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Telecommunications in [[El Salvador]] are centered primarily around the capital, [[San Salvador]]. More than one [[television network]] exists in El Salvador: The [[Telecorporación Salvadoreña]], or TCS, consists of 4 (2, 4, 6, 35) television stations in El Salvador. Other small chains of television networks operate in the west side and east side of the country. Other broadcasting TV stations are


'''Telecommunications in [[El Salvador]]''' include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet, centered primarily around the capital, [[San Salvador]].
'''[[Telephone]]s - fixed lines in service:'''
929,100 (June 2005)


== Radio and television ==
'''Telephones - mobile cellular:'''
{{See also |List of television stations in Latin America#El Salvador |l1=List of television stations in El Salvador}}
6,555,000 (January 2007) - ''This year the number of mobile phones exceeded the country's population giving the country a 1.15 per capita for cellphones''


* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]: Hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html "Communications: El Salvador"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.</ref>
'''Telephone system:'''
* [[Receiver (radio)|Radios]]: 5.75 million (1997).{{update after}}
<br>''domestic:''
nationwide microwave radio relay system
<br>''international:''
[[satellite]] earth station - 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]); connected to [[Central American Microwave System]]


* [[Television broadcasting|Televisions stations]]: Multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
'''[[Radio]] [[broadcasting|broadcast]] stations:'''
* [[Television set]]s: 5,900,881 (2005).{{update after}}
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 1 (2004)


The [[Telecorporación Salvadoreña]] (TCS) consists of four television stations, channels 2, 4, 6, 35. Other small chains of television networks operate in the west and east sides of the country.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}
'''Radios:'''
5.75 million (1997)


The law permits the executive branch to use the emergency broadcasting service to take over all broadcast and cable networks temporarily to televise political programming. The president occasionally uses this law to highlight his accomplishments.<ref name=USDOS-ElSalvador-2012/>
'''[[Television]] broadcast stations:'''
98 (2005)


== Telephones ==
'''Televisions:'''
{{See also |Telephone numbers in El Salvador}}
5,900,881 (2005)


* [[Calling code]]: +503<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
'''[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs):'''
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))], Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
11 (early 2005)
* Fixed lines: 1.1 million lines in use, 74th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
* Mobile cellular: 8.7 million lines, 88th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/> in 2007 the number of mobile phones exceeded the country's population giving the country a 1.15 per capita cellphone penetration rate.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}
* Teledensity: Mobile cellular exceeds 135 per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
* Telephone system: multiple mobile-cellular providers are expanding services rapidly; growth in fixed-line services has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
* Connected to the Central American Microwave System (2011),<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/> a trunk [[microwave radio relay]] system that links the countries of [[Central America]] and [[Mexico]] with each other.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2124.html "Telephone System terms and abbreviations"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.</ref>


== Internet ==
'''[[Country code]] (Top level domain):''' SV

* [[Top-level domain]]: [[.sv]]<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]: 1.6 million users, 104th in the world; 25.5% of the population, 136rd in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"], Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 235,403 subscriptions, 81st in the world; 3.9% of the population, 111th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: 335,716, 104th in the world; 5.5% of the population, 104th in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 24,070 hosts (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-ElSalvaror-2014/>
* [[IPv4]]: 575,744 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 94.5 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats], Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>
* [[Internet Service Provider]]s: 11 ISPs (early 2005).{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}

=== Internet censorship and surveillance ===

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]] without judicial oversight. Individuals and groups engage in the expression of views via the Internet, including by e-mail. Internet access is available in public places throughout the country.<ref name=USDOS-ElSalvador-2012>[http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204449 "El Salvador"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014</ref>

The constitution provides for [[freedom of speech]] and [[Freedom of the press|press]], and the government generally respects these rights. Individuals criticize the government publicly or privately without reprisal, and in most cases the government does not interfere with such criticism. In March 2012, Carlos Dada, the owner of online newspaper [[El Faro (digital newspaper)|El Faro]], received death threats from gang members. The gangs were unhappy with El Faro’s reporting on the gang truce. On April 13, the [[International Press Institute]] criticized the government for not taking any actions to guarantee the safety of El Faro journalists. According to the Salvadoran Association of Journalists (APES), the media practices [[self-censorship]], especially in their reporting on gangs and narcotics trafficking. APES stated that many members of the media were afraid to report in detail on these subjects due to fear of retaliation from gangs and narcotics trafficking groups.<ref name=USDOS-ElSalvador-2012/>

The constitution prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions.<ref name=USDOS-ElSalvador-2012/>

== See also ==

* [[Economy of El Salvador]]


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==

*[http://www.siget.gob.sv General Telecomunications Office in El Salvador]
* [http://www.siget.gob.sv Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications] (SIGET) {{es icon}}.
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*[http://www.listasal.info/celulares.htm Instructions on how to send SMS to El Salvador]
* [http://www.svnet.org.sv/ SVNet], registrar for the .sv domain {{es icon}}.
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*[http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_sv.shtml GSM Cell Phone Networks in El Salvador]
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* [http://www.listasal.info/celulares.htm Instructions on how to send SMS to El Salvador] {{es icon}}.
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* [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_sv.shtml GSM Cell Phone Networks in El Salvador] {{Dead link |date=January 2014}}


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Revision as of 02:34, 13 January 2014

Telecommunications in El Salvador include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet, centered primarily around the capital, San Salvador.

Radio and television

See also: List of television stations in El Salvador

The Telecorporación Salvadoreña (TCS) consists of four television stations, channels 2, 4, 6, 35. Other small chains of television networks operate in the west and east sides of the country.[citation needed]

The law permits the executive branch to use the emergency broadcasting service to take over all broadcast and cable networks temporarily to televise political programming. The president occasionally uses this law to highlight his accomplishments.[2]

Telephones

See also: Telephone numbers in El Salvador

Internet

Internet censorship and surveillance

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors e-mail or Internet chat rooms without judicial oversight. Individuals and groups engage in the expression of views via the Internet, including by e-mail. Internet access is available in public places throughout the country.[2]

The constitution provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights. Individuals criticize the government publicly or privately without reprisal, and in most cases the government does not interfere with such criticism. In March 2012, Carlos Dada, the owner of online newspaper El Faro, received death threats from gang members. The gangs were unhappy with El Faro’s reporting on the gang truce. On April 13, the International Press Institute criticized the government for not taking any actions to guarantee the safety of El Faro journalists. According to the Salvadoran Association of Journalists (APES), the media practices self-censorship, especially in their reporting on gangs and narcotics trafficking. APES stated that many members of the media were afraid to report in detail on these subjects due to fear of retaliation from gangs and narcotics trafficking groups.[2]

The constitution prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions.[2]

See also

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. (Archived 2014 edition.)
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Communications: El Salvador", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "El Salvador", Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014
  3. ^ Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010)), Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Telephone System terms and abbreviations", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012", Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013
  6. ^ "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
  7. ^ "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  9. ^ Select Formats, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.
  10. ^ Population, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.

External links

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