• Connectivity challenges and opportunities - BoliviaLandlocked developing countries (LLDCs) in the Americas region
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Objective of this report
• 2 Bolivia's current situation
• 2.1 Demographics and main economic indicators
• 2.1.1 Distribution of population by department
• 2.1.2 Age distribution of the population
• 2.1.3 Population growth
• 2.1.4 Main economic indicators
• 2.1.5 Employment by economic sector
• 2.2 Regulation and policy
• 2.2.1 Bolivian Constitution
• 2.2.2 Patriotic Agenda for the Bicentennial 2025 and scientific and technological sovereignty
• 2.2.3 General Telecommunications Law
• 2.2.4 Supreme decrees pertaining to the General Telecommunications Law
• 2.2.5 National Broadband Plan
• 2.2.6 National Telecommunication Programme for Social Inclusion
• 2.2.7 Interconnection Regulation
• 2.2.8 Supreme Decree No. 2013
• 2.3 Connectivity benchmarking
• 2.3.1 Fixed-telephone subscriptions
• 2.3.2 Mobile-telephone subscriptions
• 2.3.3 Fixed-broadband subscriptions
• 2.3.4 Active mobile-broadband subscriptions
• 2.3.5 Households with a computer
• 2.3.6 Households with Internet access
• 2.3.7 Individuals using the Internet
• 2.3.8 International Internet bandwidth per Internet User
• 2.4 ICT development and ICT prices and affordability
• 2.4.1 ICT Development Index
• 2.4.2 Prices
• 2.5 Bolivia - relevant indicators
• 2.5.1 Access technologies
• 2.5.2 Mobile Internet access
• 2.5.3 Connections by department
• 2.5.4 National backbone
• 2.5.5 Internet exchange point
• 2.5.6 International connectivity
• 2.5.7 Telecentres
• 3 Use of ICTs in Bolivia
• 3.1 Main ICT players
• 3.2 Special projects
• 3.2.1 Installation of radio base stations for communications
• 3.2.2 Internet access service for educational units in rural areas
• 3.2.3 Installation of fibre-optic communications
• 3.2.4 T�pac Katari satellite
• 3.2.5 E-government plan
• 3.3 International cooperation
• 3.3.1 General cooperation agreement between Bolivia and Peru
• 3.3.2 Elaboration of studies for deployment of the South American Connectivity Network for Integration
• 4 Challenges and opportunities
• 4.1 Challenges
• 4.2 Opportunities
• 4.2.1 Policy and regulation
• 4.2.2 Infrastructure
• 4.2.3 National telecommunication plans
• 4.2.4 Improving international communications
• 4.2.5 Collaboration between Bolivia and Paraguay
• 5 Recommendations
• 5.1 Harmonization of policy and regulation
• 5.2 Open fixed-broadband access, backbone sharing
• 5.3 From national broadband plan to digital society
• 5.4 Telecentres
• 5.5 Improving international interconnection
• 6 Project proposal
• 6.1 Moving to a digital society
• 6.2 Sustainable telecentres in rural areas
• Annex 1: Bolivia mission and workshop
• Annex 2: References