Do you have a mobile? The answer among the 40 million inhabitants of the 31 political entities that make up the insular and mainland Caribbean is increasingly--yes!

Relentless waves of market opening and investment are transforming the region?s communications landscape. Vibrant competition now dominates where government sponsored monopolies reigned just a few years ago. Usage has climbed precipitously, even surpassing 100 percent on more affluent islands. Young and old can now link up with island colleagues everywhere. Over 40 million tourists and cruise ship visitors to the islands each year can now remain in contact globally. Mobile telephony is also transforming the region?s social life and economy, but the process has only just begun.

This report explains the reasons behind the expansion and potential future course of mobile communications in the Caribbean and gives an understanding of what is going on in specific markets and regarding strategic plans of major operators in market. Mobile Opportunities in the Caribbean will enable you to:

• Focus on current drivers: continual market opening, increasing competition, higher levels of service offerings, technology upgrades, and regulatory activism - see how mobile operators have reached differing degrees of evolution within each island. It describes a new mobile reality for the Caribbean marked by the rise of pan-regional operators, increasing pressure on the remaining state-sanctioned monopoly operators, and the major mobile operators' moves towards offering fixed services as well.
• Examine the struggle for market dominance between a few major players and a small number of niche players with specialized knowledge of local conditions or close relationships with state decision makers.
• Study an in-depth review of the regional and island-wide dynamics critical to any understanding future mobile opportunities in the Caribbean.

Mobile Opportunities in the Caribbean is your essential guide to the Caribbean mobile market, including market data and unique forecasts, detailing licensing activity, major players strategies and emerging opportunities.

Many Caribbean islands are opening to mobile competition, creating one of the most active licensing and network buildout opportunities in the Americas today. As these activities progress, the Mobile Opportunities in the Caribbean provides you with all the information you need to take advantage of the opportunities in this growing and dynamic market.

Whether you are looking to newly invest in the Caribbean markets, or to expand your existing business, the Mobile Opportunities in the Caribbean provides key, market intelligence, including:

• Subscriber forecasts for 2005-2009 for 22 Caribbean markets
• Comprehensive treatment of Caribbean mobile market place and individual island and Caribbean mainland national markets
• Insight into current thinking of major players in the region.
• Understanding the broad market diversity in terms of individual markets and levels of service offerings.
• Recognition of growth potential in a region with only 25 percent market penetration.