!!!Ecuador: Communication
||Telephones - fixed lines|''total subscriptions'': 2,512,657 \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 16 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephones - mobile cellular|''total'': 12.888 million \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 81 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephone system|''general assessment'': elementary fixed-line service but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network \\ ''domestic'': fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership has reached 80 per 100 persons \\ ''international'': country code - 593; landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite (2015) \\ 
||Broadcast media|multiple TV networks and many local channels, as well as more than 300 radio stations; many TV and radio stations are privately owned; the government owns or controls 5 national TV stations and multiple radio stations; broadcast media required by law to g (2007)
||Internet country code|.ec
||Internet users|''total'': 7.766 million \\ ''percent of population'': 48.9% (July 2015 est.) \\