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| Venezuela - Communications (Facts) |
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
4.217 million (2006) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
18.79 million (2006) |
| Telephone system: |
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
international: country code - 58; 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) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.ve |
| Internet hosts: |
51,968 (2006) |
| Internet users: |
4.14 million (2006) |
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