Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use:
7.65 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
30.52 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern and expanding
domestic: domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fiber-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons
international: country code - 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network; constructing submarine cable to provide connectivity to Cuba with an estimated date of completion in late 2011 (2010)

Broadcast media:
government supervises a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media; 1 state-run TV network, 4 privately owned TV networks, a privately owned news channel with limited national coverage, and a government-backed pan-American channel; state-run radio network includes 65 news stations and roughly another 30 stations targeted at specific audiences; state-sponsored community broadcasters include 244 radio stations and 36 TV stations; the number of private broadcast radio stations has been declining, but many still remain in operation (2010)

Internet country code:
.ve

Internet hosts:
1.016 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
8.918 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]