Telecommunications in Chile
The technical regulator of communications in Chile is the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel).
Telephone[edit]
History[edit]
Telephone and telegraph services started in Chile in 1879, three years after Alexander Graham Bell, presented his patent for a telephonic system. José Dottin Husbands, an associate of Thomas Edison, arrived into the port of Valparaiso carrying the first set of switching equipment and telephones.[1] By 1880 the first telephone company of the country is born (Compañia Chilena de Telefonos de Edison), while in 1893, after a rapid expansion in the northern regions of Chile, telephone services started operating in the south, thanks to the founding of Telefonica del Sur (current day Grupo GTD), a company created by a group of German inmigrants that had previously settled in the area of Valdivia, Region de los Rios.
- Main lines in use: 3.379 million (2007)[2]
- Mobile cellular: 24.130.754 (2012) (devices)
- Pre-paid: 17.283.257
- Post-paid: 6.847.497 [3]
- System: privatization began in 1988; advanced telecommunications infrastructure; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 85 telephones per 100 persons[2]
- Domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
- international: country code - 56; submarine cables provide links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio[edit]
Television[edit]
- Broadcast stations: 63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)[2]
- Broadcast television system: NTSC[5]
- Pay television: 4.158.874 (2012)[6]
Internet[edit]
- Internet hosts: 847,215 (2008)[2]
- Internet users: 5.57 million (2007)[2]
- Internet mobile users: 4.921.587[3]
- Internet country code: .cl[2]
Other technical details[edit]
- Voltage: 220 volts AC, 50 Hz[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "Historia de la Compañía » Telefónica Chile" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chile". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- ^ a b "Número de celulares en Chile superó los 24 millones". Acceso a internet por cada 100 habitantes llega a 41% y banda ancha móvil se acerca a los 5 millones de conexiones. Gobierno de Chile. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ^ Compendio Estadístico 2006, INE.
- ^ "What are the video format standards used in different countries worldwide?". Sony.com. November 4, 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Articulo 2012, Cambio21.