Telecommunications in Peru

The technical regulator of communications in Peru is the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, through the Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL).

Telephones

• Main fixed lines in use: 3,443,479 (June 2011).
• Main mobile lines in use: 32,305,455 (December 2011).
• System: privatization began in 1994; adequate for most requirements. Fixed-line teledensity is about 11 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, has increased to about 107 telephones per 100 persons; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations.
• International: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAm1) 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)

Radio

• Broadcast stations: AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
• Radios: 24 million (2005)

Television

Main article: Television in Peru

• Broadcast stations: 105 (plus 493 repeaters) (1999)
• Televisions: 5.47 million (2003)
• Pay television subscribers: 967,943 (June 2010)
• Broadcast television system: NTSC

Internet

Main article: Internet in Peru

• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 158 (2005)
• Internet hosts: 271,745 (2008)
• Internet users: 9.158.000 million (2009)
• Internet subscribers: 1,085,110 (June 2011)
• Internet country code: .pe

Other technical details

• Voltage: 220 volts AC, 50 Hz