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Communications in Venezuela
Telephones - main lines in use:
2.6 million (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
21,700,000 (2007)
Telephone system:
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 inter-urban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services
international:
3 submarine coaxial cables; 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
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)
Radios:
10.75 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
4.1 million (1997)
Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): VE
Venezuela has many Internet service providers, although it's mostly monopolized by the now state-owned CANTV.net which offers ADSL and Dialup services.
Broadband access Venezuela is provided through ADSL, Cable, Satellite, EDGE, EV-DO, WiFi Hotspots and more recently WiMax. Prices fluctuate between $45 and $60 USD monthly for basic broadband plans.
Some of the most important providers are:
CANTV.net - ADSL/WiFi Hotspots and also EV-DO through the Movilnet brand.
Intercable - Cable/WiFi Hotspots
Movistar - Cable/WLL/EV-DO
Movilmax - WiMax (Only available in Caracas)
See also : Venezuela
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