Telephones - main lines in use 7.5 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular 3 million (December 1999)

Telephone system
general assessment: by opening the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment with the "Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998", Argentina encouraged the growth of modern telecommunication technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; the major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is being improved; however, telephone density is presently minimal, and making telephone service universally available will take some time
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network; more than 110,000 pay telephones are installed and mobile telephone use is rapidly expanding
international: satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); Atlantis II and Unisur submarine cables; two international gateways near Buenos Aires (1999)

Radio broadcast stations AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)

Radios 24.3 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions 7.95 million (1997)

Internet country code .ar

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 33 (2000)

Internet users 3.88 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Argentina on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Argentina Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Argentina Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.