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| | Telephones - main lines in use |
9.6 million (1998) |
| | | Telephones - mobile cellular |
2.02 million (1998) |
| | | Telephone system |
| | general assessment | low telephone density with about 11 main lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; the opening to competition in January 1997 has brightened prospects for development |
| domestic | adequate telephone service for business and government, but the population is poorly served; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, and mobile cellular service |
| international | satellite earth stations - 32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations; linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections; high capacity Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, and Italy (1997) |
| | | Radio broadcast stations |
AM 865, FM about 500, shortwave 13 (1999) |
| | | Radios |
31 million (1997) |
| | | Television broadcast stations |
236 (plus repeaters) (1997) |
| | | Televisions |
25.6 million (1997) |
| | | Internet country code |
.mx |
| | | Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
51 (2000) |
| | | Internet users |
2.5 million (2000) |
