Venezuela's Communications | Venezuelan Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 2,841,800 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,463,600 (2002)

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 international: country code - 58; 3 submarine coaxial cables; 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

Radio broadcast stations: AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)

Television broadcast stations: 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code: .ve

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 1,274,400 (2002)



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