Communications in Guatemala
- Communications in Guatemala
=Transportation=
Airports
*La Aurora International Airport
*Mundo Maya International Airport
Telecomunications
Guatemala's incumbent telephone company is TELGUA, who won the bidding of the privatization of the government run GUATEL.
Telephones - main lines in use:665,061 (2000)
Approximately 1,384,997 (December 2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:663,296 (2000)
Approximately December 2006: 6,800,000
December 2007 10,151,000 (70% of the population)
Operators:
Telephone system:fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
"domestic:"NA
"international:"connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
Radios:835,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:640,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):27 (2004)
Internet Users:
Country code (Top-level domain): GT. [http://www.gt Guatemala Domains]
Online newspapers
*http://www.albedrio.org/
*http://www.prensalibre.com/
*http://www.sigloxxi.com/
*http://www.elperiodico.com.gt
*http://www.elmetropolitano.net
ee also
*Guatemalawww.guatemala-times.comThe Guatemala Times, Guatemalas only English online newspaper
References
* [http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/2005/noviembre/07/127185.html Source for telephone numbers - prensalibre.com.gt]
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