Uruguay Telecommunications Profile 2004

Telephones - main lines in use

946,500 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular

652,000 (2002)

Telephone system

general assessment: fully digitalized
domestic: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 598; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2002)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 91, FM 149, shortwave 7 (2001)

Television broadcast stations

23 (2002)

Internet country code

.uy

Internet hosts

87,630 (2003)

Internet users

400,000 (2002)