The GSMA calculates that the increasing speed of 4G deployment means that 76 percent of the population in the region will have LTE access: 35 percent more than at the end of 2014.
As a result, there will be a corresponding rise in 4G connections in Latin America and the current figure is expected to rise from less than 10 percent to around 25 percent over the next five years, with the total number of mobile connections predicted to expand from the current 709 million to 889 million by 2020, when 245 million of those connections will be made by 4G.
GSMA highlights that Latin American mobile operators are playing a major role in 4G expansion and predicts Capital Expenditure in the 4G network will total US$193 billion between 2014 and 2020, while pointing out operators in the region have invested around $8 billion in spectrum licenses between 2012 and 2015, mainly with the aim of supporting 4G deployment.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
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