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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 66
1.491 million (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 110
4.358 million (2011)
Telephone system
General assessment
Good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; under the terms of CAFTA-DR, the state-run telecommunications monopoly is scheduled to be opened to competition from domestic and international firms, but has been slow to open to competition Domestic Point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available International Country code - 506; landing points for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), MAYA-1, and the Pan American Crossing submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011) Broadcast media
Multiple privately-owned TV stations and 1 publicly-owned TV station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately-owned radio stations and a public radio network (2007) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 78
146,164 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 82
1.485 million (2009)
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