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Mexico
Communications
& Transportation
Communications
Telephones - land lines in use:
15,958,700 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
28.125 million (2003)
Telephone system:
General assessment: low telephone density with about 15.2 main lines per
100 persons; privatized in December 1990; the opening to competition in
January 1997 improved prospects for development, but Telemex remains
dominant
domestic: adequate telephone service for business and government, but
the population is poorly served; mobile subscribers far outnumber
fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth
stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of
fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable
International: country code - 52; satellite earth stations - 32
Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America,
Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic
communications), numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations; linked to
Central American Microwave System of trunk connections; high capacity
Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin
Islands, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, and Italy (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2003)
Television broadcast stations:
236 (plus repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code:
.mx
Internet hosts:
1,701,890 (2004)
Internet users:
16.033 million (2004)
Transportation
Railways:
total: 19,510 km
standard gauge: 19,510 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
Total: 329,532 km
Paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways)
Unpaved: 221,445 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
2,900 km
Note: navigable rivers and coastal canals (2004)
Pipelines:
Crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254
km; petrochemical 1,400 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Acapulco, Altamira, Bahias de Huatulco, Cabo San Lucas, Coatzacoalcos,
Dos Bocas, Ensenada, Guaymas, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan,
Puerto Progreso, Puerto Madero, Puerto Vallarta, Salina Cruz, Tampico,
Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz (2003)
Merchant marine:
Total: 50 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 649,389 GRT/942,766 DWT
by type: bulk 1, cargo 3, chemical tanker 3, combination ore/oil 1,
liquefied gas 5, petroleum tanker 25, roll on/roll off 9,
short-sea/passenger 3
Foreign-owned: Denmark 1, Germany 1, Greece 1, Marshall Islands
1, Netherlands 2
Registered in other countries: 13 (2004 est.)
Airports:
1,827 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
Total: 233
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 84
914 to 1,523 m: 80
under 914 m: 29 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Total: 1,600
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 69
914 to 1,523 m: 454
under 914 m: 1,075 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
2 (2003 est.)
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