Ecuador has a complete telephonic network that covers almost all its national territory including the Galapagos Islands. Big cities and towns are well connected. You can find public phones in most of public buildings in Quito, Guayaquil, and the capital cities of each province. There are call-centers in small towns that offer cheap rates and have fax services and Internet.
Telephones - main lines in use: |
1.754 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: |
8.485 million (2006) |
Telephone system: |
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: fixed-line services provided by three state-owned enterprises; plans to transfer the state-owned operators to private ownership have repeatedly failed; fixed-line density stands at about 13 per 100 persons; mobile cellular use has surged and has a subscribership of nearly 65 per 100 persons international: country code - 593; landing point for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable that provides 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) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations: |
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000) |
Internet country code: |
.ec |
Internet hosts: |
28,420 (2007) |
Internet users: |
1.549 million (2006) |
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