Introduction
How is the communication system in Venezuela? Here, Broadcast media include Venezuela has a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media that are subject to high levels of control, including the shuttering of opposition-leaning media outlets; 13 public service networks, 61 privately owned TV networks, a privately owned news channel with limited national coverage, and a Maduro-backed Pan-American channel; 3 Maduro-aligned radio networks officially control roughly 65 news stations and another 30 stations targeted at specific audiences; Maduro-sponsored community broadcasters include 235 radio stations and 44 TV stations; the number of private broadcast radio stations has been declining, but many still remain in operation (2021). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Venezuela
| Internet country code | .ve |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 2,561,556 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 9 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 22,734,162 (2022 est.) |
| Percent of population | 78.7% (2022 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Venezuela’s fixed-line penetration was relatively high for the region at 7.8 million lines in 2014 but the steady growth in the number of lines came to an end in 2015; since then, the number of fixed lines has plummeted to 2.7 million (2022) or a teledensity of about 9.5%; the cause is largely linked to the country’s ongoing economic troubles, which have compelled many people to terminate fixed-line telecom services and others still to flee the country; these pressures have also distorted sector revenue and have placed into disarray operators’ investment plans aimed at improving networks and expanding the reach and capabilities of new technologies and services; the fixed broadband penetration rate is lower than the regional average, while data speeds are also relatively low; there is no effective competition in the provision of DSL, and as a result the state-owned incumbent CANTV has had little incentive to improve services from its meager revenue streams; mobile penetration in Venezuela is 67% (2022), below the regional average and ahead of only Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Haiti; the number of mobile subscribers decline gradually from 2012 to 2020 as subscribers terminated services in a bid to reduce discretionary spending or left the country; after years of decline, mobile phone lines grew 15% from 2021 to the end of 2022 to reach 18.7 million, as subscribers replaced fixed lines with mobile service and mobile connectivity improved; an estimated 78% of mobile subscribers have smartphones with mobile access to the internet (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line is 10 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership is 67 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 58; landing points for the Venezuela Festoon, ARCOS, PAN-AM, SAC, GlobeNet, ALBA-1 and Americas II submarine cable system providing connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat (2020) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 3.147 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 11 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 17.949 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 63 (2022 est.) |
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