Editing Telecommunications in Peru (section)

==Telephones==
[[File:Peruvian Telephone Company receipt Lima 1895.JPG|thumbnail|right|A document from the ''Peruvian Telephone Company'', Lima, 1895.]]
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Peru}}

* [[Calling code]]: +51.<ref name=CIA/> 
* [[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>
* Fixed lines: 3.4 million lines in use (2012).<ref name=CIA/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111007004920/http://www.osiptel.gob.pe/WebsiteAjax/WebFormgeneral/sector/wfrm_Consulta_Informacion_Estadisticas.aspx?CodInfo=13479&CodSubCat=864&TituloInformacion=1.%20Indicadores%20del%20Servicio%20Telef%C3%B3nico%20Fijo&DescripcionInformacion= "Líneas telefónicas instaladas por empresa"] [Telephone lines installed by company] {{in lang|es}}, Organismo Regulador de las Telecomunicaciones del Perú (OSIPTEL).</ref>
* Fixed-line teledensity: about 12 per 100 persons (2010).<ref name=CIA/> 
* Mobile subscribers: 15.2 million unique subscribers (end of 2013).<ref name=GSMA-PeruOverview>[http://www.m4dimpact.com/analysis/insights/country-overview-peru "Country Overview: Peru"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218142602/http://www.m4dimpact.com/analysis/insights/country-overview-peru |date=2015-02-18 }}, GSMA Mobile for Development Impact.</ref>
* Mobile lines: 29.4 million (2012),<ref name=CIA/> 29.6 million (2013).<ref name=GSMA-PeruOverview/>
* Mobile teledensity: exceeds 100 telephones per 100 persons, spurred by competition among multiple providers (2010).<ref name=CIA/> 
* Domestic system: nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations, which is adequate for most requirements (2010).<ref name=CIA/> 
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|International communication cables]]: [[SAm-1 (cable system)|South America-1]] (SAm-1) and [[PAN AM (cable system)|Pan American]] (PAN-AM) submarine cables link to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the US (2010).<ref name=CIA/>
* [[Communications satellite|International satellite earth stations]]: 2 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2010).<ref name=CIA/>

Peru's fixed-line penetration is the third lowest in [[South America]] after [[Bolivia]] and [[Paraguay]]. Barriers include widespread poverty, expensive services, little meaningful competition, and the geographical barriers imposed by the Andean mountains and Amazon jungles.<ref name=Budde-Peru-FLMAI-May2014/>

Under the name [[Movistar]], [[Telefónica del Peru#Peru|Telefónica del Perú]] dominates the basic telephone market. [[América Móvil]]’s [[Claro Americas|Claro]] occupies second place, while Americatel Peru is third with roughly 1% of the market. The remaining companies have market shares below 0.3%.<ref name=Budde-Peru-FLMAI-May2014/>

Mobile penetration is below the regional average with about one quarter of the population having no mobile phone at all, while others, primarily in urban areas, have multiple subscriptions.<ref name=Budde-Peru-MMISAF-August2014>[http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Peru-Mobile-Market-Insights-Statistics-and-Forecasts.html#sthash.GXcRgBqJ.dpuf "Peru - Mobile Market - Insights, Statistics and Forecasts"], Budde.com, 6 August 2014.</ref>

[[Telefónica]], operating as [[Movistar]], is the mobile leader; [[América Móvil]], operating as [[Claro Americas|Claro]], is second; and Mobile Perú is third. [[Viettel|Vietnam's Viettel]] is expected to begin offering mobile services in the second half of 2014 and [[Virgin Mobile]] is expected to enter the market as a [[Mobile Virtual Network Operator]] (MVNO).<ref name=Budde-Peru-MMISAF-August2014/>