Ecuador

Ecuador Communications

Telephones - main lines in use
1.549 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular
2,394,400 (2003)

Telephone system
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable
international: country code - 593; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

Television broadcast stations
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code
.ec

Internet hosts
3,188 (2003)

Internet users
569,700 (2003)



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