2016 Argentina Internet Map - Credit: © 2016 Grupo Convergencia
In the new version of Internet map in Argentina, Telefonica has 290 ISP customers and cooperatives, and Telecom, 243, which means an increase of 12% and 57% respectively on the number of customers who reported a year ago. Silica Networks followed with 128 and Claro with 60. This year highlights firms that although are long in the market, increased their services to ISP. Such is the case of Metrotel, which this year brought 25 clients; Ecom Chaco, which already has 20 in his province; or Provincial Power Company Córdoba (EPEC), which provides connectivity to 17 entities.
At press time, the network of Naps Cabase reached 21 points with 291 traffic exchange members who trade 301.3 GB. In the last year the GBA Zona Norte Naps, Pergamino, Saez Peña, Viedma, Tucuman and Jujuy joined. Within the IXP network companies they increased content: the presence of Google and Akamai was joined by a US gaming company (Riot Games, which traffics 100 MB) and 100 MB Turner. In addition Netflix will soon be added to the network.
Six years into the project of the Federal Fiber Optic Network, Arsat only now started to have some participation in the wholesale market. According to the survey conducted by Convergence, the state company has among its clients Wiltel, Internet Services, Nodosud, the Sapem Marandú; and cooperatives saves Robles, Lauquen Dam, Santa Rosa and El Calafate, among others.
Arsat launched in May, the Federal Plan to bring broadband Internet to 1,300 locations, of which, according to its website, has been connected 38. The plan includes a flat rate wholesale to US $ 18 Mbps and transportation US $ 16 each way from node to node of the company. The offer sparked claims Cabase, who requested a move to the country that traffic is not concentrated on the primary node of Arsat, in Benavidez. "We will seek to build business models that defend local traffic, which could be an aggressive offer transportation. We do not want to concentrate traffic, "promised Rodrigo De Loredo, president of Arsat, in dialogue with Convergence in August.
However, of the 35,000 kilometers of fiber optic posed by Argentina Conectada plan, only 12,000 are operational. In fact, many ISPs expect the nodes are installed at the entrance of people to connect to the wholesale network. The firm continues to make progress with funding from the trust fund universal service, which will deliver $ 1,329 million to install 120 nodes, which added to those already cease operating a total of 185 will benefit indirectly 15 million people in 891 locations .
While this map is always represented most ISPs that provided services, not all were "in good standing". Many SMEs and cooperatives asked regulators authorized value-added procedures in some cases dating back more than 15 years ago, cajoneados at the offices of the extinct Ministry of Communications and National Communications Commission. During this year, the Enacom developed a simplified system for obtaining licenses and authorizations that allowed ISPs and cooperatives in order to be completing a five leaves. This procedure, which ruled through September, remain within the Convergent law, which is in the middle stage of development with the participation of chambers and industry associations. The commission made the law has until next March to complete the project. Then pass to the orbit of the Executive, to give its approval before entering Congress.
Cabase was one of the organizations that attended the participatory meetings of the norm, where I proposed that the law contains simplifying the single license regime with a registration tacit regime. He also asked that the law provides for a flexible system of conflict resolution and enforcement authority with an advisory council to be multistakeholder.