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The technical regulator of communications in Chile is the
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Telephone


History

Telephone and telegraph services started in Chile in
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, three years after
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Te ...
, presented his patent for a telephonic system. José Dottin Husbands, an associate of Thomas Edison, arrived into the port of Valparaíso carrying the first set of switching equipment and telephones. By 1880 the first telephone company of the country is born (Compañía Chilena de Teléfonos de Edison), while in 1893, after a rapid expansion in the northern regions of Chile, telephone services started operating in the south, thanks to the founding of
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(current day Grupo GTD), a company created by a group of German immigrants that had previously settled in the area of Valdivia, Región de los Ríos. *Main lines in use: 2,567,938 (2020 est.) *Mobile cellular: 25,068,249 (2020 est.) **Pre-paid: 17,283,257 **Post-paid: 6,847,497 *System: privatization began in 1988; advanced telecommunications infrastructure; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 85 telephones per 100 persons **Domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations **international: country code - 56; submarine cables provide links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)


Radio

*Broadcast stations: 1,490 (175 AM; 1,315 FM) (2006)Compendio Estadístico 2006
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Television

*Broadcast stations: 63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997) * Broadcast television system: NTSC *Pay television: 4,158,874 (2012)Articulo 2012
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Internet

*Internet hosts: 847,215 (2008) *Internet users: 16,822,264 (2020 est.) *Internet mobile users: 4,921,587 *
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.cl .cl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Chile. It was created in 1987 and is administered by the University of Chile. Registration of second-level domains under this TLD is open to anyone, as established by the current reg ...


Other technical details

*Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50 Hz


References

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