Universal Broadband Access in Developing Countries - The Case of Bolivia

Nowadays the broadband is not only a technological trigger but also an economic driver. So this document shows the actual Bolivian situation taking account infrastructure, Information, Communication Technologies penetration, broadband access costs, type of population and regulation issues. We highlight the needing for backbone network deployed with fiber optic to localities with population greater than 2000. For access networks issue we put special attention on FTTx technologies for capital cities because of density population and demand by people, also it is important the regulation law for infrastructure sharing. For increase demand a CDN is very important for keep staying local traffic inside the country.