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In Venezuela the first law on telecommunications was approved in 1940. It identified the responsibility of the state in regard to telephone and other telecommunication systems, including radio and television services.[1]
Telephones –main lines in use:
7.332 million (2011)
Telephones –mobile cellular:
28,782,000 (2011)
Telephone system:
modern and expanding
domestic: domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations; recent substantial improvement in telephone service in rural areas; substantial increase in digitalization of exchanges and trunk lines; installation of a national interurban fibre-optic network capable of digital multimedia services; combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 130 per 100 persons.
international:
country code – 58; submarine cable systems provide connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations – 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat; participating with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the construction of an international fiber-optic network; constructing submarine cable to provide connectivity to Cuba
^Aileen A. Pisciotta (1994). "Privatization of Telecommunications: The Case of Venezuela". In Bjorn Wellenius; Peter A. Stern (eds.). Implementing Reforms in the Telecommunications Sector: Lessons from Experience. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-8213-2606-0.
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