Editing Telecommunications in Ecuador (section)

==Telephones==
* Fixed lines: 2.2 million lines, 56th in the world; 15 per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=WFB-2013-Ecuador>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ecuador/ "Ecuador"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 27 October 2013.</ref>
* Mobile cellular: 15.3 million subscribers, 55th in the world; 100 per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=WFB-2013-Ecuador/>
* International country code: 593.<ref name=WFB-2013-Ecuador/>
* Telephone system:
** General assessment: elementary fixed-line service, but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network.<ref name=WFB-2013-Ecuador/>
** Domestic: fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; mobile-cellular use has surged.<ref name=WFB-2013-Ecuador/> 
** International: 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 earth station – 1 [[Intelsat]] (Atlantic Ocean) (2011).<ref name=WFB-2013-Ecuador/>

There are three cell phone providers in Ecuador: [[Claro Ecuador|Claro]] ([[Telcel]]), [[Movistar]], and [[CNT EP|CNT]]. Mobile networks are diverse and include [[GSM]] 850&nbsp;MHz (largest) as well as [[CDMA]] ([[Bell South]]'s old network before being acquired by [[Telefónica]] Spain which rebranded Movistar), TDMA63. CNT is the state owned firm and uses CDMA.