In terms of subscriber numbers, the mobile telephony market is dominated by three companies with fairly similar shares. These are Claro (a subsidiary of Mexican telecom group America Movil); Movistar (a unit of the Spanish telecom group Telefonica); and Personal (a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina). These had a combined market share of 98.4% at end-2017. In recent years, competition between the three main players has intensified, mainly in the field of mobile broadband services – the fastest growing ICT segment in Argentina. As of December 2017, there were 31.6mn users of mobile broadband in the country, equivalent to 51.1% of total mobile telephony subscribers. Moreover, the number of 4G mobile telephony subscribers reached 22.5mn, or 71.2% of all mobile broadband connections. This has forced local telecom operators to invest in expansion of their coverage and improving the quality of their 4G networks, as well as to offer attractive pre-paid plans, with a special focus on mobile broadband services.

01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

02 SECTOR IN FOCUS 

03 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 

04 COMPANIES IN FOCUS

05 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

06 MOBILE TELEPHONY 

07 FIXED-LINE TELEPHONY 

08 PAY TV 

09 FIXED BROADBAND