Household indicators
ICT in households2001
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Mexico Chile Brazil Argentina Portugal Spain USA Canada
TelephonePCInternet
Uruguay: Encuesta Continua de Hogares
93.0
48.6
17.4
13.0
73.4
95.1
45.8
24.7
18.9
85.1
90.7
51.6
9.5
6.6
60.0
Televisorcolor
Conexión aTV para
abonados
Micro-computadora
Conexión aInternet
Teléfono
Total Montevideo Interior urbano
10 Este hogar ¿cuenta con: SI NOCalefón o termofón .............................................Calentador instantáneo de agua ........................ Refrigerador .......................................................T. V. Color ..........................................................Conexión a T. V. por abonados (cable o similar)Videocasetero ....................................................Lavarropa ...........................................................Lavavajilla ...........................................................Horno microondas ..............................................Microcomputadora .............................................. Conexión a Internet ............................................ Automóvil o camioneta para usoparticular del hogar ............................................. Teléfono ..............................................................
Source: ITU adapted from INE, ECH 2001
www.ine.gub.uy
Peru stands out
5.1
9.1
9.3
11.9
7.7
L.America
Peru
Argentina
C.Rica
Uruguay
Chile
L. AmericaTop 5 byInternet
users per100 people
2001
Peru
R2 = 0.59
0
5
10
15
0 5'000 10'000 15'000
<-Internet Usersper 100, 2001
Per capita income,
US$ 2000
74.3
23.8
5.00.4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Electricity Tele-phone
PC Internet
Peru: Household equipment / services,
%, 2000
Source: ITU adapted from INEI.Source: ITU.
Community access
• Most Peruvians access the Internet from cybercafes “cabinas publicas”
• Some 1’740 cabinas in the country
83%
18%
17%
11%
6%
Cabinapública
Work
School
Home
OtherPeru
Location of Internet use
October 2001
Accessibility indicators
56767677
838590
C. RicaNicaragua
GuatemalaC.America
PanamaHonduras
E.SalvadorMexico
???
Mobile population coverage, 2001
> 28 blocks2%
No access
3%
< 28 blocks27%
None32%
Fixed 28%
Both 25%
Mobile 15%
Telephone access in Chile, 2000
% households with telephone service
Distance from telephone
Source: ITU adapted from Subtel.
2'528 513
196'328 61%
25%14%
Rural Semi-Urban Urban
% of population
Source: INEGI, Telmex.
25’368
have tele-
phone servic
e
Mexico localities, 2000
Good reports
Suggestions
• Telecom regulators should improve collection and dissemination of statistics including detailed statistical reports
• National statistical offices need to carry out household ICT surveys including individual access to the Internet*
• Government agency responsible for ICT should make indicators readily available and easy to find on a web site
• Improved dialogue between regulators, national statistical offices and international agencies to enhance comparability
* For the scope of this presentation. However business, education and government ICT surveys are also needed to measure impact in those sectors.