NationMaster - Venezuelan Media statistics

Cinema attendance	14,200,000		[32nd of 78]
Cinemas	284		[31st of 68]
DVD region	4		[94th of 171]
Number of PCs	2,145		[42nd of 169]
Radios	10,750,000		[36th of 221]
Telephone mainlines	3,605,502	...	[34th of 202]
Telephone subscribers	16,101,220	...	[32nd of 199]
Telephone subscribers per employee	635.36	...	[12th of 191]
Telephone system > 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
Telephone system > General assessment	modern and expanding
Telephone system > 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
Telephone system > Regulation	1991
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1991
Telephones > Main lines in use	3,605,000		[39th of 225]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	12,496,000		[33rd of 220]
Television broadcast stations	66		[29th of 220]
Television standard > UHF	NTSC M
Television standard > VHF	NTSC M
Televisions	4,100,000		[38th of 215]
Website defacements	22		[51st of 129]

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SOURCES: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Amazon.com; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB

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