Telephones - main lines in use:
1.099 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
7.566 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: multiple mobile-cellular providers are expanding services rapidly and in 2009 teledensity exceeded 100 per 100 persons; growth in fixed-line services has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system
international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2009)

Broadcast media:
multiple privately-owned national terrestrial television networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)

Internet country code:
.sv

Internet hosts:
13,849 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 120
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
746,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]