Telecommunications in El Salvador
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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
Telephones - fixed lines in service: 929,100 (June 2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 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
Telephone system:
domestic:
nationwide microwave radio relay system
international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System
Radio broadcast stations: AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 1 (2004)
Radios: 5.75 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 98 (2005)
Televisions: 5,900,881 (2005)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 11 (early 2005)
Country code (Top level domain): SV
References
External links
- General Telecomunications Office in El Salvador
- Instructions on how to send SMS to El Salvador
- GSM Cell Phone Networks in El Salvador
