Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
6.867 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
28.124 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment: modern and expanding
domestic:
domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons
international:
country code - 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network (2009)
government supervises a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media; 1 state-run television network, 4 privately-owned TV networks, and a government-backed pan-American channel; state-run radio network includes 15 stations; large number of private broadcast radio stations (2007)
238,665 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 64
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
8.918 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]