Telecommunications in Honduras
overview of telecommunications in Honduras
Telecommunication in Honduras started in 1876 when the first telegraph was introduced, continued development with the telephone in 1891, radio in 1928, television in 1959, the Internet in the early 1990s, and cellphones in 1996.
Radio
Radio stations: Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network. There are also roughly 300 privately owned radio stations (2007).
Radios: 2.45 million (1997)
The first radio station in Honduras was Tropical Radio, which started operations in 1928.
Television
Televisions stations: Multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by multiple cable TV networks (2007).
Television sets: 570,000 (1997).
Television in Honduras includes both local and foreign channels, normally distributed by cable.
The Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL) adopted the ATSC standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting in January 2007. The first digital high definition TV station, CampusTv, was founded by Universidad de San Pedro Sula.
Telephones
Calling code: +504
International call prefix: 00
Main lines: 610,000 lines in use, 91st in the world (2012).
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