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Telephones - main lines in use:
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7.5 million (1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3 million (December 1999)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: by opening the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment with the "Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998," Argentina encouraged the growth of modern telecommunication technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; the major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is being improved; however, telephone density is presently minimal, and making telephone service universally available will take time
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; more than 110,000 pay telephones are installed and mobile telephone use is rapidly expanding
international: satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); Atlantis II and Unisur submarine cables; two international gateways near Buenos Aires (1999)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)
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Radios:
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24.3 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
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Televisions:
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7.95 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ar
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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33 (2000)
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Internet users:
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3.88 million (2001)
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