Short facts about communications in Uruguay

Telephones - main lines in use:

850,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

300,000 (2000)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  some modern facilities domestic:  most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide microwave radio relay network international:  satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 94, FM 115, shortwave 14 (seven are inactive) (1998)

Radios:

1.97 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

26 (plus ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideo station) (1997)

Televisions:

782,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.uy

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

7 (2000)

Internet users:

300,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook