Ecuador Telecommunications Profile 2002

Telephones - main lines in use

1,115,272 (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular

384,000 (1999)

Telephone system

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

Radios

5 million (2001)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

Televisions

2.5 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations

7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code

.ec

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

31 (2001)

Internet users

328,000 (2002)