Peru Telecommunications Profile 2013

Telephones - main lines in use

3.688 million (2011)

Telephones - mobile cellular

32.461 million (2011)

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 12 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, exceeds 100 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)

Broadcast media

10 major TV networks of which only one, Television Nacional de Peru, is state-owned; multi-channel cable TV services are available; in excess of 2,000 radio stations including a substantial number of indigenous language stations (2010)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)

Television broadcast stations

13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code

.pe

Internet hosts

234,102 (2012)

Internet users

9.158 million (2009)