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Tabular Data - Communications in Mexico
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
15,958,700 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
28.125 million (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: low telephone density with about 15.2 main lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; the opening to competition in January 1997 improved prospects for development, but Telemex remains dominant
domestic: adequate telephone service for business and government, but the population is poorly served; mobile subscribers far outnumber fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable
international: country code - 52; 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 Stations : |
AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2003) |
| Radios : |
31,000,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
236 (plus repeaters) (1997) |
| Televisions : |
25.6 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.mx |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
51 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
10.033 million (2002) |
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