Summary

"Nicaragua Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report", a new Country Intelligence Report by GlobalData, provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in Nicaragua today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2025. 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.

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenues in Nicaragua will grow at a CAGR of 1.9% over 2020-2025, supported by revenue growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV segments. Mobile data services revenue, will increase at a CAGR of 11.5% during 2020-2025 period. This growth will be driven by increasing data ARPS, growth in smartphone subscriptions and rising mobile data consumption for accessing online video content and social networking applications. Fixed broadband revenues will increase at a CAGR of 2.9% over 2020-2025, supported by increasing broadband penetration.

The Country Intelligence Report provides in-depth analysis of the following -
- Demographic and macroeconomic context in Nicaragua.
- 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

- The overall telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Nicaragua will grow at a CAGR of 1.9%, supported by revenue growth in mobile data, fixed broadband, and pay-TV segments.
- Mobile revenue will account for 38.1% share of the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in 2025, mainly driven by increasing data ARPS, growth in smartphone subscriptions and rising mobile data consumption for accessing online video content and social networking applications.
- Tigo and Claro dominate the mobile service market and held a joint subscription share of 99.2% in 2020.

Reasons to Buy

- This Country Intelligence Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of Nicaragua’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 Nicaragua’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 Nicaragua’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 Nicaragua.