The Americas

ITU The Americas region outline

The Americas region which encompasses both North and South America, along with the Caribbean, saw mobile cellular penetration reach 111.8% of individuals, and mobile broadband penetration exceed 78.2% in 2017. Internet access penetration increased from 65% of individuals in 2016 to 65.9% in 2017. International internet bandwidth increased from 46 kb/s/user in 2016 to 91 kb/s/user in 2017.

Deployed LTE Networks

The following chart shows the number of active 4G LTE networks, distributed by LTE frequency band. These data are rendered live and may update unexpectedly.

Deployed IoT Networks

The following chart shows the distribution of active Internet of Things networks by wireless network technology. Our database is a work in progress, data may be incomplete.

Countries in this Geographical Region

There are 59 unique countries, territories, and/or sovereign states in this geographic region.

ISO 3166: CL
Policy Maker: Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones
Spectrum Regulator: Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones
ISO 3166: CO
Policy Maker: Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)
Spectrum Regulator: Agencia Nacional del Espectro (ANE)
ISO 3166: CR
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones
Spectrum Regulator: Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL)
ISO 3166: CU
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Comunicaciones
Spectrum Regulator: Ministerio de Comunicaciones
ISO 3166: CW
Policy Maker: Radiocommunication Agency Netherlands
Spectrum Regulator: Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post
ISO 3166: DM
Policy Maker: National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
Spectrum Regulator: Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)
ISO 3166: DO
Policy Maker: Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL)
Spectrum Regulator: Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL)
ISO 3166: EC
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información - MINTEL
Spectrum Regulator: Agencia de Regulación y Control de las Telecomunicaciones (ARCOTEL)
ISO 3166: FK
Policy Maker: F.I.G Law & Regulation Directorate
Spectrum Regulator: F.I.G Law & Regulation Directorate
ISO 3166: GF
Policy Maker: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Spectrum Regulator: Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR)
ISO 3166: GL
Policy Maker: TELE-POST
Spectrum Regulator: TELE-POST
ISO 3166: GD
Policy Maker: National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC)
Spectrum Regulator: Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL)
ISO 3166: GP
Policy Maker: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Spectrum Regulator: Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR)
ISO 3166: GT
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda
Spectrum Regulator: Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala
ISO 3166: GY
Policy Maker: Ministry of Public Telecommunications
Spectrum Regulator: National Frequency Management Unit
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