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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.355 million (2006)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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10.15 million (2007)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
domestic: state-owned telecommunications company privatized in the late 1990s opening the way for competition; fixed-line teledensity 11 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity 80 per 100 persons
international: country code - 502; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the SAM-1 fiber optic submarine cable system that together provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
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Television broadcast stations:
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26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.gt
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Internet hosts:
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124,095 (2008)
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Internet users:
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1.32 million (2006)
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