Conatel presented this week telecommunication figures for the second quarter of 2015. For the first half of the year the regulator industry recorded 16.4 million users of the network of networks in the country, equivalent to 61.2 % of the population.
When tickets for the modalida Internet access, 78% of Internet users have connected via mobile, while 15% do so from their homes. The remaining 7% access from mobile devices and partitioned between 3G and 4G mobile modems and corporate access.
With a fleet of 12.2 million smart phones, more than 2 million a year ago, it is natural More than three quarters of network access be mobile and, because there are users in this segment with more than a data plan, it explained that the total number of mobile subscriptions with data plans has grown to 13, 2 million in the quarter, representing 80% of Internet subscriptions.
The percentage of Android smartphones is 45%, while Blackberry, despite their sharp decline after dominating the entire Venezuelan market remains 26%, and Apple rises to 21%. Windows Phone, far below its success in other Latin American countries, reaching 4%. It should be noted that BB still has a very significant percentage compared to its global penetration of smartphones, which is less than 1%.
While investment by enterprises in the sector and their turnover rates remain above 50% from the previous quarter, it is undeniable that the restriction of access to foreign currency has slowed the tremendous growth that the market demands and quality assurance services.
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Social Entrepreneur 2015
The winner of the sixth edition of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Contest, organized by Venezuela Unlimited and the Foundation Schwab was the engineer Alexander Marius, founder of the Civil Association Labor and Person (http://www.trabajoypersona.org), dedicated to promoting the culture of work and the dignity of the person as key elements for the development of country. Isabelle Domenger finalists, Teresa Gomez, Solomon Raydán and Gabriela Arenas (go to j.mp/emprende).
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