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Broadcast media 2 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; broadcast media required by law to give the government free air time to broadcast programs produced by the state
Households with television 99%
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than Ecuador
88.8%
Ranked 59th.

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 326.99
Ranked 15th. 6 times more than Ecuador
52.04
Ranked 93th.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 86.77
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Ecuador
35.13
Ranked 111th.

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 860.93
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Ecuador
346.44
Ranked 117th.
Internet > Users per 1000 850.35
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Ecuador
110.46
Ranked 87th.

Internet users 26.96 million
Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Ecuador
3.35 million
Ranked 63th.
Personal computers > Per capita 699.93 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th. 18 times more than Ecuador
38.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th.

Personal computers per 1000 699.8
Ranked 6th. 19 times more than Ecuador
37.31
Ranked 37th.

Radio > List of radio stations <p>CBC - public, operates English-language network Radio One and cultural network Radio Two</p> </p>Societe Radio-Canada - public, operates French-language services Première Chaîne and Espace Musique</p> </p>Radio Canada International - external service run by CBC</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841120">Full Article</a> <p>Radio Vision - private, Quito and Guayaquil</p> </p>Radio Quito - private, mediumwave (AM)</p> </p>Cadena Radial Ecuatoriana (CRE) - private, Guayaquil-based network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401181">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 75.74
Ranked 143th.
110.71
Ranked 82nd. 46% more than Canada

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 575.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th.
733.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 76th. 27% more than Canada

Television > List of TV stations <p>CBC - public, operates English-language national network and cable news channel CBC Newsworld</p> </p>Societe Radio-Canada - public, operates national French-language network and cable news channel RDI</p> </p>CTV - major commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841120">Full Article</a> <p>TC Television - private</p> </p>Ecuavisa - private</p> </p>Telesistema - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401181">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 716.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Ecuador
131.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 89th.

Televisions per 1000 678.75
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Ecuador
188.26
Ranked 87th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 174.56
Ranked 23th. 76% more than Ecuador
99.14
Ranked 38th.

Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,079.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 80% more than Ecuador
600.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.

Internet > Users > Per capita 838.57 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Ecuador
115.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 86th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 516.33
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Ecuador
149.02
Ranked 107th.

Televisions 21.5 million
Ranked 12th. 9 times more than Ecuador
2.5 million
Ranked 59th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 645.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Ecuador
131.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.

Internet users > Per 100 people 75.31
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Ecuador
28.8
Ranked 73th.

Internet > Internet users 29.76 million
Ranked 20th. 6 times more than Ecuador
5.35 million
Ranked 56th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 167.93 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 69% more than Ecuador
99.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 35th.

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 217,521 Mbps
Ranked 5th. 343 times more than Ecuador
635 Mbps
Ranked 33th.

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 6,799.87 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 9th. 142 times more than Ecuador
48 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 48th.

Personal computers 22.39 million
Ranked 8th. 44 times more than Ecuador
514,020
Ranked 25th.

Television broadcast stations 80
Ranked 8th. 11 times more than Ecuador
7
Ranked 12th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 13.5 billion min.
Ranked 4th. 21 times more than Ecuador
639.09 million min.
Ranked 42nd.

Radios per 1000 1,019.7
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Ecuador
376.51
Ranked 87th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 684.35
Ranked 113th.
924
Ranked 80th. 35% more than Canada

Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $89.81 billion
Ranked 8th. 29 times more than Ecuador
$3.07 billion
Ranked 54th.

Internet > Percent using internet 86.77%
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Ecuador
35.13%
Ranked 112th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 27.39 million
Ranked 35th. 79% more than Ecuador
15.33 million
Ranked 51st.

Radio receivers > Per capita 1.08 per capita
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Ecuador
0.352 per capita
Ranked 80th.

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 541.14
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Ecuador
135.81
Ranked 106th.

Telephone mainlines per 1000 565.62
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Ecuador
123.5
Ranked 81st.

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The Globe and Mail - Toronto-based national daily</p> </p>La Presse - Montreal-based daily</p> </p>The Toronto Sun - daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841120">Full Article</a> <p>El Comercio - daily</p> </p>Hoy - daily</p> </p>El Tiempo - daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401181">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment excellent service provided by modern technology elementary fixed-line service, but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network
Television receivers per 1000 716.97
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Ecuador
131.36
Ranked 87th.

