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: HT
Policy Maker: Ministère des Travaux publics, Transports, Communications et Energies
Spectrum Regulator: Conseil National des Télécommunications (CONATEL)
ISO 3166: HN
Policy Maker: Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)
Spectrum Regulator: Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)
ISO 3166: JM
Policy Maker: Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR)
Spectrum Regulator: Spectrum Management Authority
ISO 3166: MQ
Policy Maker: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Spectrum Regulator: Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR)
ISO 3166: MX
Policy Maker: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes
Spectrum Regulator: Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFETEL)
ISO 3166: MS
Policy Maker: Office of Communications - Ofcom
Spectrum Regulator: Montserrat Info-Communications Authority (MICA)
ISO 3166: NI
Policy Maker: Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (TELCOR)
Spectrum Regulator: Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (TELCOR)
ISO 3166: PA
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Gobierno
Spectrum Regulator: Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos (ASEP)
ISO 3166: PY
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones
Spectrum Regulator: Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)
ISO 3166: PE
Policy Maker: Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones
Spectrum Regulator: Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL)
ISO 3166: PR
Policy Maker: International Communications and Information Policy (CIP)
Spectrum Regulator: Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puero Rico
ISO 3166: BQ-SA
Policy Maker: Directorate General for Energy, Telecommunications and Competition
Spectrum Regulator: Radiocommunication Agency Netherlands
ISO 3166: BL
Policy Maker: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Spectrum Regulator: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
ISO 3166: KN
Policy Maker: Ministry of Justice, Legal Affairs and Communications
Spectrum Regulator: National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC)
ISO 3166: LC
Policy Maker: Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting
Spectrum Regulator: National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC)
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