Colombia is a Latin American country with a population of over 50.4 million people. Although the rate in this area is low (about 1 cent per minute), there is an opportunity to make money on VoIP termination. Due to the large population, Colombia has a lot of international traffic and mobile penetration has reached 116% there (more than 57.4 million connections). Let dwell upon the situation in the local GSM termination market in more detail.
The telecommunications infrastructure in Colombia is fairly well developed in large cities, but remains weak in small towns and rural areas. In their attempt to solve this problem the government stimulates competition: several new operators were introduced to the market.
Currently, there are 5 cellular service providers in the country. There are three largest among them:
- Claro.
- Movistar;
- Tigo.
The three main suppliers own 90% of the entire GSM services market, and they all have excellent coverage in the country. Claro has about 50% of the total number of mobile subscribers, Movistar and Tigo share 20% each. There are two more little GSM operators - Airtel and ETB. Virtual operators Virgin Mobile and Movil Exito also operate in the country. Colombia has the largest market of virtual GSM operators in Latin America.
The price of one SIM-card in the country is about 60 cents. To purchase a prepaid card, an identity document must be presented. Therefore, you should pre-arrange the delivery of a large mount of starting plans by making a deal with someone from the local residents. Alternatively, you can try to buy SIM cards from the street sellers.
Using prepaid offers from local operators, you can make outgoing calls at about $ 0.008 per minute. If your cdr king gsm gateway will work 300 minutes a day, you will be able to earn at least $50 from each port of GSM equipment.
