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Other pages in this profile of Ecuador:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
1.754 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
8.485 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: fixed-line services provided by three state-owned enterprises; plans to transfer the state-owned operators to private ownership have repeatedly failed; fixed-line density stands at about 13 per 100 persons; mobile cellular use has surged and has a subscribership of nearly 65 per 100 persons international: country code - 593; landing point for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable that provides links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000) |
Internet country code |
.ec |
Internet hosts |
28,420 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.549 million (2006) |
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Airports |
406 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 104 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 26 under 914 m: 54 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 302 914 to 1,523 m: 34 under 914 m: 268 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
extra heavy crude oil 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,386 km; refined products 1,185 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 43,197 km paved: 6,467 km unpaved: 36,730 km (2004) |
Waterways |
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 33 ships (1000 GRT or over) 190,931 GRT/306,280 DWT by type: chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 22, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 2 (Philippines 1, US 1) registered in other countries: 3 (China 1, Panama 2) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar |
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