Colombia, a country that communicates with the mobile services

The regulatory commission of the sector issued a report that realizes that in Colombia, there are more cell lines than inhabitants. The mobile Internet reaches one in two, while there is just over six million fixed access.

Colombians are surfing the Internet faster and faster. This is one of the conclusions of the report of the ICT industry (information and communication technologies) that the Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC) has presented for the # 1. 39, year 2017. The document shows that two years ago the participation of fixed connections with a download speed of more than 10 megabits per second (Mbps) was just 9% of the total. In 2017, the figure reached 26.4%

. The foregoing may inform the country's readiness to change the definition of broadband, currently greater than 1 Mbps. The goal set by the ICT Ministry is that the figure climbs to 25 Mbps.

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But not only the speeds have increased, but also the traffic. Over the past six years, in reference to mobile services, "(traffic) has grown at an average annual rate of 51.6%, which in 2017 is reflected in an average monthly consumption per connection greater than 1GB , a figure that does not

The CRC report, which is taking place since 2012, also shows that in 2017, 44.3% of households had a computer, according to the survey. 47.5% of respondents access the Internet via a desktop computer, 33.7% do so from a laptop, but the winner is the mobile phone, which is a device allowing 39% access to the network for 81.7% of people The main uses that are given to the Internet are social networks (81.5%), mail and messaging (67.7%) and obtaining of information (63.2%).

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The importance of mobile services is reflected also in the difference in the penetration of telephone lines. While fixed lines have a rate of 14%, that of mobiles reaches 126.2% (that is to say that there are many more cell lines than inhabitants in the country)

"The growth of the mobile Internet and fixed the importance that this service has received during communication in the country.For 2017, mobile access for the first time exceed 50% of inhabitants of the country (52.4%, or 52 out of 100, in a country of 50 million inhabitants, have access to the mobile internet) and the fixed Internet service closed the year with 6 , 3 million access, "said CRC in the statement.

The report shows that 4G's mobile Internet connections have increased in 2017, but to a lesser extent with previous years and "still do not exceed 50% of the total of these connections (46.7%)," he said. that is why it is necessary to continue to advance actions to achieve a higher growth rate. " It should not be forgotten that CRC itself has defended the adoption of a resolution that would allow operators to offer discounts on the purchase of cellular equipment badociated with the provision of mobile services. The above was firm during this month of July, while the CRC insisted that in no case did the rule permit the return of permanence clauses.

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As operators, the industry report presents the figures in which Claro holds the majority of the market in all ICT services: Internet and mobile and fixed telephony, as well as subscription television, and is followed by Movistar in the mobile services. On the Internet and fixed telephony the second place is occupied by Tigo One, as on subscription television. In this last segment, Directv occupies the third place, with 17% of the share.

With regard to postal services, the CRC reported that since 2015 the number of mailings has increased at an average annual rate of 10.5. % It increased from 88 million in 2015 to 91.8 million 107.2 million in 2017.

But, on the other hand, "although that's in 2017 the express mail service (which n & rsquo; Is not included in the mailings) still represents the With more shipments (68.9%) and receipts (61.4%) of the total postal services, the service shows declines in terms of 39 shipments, "says the Commission statement. On the other hand, "they distinguished themselves by their sustained growth, from 92.8 million transactions and 15.3 billion pesos drawn in 2016, to 16.5 billion pesos sent through 104.5 million of transactions in 2017 ", Concludes the author of the report.