Editing Chile (section)

===Internet and telecommunications===
[[File:Andes y Torre Entel.jpg|thumbnail|[[Torre Entel]] in [[Santiago de Chile]], with the [[Andes mountains]] in the background]]
[[telecommunications in Chile|Chile has a telecommunication]] system which covers much of the country, including Chilean insular and Antarctic bases. Privatization of the telephone system began in 1988; Chile has one of the most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in South America with a modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities and a domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations.<ref name=factbook /> In 2012, there were 3.276 million main lines in use and 24.13 million mobile cellular telephone subscribers.<ref name=factbook />

According to a 2012 database of the [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU), 61.42% of the Chilean population uses the internet, making Chile the country with the highest internet penetration in South America.<ref name="ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet">{{cite web | url=http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls | title=Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000 | publisher=International Telecommunication Union | date=June 2013 | access-date=22 June 2013 | archive-date=9 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209141641/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls | url-status=live }}</ref>

The Chilean internet country code is "[[.cl]]".<ref>{{cite web |author1=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |title=.cl Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cl.html |website=www.iana.org |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220234533/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017 the government of Chile launched its first [[cyber security]] strategy, which receives technical support from the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS) Cyber Security Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE).<ref>{{Cite book|title= Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America: States, Threats, and Alliances | author1=Carlos Solar  |publisher= State University of New York Press|year=2023 |isbn= 9781438491424 | pages=}}</ref>