Telecommunications in Venezuela

In Venezuela the first law on telecommunications was approved in 1940. It identified the responsibility of the state in regard to telephone and other telecommunication systems, including radio and television services.^[1]

Telephones – main lines in use: 7.332 million (2011)

Telephones – mobile cellular: 28,782,000 (2011)

Telephone system: modern and expanding
domestic: domestic satellite system 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 fibre-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons.
international: country code – 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to 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; constructing submarine cable to provide connectivity to Cuba

^ Aileen A. Pisciotta (1994). "Privatization of Telecommunications: The Case of Venezuela". In Bjorn Wellenius; Peter A. Stern (eds.). Implementing Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector: Lessons from Experience. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-8213-2606-0.

[1] Aileen A. Pisciotta (1994). "Privatization of Telecommunications: The Case of Venezuela". In Bjorn Wellenius; Peter A. Stern (eds.). Implementing Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector: Lessons from Experience. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-8213-2606-0.

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