| Communications | Guatemala |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.499 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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109 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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18.068 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,307 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
domestic: state-owned telecommunications company privatized in the late 1990s opening the way for competition; fixed-line teledensity roughly 10 per 100 persons; fixed-line investments are being concentrated on improving rural connectivity; mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 502; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the SAM-1 fiber optic submarine cable system that together provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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4 privately-owned national terrestrial TV channels dominate TV broadcasting; multi-channel satellite and cable services are available; 1 government-owned radio station and hundreds of privately-owned radio stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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106,343 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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28,387 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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921,631 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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531,711 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.gt |
Internet hosts:
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196,870 (2010) |
Internet users:
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2.279 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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165 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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