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Chile Communications 2014

SOURCE: 2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Chile Communications 2014
SOURCE: 2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.276 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
24.13 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 44
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: privatization began in 1988; most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in South America; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
domestic: number of fixed-line connections have stagnated in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching 130 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 56; landing points for the Pan American, South America-1, and South American Crossing/Latin America Nautilus submarine cables providing links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
national and local terrestrial TV channels, coupled with extensive cable TV networks; the state-owned Television Nacional de Chile (TVN) network is self financed through commercial advertising revenues and is not under direct government control; large number of privately owned TV stations; about 250 radio stations (2007)

Internet country code:
.cl

Internet hosts:
2.152 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
7.009 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Chile on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chile Communications 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chile Communications 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order






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