Communications in El Salvador
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Telecommunications in El Salvador
are centered primarily around the capital, San Salvador
. At least one television network
exists in El Salvador: The Telecorporación Salvadoreña, or TCS, consists of 4 television stations in San Salvador.
Telephone
s - fixed lines in service:
929,100 (June 2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,946,800 (June 2005)
Telephone system:
domestic:
nationwide microwave radio relay system
international:
satellite
earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean
); connected to Central American Microwave System
Radio
broadcast
stations:
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 1 (2004)
Radios:
5.75 million (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
98 (2005)
Televisions:
5,900,881 (2005)
Internet Service Provider
s (ISPs):
11 (early 2005)
Country code
(Top level domain): SV
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
are centered primarily around the capital, San Salvador
San Salvador
The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
. At least one television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
exists in El Salvador: The Telecorporación Salvadoreña, or TCS, consists of 4 television stations in San Salvador.
Telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
s - fixed lines in service:
929,100 (June 2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,946,800 (June 2005)
Telephone system:
domestic:
nationwide microwave radio relay system
international:
satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
earth station - 1 Intelsat
Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...
(Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
); connected to Central American Microwave System
Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
stations:
AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 1 (2004)
Radios:
5.75 million (1997)
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcast stations:
98 (2005)
Televisions:
5,900,881 (2005)
Internet Service Provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s (ISPs):
11 (early 2005)
Country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
(Top level domain): SV
- See also : El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...