| Communications | Argentina |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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10 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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240 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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57.3 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,372 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: the "Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998" opened the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment encouraging the growth of modern telecommunications technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is improving
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; fixed-line teledensity is increasing gradually and mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; broadband Internet services are gaining ground
international: country code - 54; landing point for the Atlantis-2, UNISUR, South America-1, and South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilus submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and US; satellite earth stations - 112; 2 international gateways near Buenos Aires (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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government owns a TV station and a radio network; more than 2 dozen TV stations and hundreds of privately-owned radio stations; high rate of cable TV subscription usage (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 260, FM (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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160,653 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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void |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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6,961,621 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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994,518 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ar |
Internet hosts:
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6.025 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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13.694 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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328 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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