Introduction
How is the communication system in Peru? Here, Broadcast media include 10 major TV networks of which only one, Television Nacional de Peru, is state owned; multi-channel cable TV services are available; in excess of 5,000 radio stations including a substantial number of indigenous language stations (2021). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Peru
Internet country code .pe
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 3.044 million (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 9 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 24.14 million (2021 est.)
Percent of population 71% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment After suffering a sharp retraction in the number of subscriptions and revenue during 2020 due to the pandemic, Peru’s telecom sector managed to stage a small recovery in the first half of 2021; it will likely be two to three years before penetration rates return to the peak levels last seen in 2018; this is especially true given the overwhelming influence of mobile on Peru’s telecommunications market, which now commands almost 95% of all connections; Peru’s fixed-line teledensity continued its slow dropping below 7% at the end of 2021; investment in network infrastructure is mainly focused on rolling out fiber cable for fixed broadband services in (mainly) urban areas; fixed broadband services inched higher to reach 8.4% at the end of 2020, a positive result that reflected the shift to working from home during enforced lock downs at the start of the year; yet Peru has a relatively low level of computer use, and prices for fixed broadband services are among the highest in Latin America; the overwhelmingly preferred internet access platform will remain the smartphone, with a further 8.6% growth in the number of mobile broadband subscriptions expected in 2021 (2021)
Domestic Fixed-line teledensity is 7 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is 128 telephones per 100 persons (2021)
International Country code - 51; landing points for the SAM-1, IGW, American Movil-Telxius, SAC and PAN-AM submarine cable systems that provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 1.798 million (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 5 (2022 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 41.549 million (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 122 (2022 est.)
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Peru is found in South America