Communications in Venezuela
Communications in Venezuela
Venezuelan Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 5.082 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 23.82 million (2007)
Telephone system: 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; fixed-line teledensity 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity more than 90 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 (2007)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 201, FM unknown, but at least 25 in Caracas, shortwave 11 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code: .ve
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Internet users: 5.72 million (2007)