| Telephones - main lines in use: |
2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
2 million (1998)
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| 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:
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
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)
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| Radios: |
10.75 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
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| Televisions: |
4.1 million (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.ve
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
16 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
400,000 (2000)
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