Communications in Ecuador
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Telephones - main lines in use: 1,688,649 (Mar 2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 7,223,560 (Mar 2006) Highways: total: 42,874 km paved: 5,752 km unpaved: 37,122 km (1998 est.) Waterways: 1,500 km
Pipelines: crude oil 800 km; petroleum products 1,358 km Railways: total: 965 km (single track) narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge
Telephone system:
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 279, FM 530 (plus 349 repeaters), shortwave 25 (Mar. 2006)
Radios: 5 million (2001) Ports and harbors: Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San Lorenzo
Merchant marine: total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 99,078 GRT/162,423 DWT ships by type: chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 17, passenger 3 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 323 (including repeaters) (2005) Airports: 183 (1998 est.)
Airports—with paved runways: total: 56 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 19 (1998 est.)
Airports—with unpaved runways: total: 127 914 to 1,523 m: 37 under 914 m: 90 (1998 est.)
Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)
Televisions: 2.5 million (2001)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 61 (Sep 2005)
Internet users: 543,355(Feb 2006)
- Source: *Superintendence of Telecommunications, Control telecommunications services
- See also : Ecuador
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