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 86
Ranked 15th. 86 times more than Ecuador
1
Ranked 58th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita 2,332.06
Ranked 10th. 19 times more than Ecuador
122
Ranked 119th.
Internet > Users 28 million
Ranked 10th. 18 times more than Ecuador
1.55 million
Ranked 58th.

Internet > Internet penetration 86.8%
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Ecuador
35.1%
Ranked 118th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 513.74
Ranked 65th. 13% more than Ecuador
453.38
Ranked 71st.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 752.94
Ranked 144th.
1,062.26
Ranked 97th. 41% more than Canada

Telecoms > Telephone lines 18.01 million
Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Ecuador
2.31 million
Ranked 53th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 26.26 million
Ranked 40th. 60% more than Ecuador
16.46 million
Ranked 54th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 760
Ranked 2nd. 25 times more than Ecuador
31
Ranked 37th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 11.41 million
Ranked 13th. 14 times more than Ecuador
806,268
Ranked 60th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 18.2 million
Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Ecuador
2.21 million
Ranked 56th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 50.65
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Ecuador
14.9
Ranked 107th.

Active military personnel 68,250
Ranked 37th. 18% more than Ecuador
57,983
Ranked 44th.
Radio receivers per 1000 1,077.13
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Ecuador
351.72
Ranked 79th.

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 513.95 per 1,000 people
Ranked 65th. 9% more than Ecuador
472.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 67th.

Internet > Hosts per 1000 153.64
Ranked 35th. 49 times more than Ecuador
3.13
Ranked 105th.

Number of PCs per million 699.8
Ranked 4th. 13 times more than Ecuador
53.51
Ranked 87th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 27.89 million
Ranked 37th. 69% more than Ecuador
16.46 million
Ranked 54th.

Radio receivers 32.3 million
Ranked 13th. 8 times more than Ecuador
4.15 million
Ranked 62nd.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 26.54 million
Ranked 38th. 67% more than Ecuador
15.9 million
Ranked 46th.
Television receivers 21.5 million
Ranked 12th. 14 times more than Ecuador
1.55 million
Ranked 68th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.67 per 1 million people
Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Ecuador
0.561 per 1 million people
Ranked 21st.

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.2$
Ranked 133th.
1.75$
Ranked 86th. 46% more than Canada

Mobile phone subscribers 16.6 million
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Ecuador
6.25 million
Ranked 48th.

Telephone system > International country code - 1; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean, and 2 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) country code - 593; 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)
Internet > ISP 760
Ranked 1st. 25 times more than Ecuador
31
Ranked 10th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 207.56
Ranked 11th. 107 times more than Ecuador
1.94
Ranked 81st.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 18.01 million
Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Ecuador
2.31 million
Ranked 53th.

Radios 32.3 million
Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Ecuador
5 million
Ranked 58th.
Internet > Hosts 5.12 million
Ranked 13th. 113 times more than Ecuador
45,404
Ranked 76th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 167.92
Ranked 21st. 73% more than Ecuador
97.34
Ranked 35th.

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 6,798.59 Mbps
Ranked 9th. 148 times more than Ecuador
46.09 Mbps
Ranked 49th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 103
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Ecuador
36
Ranked 35th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 5.58 million
Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Ecuador
1.22 million
Ranked 34th.

Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 28.38%
Ranked 24th.
0.0
Ranked 49th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 5.17 million
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Ecuador
1.22 million
Ranked 29th.

Internet > Top level domain .ca .ec
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.059$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 38th. 84% more than Ecuador
0.032$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 66th.

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 2.49
Ranked 41st. 29 times more than Ecuador
0.0865
Ranked 57th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 174.34
Ranked 24th. 79% more than Ecuador
97.34
Ranked 41st.

Telephone system > Domestic domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership has reached 100 per 100 persons
Internet country code .ca .ec
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 222.7 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 10th. 13 times more than Ecuador
17.4 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 49th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 438.73 min.
Ranked 11th. 9 times more than Ecuador
50 min.
Ranked 61st.

