Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 2.44 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 55

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 16.6 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 106 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 65

Telephone system:
general assessment: elementary fixed-line service but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network
domestic: fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership has reached 100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 593; landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
multiple TV networks and many local channels, as well as more than 300 radio stations; many TV and radio stations are privately owned; the government owns or controls 5 national TV stations and multiple radio stations; broadcast media required by law to give the government free air time to broadcast programs produced by the state (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

Television - broadcast stations:
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000)

Internet country code:
.ec

Internet hosts:
170,538 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 5.9 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 37.6% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 59