Peru - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesPeru is located Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador. The climate is varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes. The terrain is western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva).
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 2.673 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 15.417 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 : adequate for most requirements
Telephone system - domestic : fixed-line teledensity is only about 9 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, has increased to roughly 55 telephones per 100 persons; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations
Telephone system - international : country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) and Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
Radios
Radios : 6.65 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions
Televisions : 3.06 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 : .pe
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 : 271,745 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 10 (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 : 7.636 million (2007)
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