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Telecommunications in Ecuador
Summary
Telecommunications in Ecuador include telephone, radio, television, and the Internet.
Ecuador's state regulatory agency is the National Telecommunications Council (CONATEL), which is part of the Telecommunications Ministry (MINTEL).
Fixed lines: 2.2 million lines, 56th in the world; 15 per 100 persons (2011).
Mobile cellular: 15.3 million subscribers, 55th in the world; 100 per 100 persons (2011).
International country code: 593.
Telephone system:
General assessment: elementary fixed-line service, but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network.
Domestic: fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; mobile-cellular use has surged.
International: landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide 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) (2011).
There are three cell phone providers in Ecuador: Claro (Telcel), Movistar, and CNT. Mobile networks are diverse and include GSM 850 MHz (largest) as well as CDMA (Bell South's old network before being acquired by Telefónica Spain which rebranded Movistar), TDMA63. CNT is the state owned firm and uses CDMA.
Ecuador has multiple TV networks and many local channels, as well as more than 300 radio stations. Many TV and radio stations are privately owned. The government owns or controls 5 national TV stations and multiple radio stations. Radio and television broadcasters are required by law to give the government free air time to broadcast programs produced by the state (2007).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 279, FM 530 (plus 349 repeaters), shortwave 25 (2006).
Radios: 5 million (2001).
Television in Ecuador
Television broadcast stations: 323 (including repeaters) (2005).
Televisions: 2.5 million (2001).
Internet hosts: 170,538 (2012).
Internet users: 5.3 million, 56th in the world (2012); 35.1% of the population, 119th in the world.
Fixed broadband: 825,732 subscribers, 59th in the world; 5.
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