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Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Neuvo Sol
Currency Symbol: PEN
Telephone system: general assessment: adequate for most requirements; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, has increased to roughly 85 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) 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) (2009)
Population : 29,248,943 (July 2011 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 2.965 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 24.7 million (2009)