Summary

Guatemala Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report, a new Country Intelligence Report by GlobalData, provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in Guatemala today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2024.Published annually, the report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile and pay-TV segments, as well as a review of key regulatory trends.

GlobalData expects Guatemala's total telecommunications and pay-TV services revenue will reach $2.8 billion in 2019. The total revenue will increase to $3.2 billion by 2024, driven by mobile data, fixed broadband, and pay-TV segments. Mobile data will be the largest contributing segment towards revenues with 40.9% share of total revenues in 2019 driven by increasing smartphones and M2M subscriptions and growing data ARPU over 2019-2024.

The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following -
- Demographic and macroeconomic context in Guatemala.
- The regulatory environment and trends: a review of the regulatory setting and agenda for the next 18-24 months as well as relevant developments pertaining to spectrum licensing, national broadband plans, tariff regulation, and more.
- Telecom and pay-TV services market outlook: analysis as well as historical figures and forecasts of service revenue from the fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice, mobile data, and pay-TV markets.
- The competitive landscape: an examination of the positioning of leading players in the telecom and pay-TV services market as well as subscription market shares across segments.
- Company snapshots: analysis of the financial position of leading service providers in the telecommunications and pay-TV markets.
- Underlying assumptions behind our published base-case forecasts, as well as potential market developments that would alter, either positively or negatively, our base-case outlook.

Scope

- Total telecommunications and pay-TV services revenue will reach $2.8 billion in 2019 and is set to increase further to reach $3.1 billion by 2024-end, reflecting a CAGR of 2.3% over 2019-2024, driven by mobile data, fixed broadband, and pay-TV segments.
- Fixed broadband revenue will increase at a CAGR of 1.6% over the 2019-2024 period, led by steady growth in service adoption, particularly through cable technology.
- 4G will account for 38.3% share of the total mobile subscriptions in 2019 and will grow to account for 88.8% share by 2024 led by growing adoption of 4G-smartphones and discount device bundles with 4G services.

Reasons to buy

- This Country Intelligence Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of Guatemala’s telecommunications markets, service providers, and key opportunities in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.
- Accompanying GlobalData’s Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in Guatemala’s mobile communications, fixed telephony, and broadband markets, including the evolution of service provider market shares.
- With more than 20 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.
- The report provides an easily digestible market assessment for decision-makers built around in-depth information gathered from local market players, which enables executives to quickly get up to speed with the current and emerging trends in Guatemala’s telecommunications markets.
- The broad perspective of the report coupled with comprehensive, actionable detail will help operators, equipment vendors, and other telecom industry players succeed in the challenging telecommunications market in Guatemala.