Telephones - main lines in use:
2.878 million (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
20.952 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate for most requirements
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, has increased to more than 70 telephones per 100 persons; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations
international: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) and Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.pe

Internet hosts:
274,592 (2009)

Internet users:
7.128 million (2008)