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Telephones - main lines in use:
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2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2 million (1998)
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Telephone system:
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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
international: 3 submarine coaxial cables; 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
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas), shortwave 11 (1998)
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Radios:
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10.75 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
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Televisions:
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4.1 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ve
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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16 (2000)
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Internet users:
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1.3 million (2002)
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