| Communications | Ecuador |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.805 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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124 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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10.086 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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693 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: fixed-line services provided by three state-owned enterprises; plans to transfer the state-owned operators to private ownership have repeatedly failed; fixed-line density stands at about 13 per 100 persons; mobile cellular use has surged and has a subscribership of nearly 75 per 100 persons
international: country code - 593; landing point for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable that provides links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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37,177 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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416,375 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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502,521 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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2,081,872 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ec |
Internet hosts:
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45,404 (2008) |
Internet users:
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1.549 million (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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107 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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