Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 7.81 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 27 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 23

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 30.5 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: 40

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern and expanding
domestic: 2 domestic satellite systems 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; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons
international: country code - 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Cuba and the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; 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 (2013)

Broadcast media:
government supervises a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media; 13 public service networks, 61 privately owned TV networks, a privately owned news channel with limited national coverage, and a government-backed Pan-American channel; state-run radio network includes roughly 65 news stations and another 30 stations targeted at specific audiences; state-sponsored community broadcasters include 235 radio stations and 44 TV stations; the number of private broadcast radio stations has been declining, but many still remain in operation (2014)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 46, FM 131, shortwave 3 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.ve

Internet hosts:
1.016 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 13.6 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 47.2% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 37