Telephones - main lines in use:
8,250,400 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8,542,000 million (2004)
Telephone system:
110,000 public telephones; extensive modern system but many families do not have telephones.
- domestic: microwave radio relay and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network
- international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two international gateways near Buenos Aires; Atlantis II submarine cable (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 260 (including 10 inactive stations), FM NA (probably more than 1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave 6 (1998)
Radios:
24.3 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
7.95 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
47 (1999)
Country code: AR
Postal addresses
Format
Person's name
Company name
Street address
Postcode - City - (optionally) Province abbreviation
Example
Marcelo A. Muņoz
Telefonica de Argentina
Defensa, 390, Piso 5
H. Yrigoyen 1556 - 8th floor,
1089 - Capital Federal
Reference
Part of this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and 2004.
- See also : Argentina