Telephone mainlines 18.28 million
Ranked 14th. 11 times more than Ecuador
1.7 million
Ranked 52nd.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita 0.752 per 1,000 people
Ranked 15th. 9 times more than Ecuador
0.082 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 207.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 11th. 103 times more than Ecuador
2.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd.

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 8.9$/month
Ranked 157th.
36.96$/month
Ranked 45th. 4 times more than Canada

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 438.73 min. per capita
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than Ecuador
51.19 min. per capita
Ranked 58th.

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 71.62%
Ranked 26th.
100%
Ranked 14th. 40% more than Canada
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$ $2,661.83
Ranked 10th. 12 times more than Ecuador
$225.56
Ranked 50th.

Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita 2,207.47$ per capita
Ranked 17th. 24 times more than Ecuador
91.19$ per capita
Ranked 59th.

Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.09 million
Ranked 34th. 91% more than Ecuador
11.54 million
Ranked 51st.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 6.71 million
Ranked 9th. 250 times more than Ecuador
26,786
Ranked 65th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 23.99
Ranked 24th. 10 times more than Ecuador
2.33
Ranked 79th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 104
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Ecuador
36
Ranked 31st.

Internet > IP addresses 79.99 million
Ranked 8th. 43 times more than Ecuador
1.86 million
Ranked 67th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 715.66
Ranked 2nd. 49 times more than Ecuador
14.53
Ranked 19th.

Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 4322000000 525000000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 29.55
Ranked 11th. 114 times more than Ecuador
0.26
Ranked 121st.

Number of PCs 22,390
Ranked 7th. 31 times more than Ecuador
724
Ranked 57th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 516.33
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Ecuador
149.02
Ranked 112th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 22,941
Ranked 4th. 23 times more than Ecuador
996
Ranked 31st.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 17.16 million
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Ecuador
3.38 million
Ranked 48th.
Television broadcast stations per million 2.67
Ranked 41st. 5 times more than Ecuador
0.548
Ranked 21st.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million 752.18
Ranked 17th. 9 times more than Ecuador
81.06
Ranked 38th.

Internet > TLD .ca .ec
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 66.32
Ranked 107th.
85.61
Ranked 83th. 29% more than Canada

Internet > Livejournal users 89,743
Ranked 2nd. 986 times more than Ecuador
91
Ranked 122nd.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 21,026
Ranked 5th. 323 times more than Ecuador
65
Ranked 71st.

Telecommunications > Country calling code 1 593
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price free free
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2007.03.14 2009.10.12
Telephone subscribers per 1000 1,079.36
Ranked 43th. 87% more than Ecuador
576.89
Ranked 70th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 50%
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Ecuador
22.2%
Ranked 67th.
E-Government rating 61.1
Ranked 3rd. 30% more than Ecuador
47
Ranked 48th.
Population covered by mobile telephony 95%
Ranked 39th. 8% more than Ecuador
88%
Ranked 63th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million 3.38
Ranked 26th. 18% more than Ecuador
2.87
Ranked 29th.

Newspapers > Newspaper journalists 5,000
Ranked 13th. 19 times more than Ecuador
260
Ranked 25th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 645.83 per 1 million people
Ranked 9th. 133 times more than Ecuador
4.85 per 1 million people
Ranked 104th.

Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people 0.433 Number
Ranked 26th.
2.4 Number
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Canada
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 18.25 million
Ranked 16th. 10 times more than Ecuador
1.91 million
Ranked 58th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 2,804.91
Ranked 7th. 417 times more than Ecuador
6.73
Ranked 152nd.
Internet > Linux web servers 982
Ranked 5th. 327 times more than Ecuador
3
Ranked 73th.
Website defacements 130
Ranked 15th. 11 times more than Ecuador
12
Ranked 64th.
Website defacements per million 4.18
Ranked 41st. 4 times more than Ecuador
0.939
Ranked 85th.
Telephone subscribers 34.88 million
Ranked 17th. 4 times more than Ecuador
7.95 million
Ranked 45th.

Telephone lines > Per 100 people 54.79
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Ecuador
14.12
Ranked 106th.

Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 6.93$/month
Ranked 132nd.
18.94$/month
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Canada

Telephone subscribers per employee 455.91
Ranked 6th.
667.06
Ranked 22nd. 46% more than Canada

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.72% GDP
Ranked 95th. 23% more than Ecuador
2.22% GDP
Ranked 111th.

Television standard > UHF NTSC M NTSC M
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 3.22
Ranked 58th. 12% more than Ecuador
2.87
Ranked 48th.

Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people 156.27
Ranked 24th. 8 times more than Ecuador
18.87
Ranked 28th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 32.89
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Ecuador
5.42
Ranked 93th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 1,233.44
Ranked 21st. 56 times more than Ecuador
22.14
Ranked 111th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 799.53
Ranked 139th.
1,062.26
Ranked 96th. 33% more than Canada

Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 983.91
Ranked 14th. 82 times more than Ecuador
11.96
Ranked 89th.

Internet servers using encryption 33,197
Ranked 5th. 204 times more than Ecuador
163
Ranked 63th.

Total number of combined radio and television institutions 14 Number
Ranked 11th.
33 Number
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Canada
Internet > ISP > Per capita 24.7 per 1 million people
Ranked 12th. 10 times more than Ecuador
2.48 per 1 million people
Ranked 12th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Time to port 0.0
Ranked 8th.
4 days
Ranked 3rd.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 565.85 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Ecuador
128.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 80th.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 2.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Ecuador
0.593 per 1,000 people
Ranked 66th.

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 1.98$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 164th.
82.35$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 87th. 42 times more than Canada

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.04$ per 1 million people
Ranked 127th.
0.14$ per 1 million people
Ranked 82nd. 4 times more than Canada

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 21.23 million
Ranked 1st. 121 times more than Ecuador
175,000
Ranked 18th.

Phone system > International dialling code +1 +593
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 496.5
Ranked 31st. 2 times more than Ecuador
218.93
Ranked 67th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 46.29%
Ranked 22nd. 4 times more than Ecuador
12.61%
Ranked 103th.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 37.94%
Ranked 34th. 68% more than Ecuador
22.56%
Ranked 82nd.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 36.09
Ranked 21st. 11 times more than Ecuador
3.19
Ranked 70th.

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 154.13 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 47 times more than Ecuador
3.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 118th.

Telephone subscribers > Per capita 1,079.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 80% more than Ecuador
600.82 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.

Telephone lines 18.25 million
Ranked 16th. 10 times more than Ecuador
1.9 million
Ranked 53th.

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 9.84 million
Ranked 9th. 280 times more than Ecuador
35,178
Ranked 97th.

ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 8.82%
Ranked 32nd. 7% more than Ecuador
8.24%
Ranked 38th.

ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 3.79%
Ranked 42nd. 17 times more than Ecuador
0.22%
Ranked 93th.

Internet > ISP per million 24.7
Ranked 17th. 10 times more than Ecuador
2.43
Ranked 14th.
Internet > Linux web servers per million 31.59
Ranked 8th. 135 times more than Ecuador
0.235
Ranked 84th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 13.26%
Ranked 70th. 35% more than Ecuador
9.85%
Ranked 139th.

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 32597620000 724860500
Phone subscribers 1,037.65
Ranked 29th. 6 times more than Ecuador
170.41
Ranked 93th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 645.44
Ranked 9th. 139 times more than Ecuador
4.64
Ranked 104th.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 1,071
Ranked 5th. 27 times more than Ecuador
40
Ranked 49th.

Internet > IP addresses (share) 1.9
Ranked 8th.
0.0
Ranked 192nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 1
Ranked 31st.
593
Ranked 6th. 593 times more than Canada
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita 3.38 per 1 million people
Ranked 25th. 16% more than Ecuador
2.93 per 1 million people
Ranked 28th.

Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.219 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 15th. 50% more than Ecuador
0.146 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 47th.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$ $6.60 billion
Ranked 12th. 96 times more than Ecuador
$68.46 million
Ranked 82nd.

Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Telephone system > Regulation 1976 1995
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 51.94
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Ecuador
15.53
Ranked 105th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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