Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 950,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 79

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 9.2 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 150 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 90

Telephone system:
general assessment: multiple mobile-cellular providers are expanding services rapidly and in 2011 teledensity exceeded 135 per 100 persons; growth in fixed-line services has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system
international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2011)

Broadcast media:
multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)

Television - broadcast stations:
5 (1997)

Internet country code:
.sv

Internet hosts:
24,070 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 113
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.7 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 27.3% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 102