ACROSS THE REGION

摘要

None of the Latin American countries have reached 50 percent of the 1300 MHz suggested by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for 2015 in its ITU-R M.2078 report. This report establishes the spectrum allocation requirements for IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced technologies, commonly referred to as 3G and 4G, to work efficiently. These requirements are reflected in 5G Americas' recently published white paper "Analysis of ITU Spectrum Recommendations in the Latin American Region" According to the white paper, only four countries in the region have allocated over 30 percent of the ITU's suggestion for 2015: Argentina (31 percent), Brazil (41.7 percent), Chile (35.8 percent) and Nicaragua (32.3 percent), with all four having allocated the 700 MHz band. Furthermore, three markets stand below the 20 percent spectrum target suggested: El Salvador (16 percent), Guatemala (16.2 percent) and Panama (16.9 percent). These countries are yet to announce a date for their next spectrum licensing process. The remaining Latin American countries lie below the 30 percent compliance level but over 20 percent.