Telecommunications in Peru

The technical regulator of communications in Peru is the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL).

Telephones

• Main fixed lines in use: 3,413,849 (March 2009).
• Main mobile lines in use: 21,874,216 (March 2009).
• System: privatization began in 1994; adequate for most requirements. Fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, has increased to about 55 telephones per 100 persons; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations.
• International: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAm1) and Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio

• Broadcast stations: AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
• Radios: 24 million (2005)

Television

Main article: Television in Peru

• Broadcast stations: 105 (plus 493 repeaters) (1999)
• Televisions: 3.4 million (2005)
• Pay television subscribers: 830,578 (2008)
• Broadcast television system: NTSC

Internet

Main article: Internet in Peru

• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 158 (2005)
• Internet hosts: 271,745 (2008)
• Internet users: 7,636,400 million (2007)
• Internet subscribers: 707,048 (2008)
• Internet country code: .pe

Other technical details

• Voltage: 220 volts AC, 50 Hz