{"id":49252,"date":"2024-07-05T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/?post_type=gsma_theme_resources&#038;p=49252"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:20:57","slug":"mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_resources","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Investment Gaps: Caribbean islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mobile internet connectivity has expanded significantly across the Caribbean islands, with the number of people covered by 3G or higher networks nearly doubling from 9 million in 2015 to more than 17 million in 2023. However, almost half of the region\u2019s population remains unconnected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The usage gap is the main challenge: more than 15 million people lived within 3G or 4G coverage in 2023 but did not use mobile internet. Closing this gap will be critical to advancing digital inclusion and unlocking the socioeconomic benefits of connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, 5G deployment is still at an early stage, accounting for just 1% of mobile connections at the end of 2023. Its expansion offers a major opportunity to accelerate digital transformation, but will require sustained investment in network capacity and coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rapid growth in mobile data traffic is increasing pressure on networks, while the resulting costs are not matched by additional operator revenues. This report assesses the investment needed to close mobile coverage and usage gaps by 2030, highlighting the need for investment-friendly policies and a fairer balance between mobile operators and large traffic generators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile internet connectivity has expanded significantly across the Caribbean islands, with the number of people covered by 3G or higher networks nearly doubling from 9 million in 2015 to more than 17 million in 2023. However, almost half of the region\u2019s population remains unconnected. The usage gap is the main challenge: more than 15 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"image":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GSMA-Mobile-investment-gaps-Caribbean-islands.jpg","json":{"gsma_resources_type":"Multiple_Documents","gsma_resources_thumb":"[49256]","gsma_resources_file":"null","gsma_resources_multi":[{"version":"Full Report","offsite":"No","file":"[49259]","url":"","video":"","desc":"","image":"[49256]"},{"version":"Technical Annex","offsite":"No","file":"[49266]","url":"","video":"","desc":"","image":"[49269]"}],"gsma_resources_wgr":null,"gsma_resources_video":"","gsma_resources_image":"null","gsma_resources_url":"","gsma_resources_date":"","gsma_resources_button":""}},"tags":[13876],"resource_categories":[13875],"algolia_discover_type":[],"class_list":["post-49252","gsma_theme_resources","type-gsma_theme_resources","status-publish","hentry","tag-caribbean","resource_categories-caribbean"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mobile Investment Gaps: Caribbean islands - GSMA Latin America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This report examines the investment needed to close mobile coverage and usage gaps in the Caribbean islands by 2030, amid rising data traffic, early-stage 5G deployment and persistent digital exclusion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mobile Investment Gaps: Caribbean islands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This report examines the investment needed to close mobile coverage and usage gaps in the Caribbean islands by 2030, amid rising data traffic, early-stage 5G deployment and persistent digital exclusion.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GSMA Latin America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-05T17:20:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GSMA-Mobile-investment-gaps-Caribbean-islands-Social-ENG.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gsma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mobile Investment Gaps: Caribbean islands - GSMA Latin America","description":"This report examines the investment needed to close mobile coverage and usage gaps in the Caribbean islands by 2030, amid rising data traffic, early-stage 5G deployment and persistent digital exclusion.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mobile Investment Gaps: Caribbean islands","og_description":"This report examines the investment needed to close mobile coverage and usage gaps in the Caribbean islands by 2030, amid rising data traffic, early-stage 5G deployment and persistent digital exclusion.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/","og_site_name":"GSMA Latin America","article_modified_time":"2026-08-05T17:20:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GSMA-Mobile-investment-gaps-Caribbean-islands-Social-ENG.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@gsma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/","name":"Mobile Investment Gaps: Caribbean islands - GSMA Latin America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-05T14:14:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-05T17:20:57+00:00","description":"This report examines the investment needed to close mobile coverage and usage gaps in the Caribbean islands by 2030, amid rising data traffic, early-stage 5G deployment and persistent digital exclusion.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/gsma_resources\/mobile-investment-gaps-caribbean-islands\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/","name":"GSMA Latin America","description":"GSMA Latin America","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#organization","name":"GSMA","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"GSMA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gsma"]}]}},"cats":[{"term_id":13667,"name":"#AgendaDigital","slug":"agendadigital-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13674,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13558,"name":"5G","slug":"5g-4","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13565,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13632,"name":"5G","slug":"5g-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13639,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13729,"name":"Acci\u00f3n Clim\u00e1tica","slug":"accion-climatica-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13736,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13672,"name":"Argentina","slug":"argentina-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13679,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13626,"name":"Brasil","slug":"brasil-pt-br-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13633,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13551,"name":"Brazil | Taxation","slug":"brazil-taxation","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13558,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13875,"name":"Caribbean","slug":"caribbean","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13882,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13850,"name":"Colombia","slug":"colombia","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13857,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13828,"name":"Costa Rica","slug":"costa-rica","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13835,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13654,"name":"Espectro","slug":"espectro-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13661,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13752,"name":"fair share","slug":"fair-share-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13759,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13673,"name":"M\u00e9xico","slug":"mexico-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13680,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13793,"name":"Mobile Economy","slug":"mobile-economy-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13800,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13671,"name":"Per\u00fa","slug":"peru-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13678,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13365,"name":"Policy Position Paper","slug":"policy-position-paper-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13372,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":13668,"name":"Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas","slug":"politicas-publicas-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13675,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":9158,"name":"Resources","slug":"resources","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":9165,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":50,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":9156,"name":"Resources (en)","slug":"resources-eng","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":9163,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":106,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":9157,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":9164,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":9160,"name":"Vision Magazine","slug":"vision-magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":9167,"taxonomy":"resource_categories","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_resources\/49252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsma_theme_resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_resources\/49252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49272,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsma_theme_resources\/49252\/revisions\/49272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49252"},{"taxonomy":"resource_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_categories?post=49252"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_type?post=49252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}