Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 21.1 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 14

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 102.2 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 85 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 14

Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable
domestic: despite the opening to competition in January 1997, Telmex remains dominant; fixed-line teledensity is less than 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 80 per 100 persons
international: country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections (2011)

Broadcast media:
many TV stations and more than 1,400 radio stations with most privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available (2012)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 851, FM 726, shortwave 15 (2009)

Television - broadcast stations:
729 (2009)

Internet country code:
.mx

Internet hosts:
16.233 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 49.5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 41.1% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 12