Chile - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesChile is located Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru. The climate is temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south. The terrain is low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 3.379 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 13.955 million (2007)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : privatization begun in 1988; most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in South America; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 85 telephones per 100 persons
Telephone system - domestic : extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
Telephone system - international : country code - 56; submarine cables provide links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 180 (8 inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (1 inactive) (1998)
Radios
Radios : 5.18 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions
Televisions : 3.15 million (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .cl
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 847,215 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 7 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 5.57 million (2007)
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