The Internet Frontier: How Bolivia Is Connecting from the Peaks to the Stars
Bolivia had 8.77 million internet users and 13.5 million mobile connections by early 2025, with over 90% of fixed broadband on fiber and 77% of fixed lines in the central corridor. Entel and Tigo controlled more than 85% of the market. Despite a Starlink ban in August 2024, about 10,000 gray-market Starlink kits remained in use. The El Alto national data center opened in February 2025.
