Communications
Telephones: 1.44 million (1987 est.)
Telephone system: modern and expanding domestic: domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations international: 3 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth station-1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 181, FM 0, shortwave 26
Radios: 9.04 million (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 59
Televisions: 3.3 million (1992 est.)
@Venezuela:Transportation
Railways: total: 584 km (336 km single track; 248 km privately owned) standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge
Highways: total: 84,300 km paved: 33,214 km unpaved: 51,086 km (1996 est.)