Ecuador Communications

Country Name: Republic of Ecuador

Capital City: Quito

Population: 13,547,510 (July 2006)

Population Growth: 1.5% (2006 est.)

Currency: US dollar (USD)

Languages: Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)

Area: 283,560 sq km

Inflation Rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 10.6% official rate; but underemployment of 47% (2006)

Domain extension: .ec

COMMUNICATIONS OF ECUADOR

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.701 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

6.246 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:

.ec

Internet hosts:

19,027 (2006)

Internet users:

616,000 (2005)

International dialing code: