Uruguay - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Uruguay was 962,187 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,006,001 in 2005 and a minimum value of 110,000 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 110,000
1965 142,000
1970 160,000
1975 187,000
1976 193,000
1977 202,000
1978 204,000
1979 212,000
1980 220,000
1981 226,450
1982 232,904
1983 247,682
1984 259,644
1985 288,029
1986 306,926
1987 311,984
1988 345,390
1989 375,830
1990 415,403
1991 451,421
1992 492,108
1993 530,370
1994 582,149
1995 621,996
1996 669,032
1997 761,088
1998 823,501
1999 896,849
2000 929,141
2001 950,866
2002 946,533
2003 938,186
2004 996,701
2005 1,006,001
2006 986,867
2007 965,216
2008 959,286
2009 953,400
2010 962,187

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Uruguay was 28.66 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.43 in 2005 and a minimum value of 4.33 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.33
1965 5.27
1970 5.70
1975 6.61
1976 6.79
1977 7.07
1978 7.10
1979 7.32
1980 7.55
1981 7.72
1982 7.89
1983 8.33
1984 8.68
1985 9.57
1986 10.13
1987 10.23
1988 11.26
1989 12.17
1990 13.36
1991 14.42
1992 15.60
1993 16.69
1994 18.19
1995 19.30
1996 20.68
1997 23.37
1998 25.15
1999 27.27
2000 28.15
2001 28.74
2002 28.61
2003 28.40
2004 30.19
2005 30.43
2006 29.77
2007 29.04
2008 28.77
2009 28.50
2010 28.66

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications