| Communications | Venezuela |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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7.083 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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257 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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27.88 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,009 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern and expanding
domestic: domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons
international: country code - 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network; constructing submarine cable to provide connectivity to Cuba with an estimated date of completion in late 2011 (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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government supervises a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media; 1 state-run television network, 4 privately-owned TV networks, a privately-owned news channel with limited national coverage, and a government-backed pan-American channel; state-run radio network includes 65 news stations and roughly another 30 stations targeted at specific audiences; state-sponsored community broadcasters include 244 radio stations and 36 television stations; the number of private broadcast radio stations has been declining, but a large number remain in operation (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 46, FM 131, shortwave 3 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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600,778 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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210,960 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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9,211,915 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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418,724 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ve |
Internet hosts:
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238,665 (2010) |
Internet users:
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8.918 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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323 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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