Colombia: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 7,109,254 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 57.327 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 123 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: modern system in many respects with a nationwide microwave radio relay system, a domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations, and a fiber-optic network linking 50 cities; telecommunications sector liberalized during the 1990s; multiple providers of b domestic: fixed-line connections stand at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile cellular telephone subscribership is about 120 per 100 persons; competition among cellular service providers is resulting in falling local and international calling rates and contributing to international: country code - 57; multiple submarine cable systems provide links to the US, parts of the Caribbean, and Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 10 (6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 3 fully digitalized international switching centers) (2011) |
| Broadcast media | combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media provide service; more than 500 radio stations and many national, regional, and local TV stations (2007) |
| Internet country code | .co |
| Internet users | total: 26.128 million percent of population: 55.9% (July 2015 est.) |