Short facts about communications in Ecuador

Telephones - main lines in use:

899,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

160,061 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  facilities generally inadequate and unreliable international:  satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 392, FM 27, shortwave 29 (1998)

Radios:

4.15 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

15 (including one station on the Galapagos Islands) (1997)

Televisions:

1.55 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ec

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

13 (2000)

Internet users:

20,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook