General Superintendency of Electricity and
Telecommunications
TAL GROUP SEMINAR AND MEETING
Paramaribo, Suriname
10-13 May 2004
NEW TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
IN EL SALVADOR
Presented by:
Oscar Estrada
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General Superintendency of Electricity and
Telecommunications
POPULATION AND ECONOMIC
INDICATORS
2003
Population
Population growth rate
Surface area (km2)
Inhabitants per km2
Number of households
6 638 168
1.9%
21 041
315
1 522 383
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General Superindendency of Electricty and
Telecommunications
GENERAL INFORMATION ON
TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR
Market situation
Employees in sector
Fixed teledensity (per 100 inhab.)
Mobile teledensity (per 100 inhab.)
Public teledensity (per 1 000 inhab.)
Teledensity
Digital switching
Digital transmission
Internet subscribers
Total figures
4 000
11.34
17.32
3.27
28.66
100%
100%
112 575
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PRIVATIZATION OF SECTOR
w Opening up of telecommunication market since
1996.
w Privatization of ANTEL in 1998.
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VALUE-ADDED SERVICES
w Value-added services such as the Internet can be
offered once the service provider is registered
with SIGET. There are currently ten Internet
providers.
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MODALITIES OF INTERNET SERVICE
w For dedicated residential and business lines, the
price varies according to the agreed
transmission speed.
w For dial-up lines, there are services with free
access and services based on specified access
time, whether limited or unlimited.
w Wi-fi services have been operating since 2003.
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FIXED TELEPHONE SERVICES
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Voicemail
Call identification
Three-party conference
Call waiting
Call forwarding
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WIRELESS TELEPHONE ACCESS
( 2.2 GHz)
w Two telephone lines, USD 60
w Internet access
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INTEGRATED CABLE ACCESS
w Telephone service, two lines
w Internet access
w Pay TV
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Wi-Fi
Two operators
Shopping centres
Airport
Hotels
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PLC
(Power line carrier)
A service which has created great expectations
owing to the means of access. Use of the electricity
distribution network as a means of connecting to
a telecommunication network promises to reduce
costs and improve access speed. Partnerships
with utility companies are needed.
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INFOCENTRES
( Internet cafes)
These started off as Internet cafes but now provide
other services apart from Internet access, such as
printing, training courses, videoconferencing,
international call facilities, advisory services and –
of course – a coffee shop. The network has 40
infocentres nationwide.
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SERVICES USING 800 AND 900 NUMBERS
These numbering plans apply to value-added
services, especially for calling customer service
centres, competitions, lotteries, games, fast-food
orders, telebanking services, sale of information,
advisory services, etc.
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SERVICES USING 800 AND 900 NUMBERS
PREMIUM RATE FORMAT:
900-MCDU, 900-WXYZ-MCDU. In this
case, the user pays an additional amount
above the standard call rate.
REVERSE CHARGES FORMAT:
800-MCDU, 800-WXYZ-MCDU. In this
case, the recipient bears the cost of the
call.
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NEW BROADCASTING SERVICES
Pay television via wireless media in the band
12 450 MHz. This band is currently subject to
bids (base price USD 2 000 000).
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VoIP
The technology used by telecommunication
service providers is not subject to regulation.
In the case of VoIP, there may be two kinds of
situation:
Providers such as infocentres have no formalities to
complete to provide a telephone service (via the
Internet), since it is the users who request the service.
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VoIP
Providers which hold a public telephone service
licence may use any technology, including
VoIP. In this case they are subject to
regulations in force, tariff approval, numbering
plans,
interconnection
and
frequency
notification.
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MOBILE TELEPHONE COVERAGE
TELEMOVIL EL SALVADOR
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Thank you for your attention.
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