Short facts about communications in El Salvador

Telephones - main lines in use:

380,000 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

40,163 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  nationwide microwave radio relay system international:  satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

2.75 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (1997)

Televisions:

600,000 (1990)

Internet country code:

.sv

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

4 (2000)

Internet users:

40,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook