| Communications | Colombia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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6.82 million (2008) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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157 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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41.365 million (2008) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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948 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system in many respects; telecommunications sector liberalized during the 1990s; multiple providers of both fixed-line and mobile-cellular services; fixed-line connections stand at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile cellular telephone subscribership is about 90 per 100 persons; competition among cellular service providers is resulting in falling local and international calling rates and contributing to the steep decline in the market share of fixed line services
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system; domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations; fiber-optic network linking 50 cities
international: country code - 57; submarine cables provide links to the US, parts of the Caribbean, and Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 10 (6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 3 fully digitalized international switching centers) (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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96,206 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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1,284,629 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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1,617,681 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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60 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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727,957 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.co |
Internet hosts:
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2.217 million (2009) |
Internet users:
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17.117 million (2008) |
Internet users - density:
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392 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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