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Telephones -
main lines in use | 3.605 million (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 12.496 million (2005) | | | 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: country code - 58; 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 | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998) | | Television broadcast
stations | 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997) | | | Internet country code | .ve | | | Internet users | 3.04 million (2005) | |
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