Editing Telecommunications in Guatemala (section)

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Guatemala}}

Guatemala's incumbent telephone company is TELGUA, which won the bidding for the privatization of the government run GUATEL.

* [[Calling code]]: +502<ref name=CIAWFB-Guatemala-2014/>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))''], Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
* Main lines in use: 
** 665,061 lines (2000)
** 1.4 million lines (2006)
** 1.7 million lines, 63rd in the world (2012)<ref name=CIAWFB-Guatemala-2014/>
* Mobile cellular:
** 663,296 lines (2000)
** 6.8 million lines (2006)
** 10.2 million lines, 70% of the population (2007)
** 20.8 million lines, 46th in the world (2012)<ref name=CIAWFB-Guatemala-2014/>
* Telephone system: fairly modern network centered in [[Guatemala City]]; connected to Central American Microwave System,<ref name=CIAWFB-Guatemala-2014/> a trunk [[microwave radio relay]] system that links the countries of [[Central America]] and [[Mexico]] with each other.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003757/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2124.html "Telephone System terms and abbreviations"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.</ref> 
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]).<ref name=CIAWFB-Guatemala-2014/>
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: landing point for both the [[ARCOS-1|Americas Region Caribbean Ring]] (ARCOS-1) and the [[SAm-1 (cable system)|SAm-1]] fiber optic submarine cable systems that together provide connectivity to [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]], parts of the [[Caribbean]], and the [[United States|US]] (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Guatemala-2014/>
* Operators:{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}
:{| class="wikitable"
|-
! International Operator
! Brand
! Users
! Technology
! Web Site
|-
| [[América Móvil]]
| [[Claro (mobile phone network)|Claro]]/PCS Digital 
| 3,591,138 (June 2007)
| [[CDMA]] 1x EVDO Rev 0 1900&nbsp;MHz, [[GSM]]/[[GPRS]]/[[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] 900/1900&nbsp;MHz, [[UMTS]]/[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]] 1900&nbsp;MHz (1.5&nbsp;Mbit/s) with video calling and data services available.
| [http://www.claro.com.gt Claro Guatemala]
|-
| [[Telefónica]]
| [[Movistar]] 
| 2,514,612 (June 2007)
| [[CDMA]] 1x EVDO Rev A 1900&nbsp;MHz and [[GSM]]/[[GPRS]]/[[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] 1900&nbsp;MHz, [[UMTS]]/[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]] 1900&nbsp;MHz (7.2&nbsp;Mbit/s) with data services only available.
| [http://www.movistar.com.gt Movistar Guatemala]
|-
| [[Millicom]] / Local partners
| [[Millicom|TIGO]]/COMCEL 
| 3,116,998 (June 2007)
| [[Digital AMPS|TDMA]]/N-AMPS (to be shut down) and [[GSM]]/[[GPRS]]/[[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] 850&nbsp;MHz, [[UMTS]]/[[HSDPA]] 850&nbsp;MHz (3.6&nbsp;Mbit/s) with video calling and data services available
| [http://www.tigo.com.gt TIGO Guatemala]
|-
| [[Digicel Group]]
| [[Digicel]] must be launched before June 18, 2008{{update after|2014|1|14}}
| &nbsp;{{update after|2014|1|14}}
| Planned [[GSM]]/[[GPRS]]/[[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] 900&nbsp;MHz
| [http://www.digicelgroup.com Digicel Group]
|}