| Communications | Mexico |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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19.754 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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178 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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68.254 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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614 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate telephone service for business and government, but the population is poorly served; mobile subscribers far outnumber fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable
domestic: low telephone density with about 18 fixed lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; despite the opening to competition in January 1997, Telmex remains dominant; legal challenges to Telmex's alleged anti-competitive behavior in the mobile and fixed-line markets culminated in a World Trade Organization ruling in 2004 against Mexico prompting some strengthening of the powers granted Mexico's telecom regulator; mobile cellular teledensity approaching 65 per 100 persons
international: country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2003) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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130,838 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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204,059 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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7,414,120 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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236 (plus repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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471,237 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.mx |
Internet hosts:
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10.653 million (2008) |
Internet users:
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22.812 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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206 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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