Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1.72 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 65

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 16.9 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 115 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 63

Telephone system:
general assessment: fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
domestic: state-owned telecommunications company privatized in the late 1990s opening the way for competition; fixed-line teledensity roughly 10 per 100 persons; fixed-line investments are being concentrated on improving rural connectivity; mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 140 per 100 persons
international: country code - 502; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the SAM-1 fiber optic submarine cable system that, together, provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2013)

Broadcast media:
4 privately owned national terrestrial TV channels dominate TV broadcasting; multi-channel satellite and cable services are available; 1 government-owned radio station and hundreds of privately owned radio stations (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)

Television - broadcast stations:
26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.gt

Internet hosts:
357,552 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 60
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 2.5 million
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percent of population: 17.1% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 90